TINY TIPS WITH TIFF Episode 4: How Insert An IV In The NICU

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Last episode of tiny tips with tiff! Hopefully you guys enjoyed this series!! If you did, give this video a thumbs up if you want me to do a season 2 😊

[@spencerswift8629]

oh yes this show needs to be renewed for season 2 :)

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Jenn Hamel hoping to do another season in the future. Thanks for the love 🤗

[@katiehenson9957]

Yes season 2 🙌

[@dorisvangogh277]

I want to become a NICU nurse after graduation and these videos are great for me because I get more of an idea of what is expected from me, thanks xoxo

[@stephanieramirez2248]

Omg you are so awesome for sharing this. I remember during rotation watching a nurse help my nurse with starting an IV with a neonate. Teamwork makes the dreamwork.

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Stephanie Ramirez definitely does!! 🤗

[@CatFromFL]

I am a RN x 48 yrs with a CRNI ( intravenous certification). This is a great video. The only thing I would add is to first know anatomy of major peripheral veins and not to use your sight , first use your sense of touch after applying the tourniquet. Close your eyes briefly and visualize in your mind what you are feeling. You can use sight if you must but your sense of touch will give you much better success rate. Feel for the slight bounce inside the vein. Learn big veins and then small ones. I highly suggest you Practice this “feel” on anyone you can (classmates, relatives, etc) . Of course without placing an IV. I was taught this technique many years ago by an older ER nurse and it really built my success & confidence. Once you can easily identify veins without seeing them you will be able to start IV on anyone, neonates to geriatric patients.

[@VoteLeslieKnope]

These are incredibly helpful! I am a new grad and have begun working in the NICU 😀

[@ronniedelacruz5173]

Very good Tiffany! Keep up the good work!

[@mikayla7632]

Thanks for your great videos! I love watching them, especially because I want to be a NICU nurse (I am 16). It's a dream of mine to work with babies!

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Wow good luck to you!! 😍

[@mikayla7632]

@@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff Thank You!

[@brandiehunter6589]

I love these!

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Yay I’m glad 😊

[@sydneywright6447]

Hi Tiff! Can you plsss do one about how you give report, and the report sheet you guys use at your facility !!

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

We don’t have specific report sheets for my unit but I made my own you can check out on my website 😊

[@sydneywright6447]

@@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff what is your website? :)

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Link in the description

[@rachnakarthik8955]

Heyy I love u and I hope I'll get to work in the nicu one day. I'm 13

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

That’s amazing! I hope you get the opportunity 😍

[@rachnakarthik8955]

@@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff thank you!@

[@katieparker2502]

When my son was in the nicu, they put his iv where the umbilical cord stub was how do those get put in

[@CatFromFL]

Those are only put in by physicians or advanced practitioners- they prep skin and cord , trim the umbilicus , identify the vein or arterty ( depending on what they are placing) they use sterile technique and thread the catheter into the vessel , secure it with sutures and dress it. Usually they add a three-way stopcock and an extension set. See youtube videos on technique used.

[@valeriepaigeee]

Do you find that you use arm boards a lot in the NICU?

[@Skiskyscoota]

Thanks for the video! What gauge needle is usually used for NICU babies?

[@TiffanyRNnicunursetiff]

Glad you enjoyed it! And we typically use a 24g

[@kalubatentha1353]

It's hard to see or find veins in paeds 😮

[@asferguson2010]

do u use a splint??

[@MH-st6vk]

U forgot to take off tourniquet before flushing

[@lady3aj]

remember that baby veins feel different than adult veins. baby viens will not bounce back like an adult or older baby veins....