Emergency Nursing Resource: Difficult Intravenous Access

Emergency Nurses Association's (ENA's) Emergency Nursing Resources (ENRs) are developed by ENA members to provide emergency nurses with evidence-based information to utilize and implement in their care of emergency patients and families. Each ENR focuses on a clinical or practice-based issue, and is the result of a review and analysis of current information believed to be reliable. As such, information and recommendations within a particular ENR reflect the current scientific and clinical knowledge at the time of publication, are only current as of their publication date, and are subject to change without notice as advances emerge. Here, Cowley et al present ENRs on conditions associated with difficult vascular access, including obesity, chronic illness, hypovolemia, intravenous (IV) drug abuse, and vasculopathy. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]