Best Veins for IV Insertion, Drawing Blood (Venipuncture Tips) in Nursing, Phlebotomy

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  • Best Veins for Venipuncture (IV Insertion, Drawing Blood, etc.) for Nursing, Phlebotomy, EMTs, etc.
    As a nurse, phlebotomist, or other healthcare professional, you'll need to find veins for various venipuncture procedures, such as starting IVs or drawing blood.
    There are certain veins that tend to work well for this procedure, and other veins that tend to cause problems. In this video, I cover some of the best veins for starting IVs or drawing blood.
    As a nurse, it is important to learn the location of major veins in the arm and hands, as a common nursing skill is inserting IVs and drawing blood.
    Some of the best and most common veins include the median cubital vein, accessory cephalic vein, median antebrachial vein (median vein of the forearm), and the dorsal venous network.
    I not only demonstrate the location of those veins, but I also include tips such as the needle gauge size that most of those veins can handle (which can vary in adults), as well as some tips on how to stabilize veins when performing venipuncture procedures.
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Комментарии • 135

  • @RegisteredNurseRN
    @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад +71

    Hey Everyone! Thank you so much for watching! I hope these tips help you with drawing blood and starting IVs. A lecture on Cystic Fibrosis is next :) Don't forget:
    Notes: www.registerednursern.com/best-veins-iv-insertion-blood-draws/
    How to find veins: ruclips.net/video/NkKNLBMq-C8/видео.html
    How to find vein in the hand: ruclips.net/video/zwaTet-BD-0/видео.html
    Tips for drawing blood: ruclips.net/video/i3lo353gRwg/видео.html
    Needle gauge sizes: ruclips.net/video/abIrfrnaPfg/видео.html
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    • @abdallahabunamous3537
      @abdallahabunamous3537 6 лет назад +2

      Thanks you so much for all vedio
      I very excited , wait you ..

    • @bolden212
      @bolden212 5 лет назад

      I'm going to do phlebotomy this year. I already work in a hospital as a PCT. Any suggestions?

  • @thetopshelf_beauty
    @thetopshelf_beauty 6 лет назад +361

    I wish all my patients looked like this!

    • @aaronbradley3232
      @aaronbradley3232 3 года назад +5

      I could never hit the cephalic vein I haven't done any damage to it I just I can feel it I know it's there I can't see it but I can never get it

    • @aaronbradley3232
      @aaronbradley3232 3 года назад +4

      But believe me we all wish we had veins like that it's just not how it is

    • @JillianNoelle
      @JillianNoelle 3 года назад +5

      IKR. If everyone only had pooping veins. Makes life easier.

    • @flaviusmersan4110
      @flaviusmersan4110 2 года назад +3

      That’s a dream we all dream 😂😂

    • @jbeanahaw974
      @jbeanahaw974 2 года назад

      Omg me too would like to see that kind of vein pricking my patient...most of the time, doing blind shot...
      Working in adult hematology patient with no CVAD, always praying for a good prick😭

  • @victimtosurvivor-sylvived7113
    @victimtosurvivor-sylvived7113 6 лет назад +94

    Girl you helped me pass my cardiovascular certification test last week. Your videos were easy to understand, so cheers!

  • @Kblmquist
    @Kblmquist 5 лет назад +171

    I would love to see a video on hard to stick patients. Something like deep veins, small fragile veins. Thanks

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  5 лет назад +18

      Hello. I may make more vein videos in the future, but I do have one on hard to find veins: ruclips.net/video/dKenI4Q2pWE/видео.html

    • @Kblmquist
      @Kblmquist 5 лет назад +4

      RegisteredNurseRN thank you for that video.

    • @queenoftheyear2477
      @queenoftheyear2477 2 года назад +1

      Still hard😭

    • @lovirkalaex1939
      @lovirkalaex1939 2 года назад

      I was thinking about the same thing.

    • @trishwalton8869
      @trishwalton8869 2 года назад

      Same... I have always struggled with IV' especially hard sticks

  • @shelbyshelbyohyeah
    @shelbyshelbyohyeah 2 года назад +18

    Thank you so much!!! I've been so defeated about doing IV's and we just started second semester. We didn't do many during first semester because of Covid. I watched this video and just did my first confident IV start. I was having the problem with getting the catheter in. I just got my IV no problem. So happy I want to cry thank you!

  • @azizahmohammed2357
    @azizahmohammed2357 6 лет назад +27

    I applaud u Ms.Sarah...the time that u take to do these videos says so much,the effort and simply sharing ur knowledge not just for nursing students but i am pretty much sure many persons of the health care team can refer to. Your videos have helped alot in many ways. So thank you whole heartedly.God bless u

  • @katherinesimmons6578
    @katherinesimmons6578 6 лет назад +33

    Excited to say I passed my NCLEX this week! Thank you so much for the great videos. I don’t know if I could of passed nursing school without these!

