Aesthetic Obstacles Technique

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With the help of the bedside nurse we analyzed why I blew two veins and a patient. I walked through the procedure to determine what I did wrong. I identified a critical flaw on my needle insertion technique. The day before I inserted the needle in a 10-15 degree angle, and after inserting the needle I leveled out the needle and pushed the needle forward until I saw blood in the catheter. At this point I pushed the catheter into the vein which led to a successful placement of an IV catheter. During my failed to insertion attempts, I noticed I inserted the needle at a 30 degree angle and I did not level out the needle until I penetrated though the entire vein; thus, blowing the vein. With the help of the bed side nurse, I changed my insertion