Donna B. - Well first you need to determine if your patient is a male or female. Get a portable IV pole. Hopefully the person who started the IV did not put it in the patients dominate hand or you will be mobilizing the patient yourself. Is this IV connected to a pump? Is the battery charged? Why does this person have an IV. ? Can the patient walk without assistance? Make sure that the IV is secure before attempting to ambulate.Stating that the IV is in the left wrist tells me that they have crappy veins and if it gets pulled out it is going to take you a long time to get a new IV restarted. Tell the patient to increase their fluid intake and get the IV discontinued. You first need to check that the Dr has written an order on the chart to mobilize. Good luck
Donna B. - Well first you need to determine if your patient is a male or female. Get a portable IV pole. Hopefully the person who started the IV did not put it in the patients dominate hand or you will be mobilizing the patient yourself. Is this IV connected to a pump? Is the battery charged? Why does this person have an IV. ? Can the patient walk without assistance? Make sure that the IV is secure before attempting to ambulate.Stating that the IV is in the left wrist tells me that they have crappy veins and if it gets pulled out it is going to take you a long time to get a new IV restarted. Tell the patient to increase their fluid intake and get the IV discontinued. You first need to check that the Dr has written an order on the chart to mobilize. Good luck
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