Reflective Analysis: The Importance Of Monitoring IV Line

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After caring for Max, I found myself reflecting on the situation at hand and how I could utilize it to expand my nursing skills. From this reflection process, I had many crucial nursing skills reinforced, including the importance of monitoring IV lines at least once every hour to ensure there are no issues (Jantzen, 2014, p. 978), in addition to keeping IV lines organized to prevent tangling and/or confusion. This reflection process also presented me with the idea that if my patients are alert and oriented times three, according to the Glasgow Coma Scale (Jensen, Stephen, Skillen, & Day, 2012, p.717), I could ask them to notify me or any other nurse if they believe there is an issue with any of their IV(s) so that the situation, whatever it