Celebrating IV Nurse Day
IV Nurse Day is the ultimate tribute to the infusion specialty and those who tirelessly work in it. But it’s also a good excuse to celebrate with friends, family, and colleagues.
This page is dedicated to how some of your colleagues are celebrating the day. Tell us (and show us) what you did by sending your recollections and photos to jason.beal@ins1.org.
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital display board showcasing their Vascular Access Team
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Central Florida Chapter - declaring January 25 as IV Nurse Day in Orange County Florida by order of Teresa Jacobs, Mayor of Orange County, presented to Chapter President Sandra Talbert.
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Voices from the Field
Alisha Palmer, BSN, RN, Nurse Manager - Nursing Operations and IV Team, Carolinas Medical Center:
How do you celebrate the day?
Each year the IV team sets up an information station at the cafeteria kiosk where we highlight each IV team nurse, including their years of experience and national certifications, as well as information regarding the various services we provide across Carolinas Medical Center and Levine Children's Hospital. We also display a scrapbook that showcases our team over our 50 years of service at Carolinas Medical Center. It is a delight to be a part of this wonderful celebration for IV nurses nationwide each year!
What does IV Nurse Day mean to you?
IV Nurse Day means a time to reflect and be grateful for the wonderful job each IV nurse does locally, nationally, and internationally. As IV nurses, we know the importance of this specialized nursing care in relation to improved patient outcomes regarding infusion therapy. We at Carolinas Medical Center are especially proud to have served this hospital and community as IV nurses for over 50 years!
How many other IV nurses do you work with?
The Carolinas Medical Center IV Team, which serves both Carolinas Medical Center and Levine Children's Hospital, began in August 1962 with two RNs. Currently, we are proud to say we have 20 IV team bedside RNs, one IV team RN clinical supervisor, and one IV team nurse manager.
Della Dean, RN - Piedmont Newnan Hospital, Newnan, GA
How will you celebrate?
Lunch for staff
What does IV Nurse Day mean to you?
National recognition of a nursing speciality that serves and protects our patients with the highest standards of care.
How many other Real Life Heroes do you work with?
Four.
Donna J. DeGennaro, MSN, RN, CRNI®, CPUI, VA-BC - Vascular Access Coordinator, Flagler Hospital, St. Augustine, FL
How will you celebrate?
We created our IV Nurse Day celebration by having our conference room set up for all the IV product vendors to display and answer question. We have vendors from IV needs, to central lines, ultrasound, vein viewers, and IV pumps displayed, and everything in between related to IV access and infusions. We cater a large luncheon for all the nurses to stop by. We have balloon and door prizes to help celebrate our day. This is our third annual IV Nurse Day celebration, and we have over 200 nurses stop by in our 332-bed facility.
All of our nurses are heroes. We took the opportunity to express ourselves and thank all the nurses for their collaboration with us (IV nurses) on helping to identify the best access needed to assist with better patient outcomes.
What does IV Nurse Day mean to you?
A day of recognition for how well nurses can work together to provide the best patient care available related to IV access and infusions. Their expertise is identified and rewarded with a show of appreciation and value.
How many Real Life Heroes do you work with?
200 will stop by to visit today
Angelia M. Sims, RN, CRNI®, OCN® - INS Board of Directors
How will you celebrate IV Nurse Day?
I work on an IV team in a large teaching hospital. The team has experienced and skilled IV nurses. To celebrate IV Nurse Day, I presented each nurse on the team with a card which contained an inspirational quote and a personal message to each nurse. They also received an ID badge holder and pen with the theme for this year’s IV Nurse Day. The manager of the department will also be sending the team recognition in the form of an edible arrangement on Friday, 1/25/13, to acknowledge their skill and contributions to the care of our patients.
What does IV Nurse Day mean to you?
It is a day to celebrate the specialty of infusion nursing and to acknowledge the skill and expertise of the nurses who have chosen this specialty.
How many other Real Life Heroes do you work with?
26
Sharron A. Rone-Moss, RN, CRNI® - Nurse Manager, Duke University Health System
How will you celebrate?
We will have a booth in front of the cafeteria stating our functions in the institution, and we will give away gifts and have a raffle. Pizza will be served as well as desserts. We will display a poster that shows the location of all the veins, and we will have an ultrasound machine to demonstrate the function of the bull's-eye when the tip is in CAJ.
What does IV Nurse Day mean to you?
IV Nurse Day is recognition of nurses who do the bulk of their work in veins. It is showing that we have a specialty that has to be maintained and demonstrates that this specialty saves veins, decrease BSIs, and improves patient satisfaction.
It is our day to be recognized for what we do!
How many other nurses do you work with?
There are 27 nurses on this team.
Saibala Madathil - Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India
How will you celebrate?
We are having a quiz and a poster competition in our hospital, and we will have a small education program highlighting our journey with IV nursing and future plans and goals with the Board.
What does IV Nurse Day mean to you?
It means a celebration of excellence in nursing, adding on to safe and effective patient care.
How many other nurses do you work with?
25
