IV Insertion Nursing Tip: Avoid Visible Vein Valves During IV Cannulation

IV Insert Technique Tip: Avoid Vein Valves if You See Them (Vein Check)
When starting an IV on a patient's forearm, you want to be mindful of any visible valves.
Granted, most patients will not have a low enough body fat percentage to see valves, but if they do, you can usually spot them by a knotty or bumpy appearance along the veins, as you can in this patient's forearm veins.
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Vein valves prevent blood from backing up. If you ever want to test a vein to see if a valve is present, you can occlude part of it, run your finger along it, and blood will not refill into the vein behind the valve.
You want to avoid valves as much as possible because it can be difficult to slide off the cannula if you hit a valve, causing you to start over or risk blowing the vein.
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[@RegisteredNurseRN]

Thanks for watching. Check out our IV videos for more tips on starting IVs and mistakes to avoid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXSrnaemmrB_m6s

[@michaelmarvolo2638]

Ma'am you just blew my mind. 3 yrs in med school and im just hearing this now. Thank you🙇

[@rafaelreformado9370]

Omg this is anatomy and physiology class 🤣

[@alicia5798]

Same

[@somebody5126]

Same here and i am in 3rd year too

[@kimnoon8365]

​@@rafaelreformado9370 Yes but I personally never saw this in the lecture I never knew that valves are visible or they affect IV !

[@Laissez_Faire]

I was just showing my son who’s a senior. I learned this when I was in middle school for some reason

[@missgrimm6807]

My amazing medic partner taught me this trick when i was still a really green basic. Forever grateful for that tip.

[@temsukabapongen6284]

He shaved his hand for this video, what a man

[@ZombieX13]

Advance while flushing. Works great.

[@samiraimanova7344]

critical information👋🏻

[@yossarian00]

that guy has great veins

[@LosaliniBiukoto]

The more you know 😂 i didnt know we had little valves like this but it totally makes sense 😅

[@heidievans5709]

Many thanks to Ben for always being a willing model for your edu vids lol love your content Sarah. Thank you for being so awesome!❤

[@giggiity]

I always wondered why I can make some veins disappear and others don’t. Great video, thanks!

[@peterc4082]

In practice, out of perhaps the > 1000 IVs I've put up, I think I had issues with valves only several times. That was of course in my junior years as a med student, intern and junior doctor.

[@ydnajseye7619]

What if a cannulla pushed through those valves?

[@TLoveT]

I love this channel I’m forever learning something

[@FlockedfinderHQ]

Perfect explanation!

[@benafshashakari8424]

Thank you! This helped me a lot to understand the vein valve.

[@s-ji5cg]

Thank you for this!

[@khalifaakhalifa3775]

Thanks for the useful information

[@anabarbosa5453]

I'm in love ❤ ohh.... those veins ❤❤❤❤

[@FemiNelson-sb1em]

Gosh! What a education! Gracias Gracias. "Isa"

[@johngaspar4425]

This is why you ought to lie down to give your heart a less stressful time to circulate the blood - when needed.

[@sterntaler64]

Very usefull information, thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙂👍

[@daveg461]

Very educational! If in a unit that allows, get certified and use an ultrasound and walk the needle all the way in to the catheter hub before removing the needle.. then you don’t need to worry about threading through a valve! (: saves hard sticks many pokes!

[@MyNameIsBlas]

Wow. So accurate.

[@javwadism]

thank you for sharing this 👍🏽

[@Noone-rt6pw]

Thank you this was interesting. So, the valves act like diodes or relief valves.

[@greeneyesjackson9434]

I wish all patients had veins like that.

[@Thuwiba.]

Thanks New information ⭐

[@waelfadlallah8939]

Very intresting one ma'am 👏

[@laurasupper2244]

I would love your advice for anyone who gets really light-headed at the thought of doing this. I'm a second year nursing student, and I have my skills check this semester on IV insertion. I'm trying to desensitize myself by watching videos but it never really goes away 😬

[@michaezell4607]

This is probably how we get our pulse within the circulatory system?

[@randombot449]

​@@michaezell4607 not sure what you mean but pulse is felt from arteries not veins

[@Oldladyfartsalot]

Stay away from the “naughty” areas😅

[@flamingpeter244]

Very interesting

[@trhippy4442]

Do you need to avoid valves all the way from insertion point to end of cannula though? It's not always possible so wondering if I can't avoid one where's the best place to hit the valve

[@bproductive8399]

Awesome

[@liamhilt1822]

So obvious, but for some reason I've never known this.

[@KaliopiAlex]

Candular❤❤

[@mariafitts]

Wow

[@justinwhittington107]

Where are you from?! I hear 30% British and 70% southern.

[@lolitamills9038]

❤

[@_lukagvazava_75]

My hand be like

[@wearethechampions4414]

It sure is difficult and not everyone can float the catheter through one. I avoid them like the plague 🤣

[@snakabuz]

If you don't put out merch with knotty (naughty) valves, you're not making good decisions

[@yooxldiyd]

I hate when then go through the valve that's by the bend of my arm it hurts so bad.

[@mistyjordan7147]

Sweet potatoes have veins like that arm.

[@pb5640]

The truth is these are just a convenient excuse for people with poor IV skills. Unless you’re starting the IV in the wrong direction they offer no obstruction or resistance to the needle or catheter.