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад +5

      Congratulations, Nurse Katherine! Thank you for watching the videos and for taking the time to let me know the videos have helped you. You have no idea how much that means to me. I wish you the best in your new career as a nurse. Thank you for letting me be part of your nursing journey!

  • @melisaco79
    @melisaco79 Год назад +6

    PRN (retired) here. 👋🏽 To minimize discomfort to the patient master insertion to the accessory cephalic, cephalic, or basilic veins. Opt for the left arm, if possible because circulation is better on the left side. You may hear that those veins are “deeper” and “harder to access”, but they are not. In fact you won’t have to worry about vein collapse or perforation as you’re trying to get blood feedback, as so often happens with veins in the hand. Mastery is crucial and you’ll find that you’ll be able utilize your IV line for faster blood draws, in addition to fluids. I watched an inexperienced ER nurse at CHLA completely flop on my daughters’ IV insertion after she didn’t listen. She ended up running the IV on my daughters left arm in the end.
    New Nurses: TAKE INSTRUCTION, especially when a patient or patients’ family members have practiced medicine longer than you’ve been alive.

  • @KiaraIrie
    @KiaraIrie 6 лет назад +8

    Your timing is perfect! Currently taking a phlebotomy class. Thanks!

  • @willbmw
    @willbmw 2 года назад +3

    If I need medical attention I hope it's someone as informed as you. I'm not a medical student or professional but I love your channel. God bless you.

  • @hannahmontgomery4157
    @hannahmontgomery4157 5 лет назад +23

    I really like your editing/production quality in this video. It feels like I'm watching a more interesting version of ATI. Great work!

  • @BenA-bu1cz
    @BenA-bu1cz 6 лет назад +21

    I am not involved in the medical field but, I find this very interesting how you guys help keep us healthy and help us when we need medical assistance. Thanks!!!

  • @trannumballi3785
    @trannumballi3785 6 лет назад +9

    SARAH love your new look!! Keep doing what your're doing, LOVE this channel

  • @kristypaeth8499
    @kristypaeth8499 4 года назад +3

    Thank you for your videos. I am a nursing student and am nervous about learning how to start an IV. I appreciate all of your tips!

  • @msAfnan07
    @msAfnan07 5 лет назад +1

    thank you so much for your effort. your channel really saved my life

  • @rhewt01
    @rhewt01 2 года назад +2

    He has such great veins!

  • @dennisgoguen9372
    @dennisgoguen9372 2 года назад +3

    You are awesome and an excellent communicator and teacher!

  • @nurserhizza8676
    @nurserhizza8676 5 лет назад +9

    Hi I'm a nurse from Philippines. I love watching your videos coz its very informative.

  • @victoriaporter6586
    @victoriaporter6586 6 лет назад +2

    Just thought about extra reading to prepare for my exam and here you are
    Thank

  • @abigaillutambo4257
    @abigaillutambo4257 5 лет назад +1

    Kept up with your good mentorship.looking forward to more of your videos

  • @timwood6668
    @timwood6668 2 года назад

    Thank you so much. I'm actually a platelet donor. I was looking for more information in order to acquaint myself so I'm more prepared for donating. I feel a lot better knowing more about the veins in the process. Thank you

  • @shelleyrnphilippe2826
    @shelleyrnphilippe2826 2 года назад +2

    I’ve been following you since Nursing school. Now, I am following as a Registered Nurse! Thank you for all of your videos.

  • @debwright3190
    @debwright3190 4 года назад +3

    🤓🤓🤓Another good tutorial on veins especially about the cephalic vein and information on needle gauges.👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

  • @mercyh193
    @mercyh193 4 года назад

    Great info! Thank you!

  • @bastianogero9609
    @bastianogero9609 2 года назад +1

    Sarah we love your videos they are very educating. I passed my NCLEX because my revision was 50% your videos

  • @juicyv29
    @juicyv29 5 лет назад +3

    Beautiful veins!!

  • @MI-et2oy
    @MI-et2oy 2 года назад

    Thanks so much Sara, i will learn more from you. Once i will start working over there i will be familia with most of procedure.

  • @huta3778
    @huta3778 4 года назад +5

    Thanks very much, from Germany 💝🇩🇪

  • @2024s_truth-speaker
    @2024s_truth-speaker 4 года назад +4

    I love her voice I could listen to her all day! I live on the va/nc line so this is out accent LOL! Nothing better than a southern belle especially one thats smart, confident, and has a carreer/future!!

  • @trevorross8204
    @trevorross8204 4 года назад

    Great video made it so simple

  • @suzannek3406
    @suzannek3406 2 года назад +3

    I wish I had this 22 years ago when I started nursing. Our school and hospital had an IV start team, so I didn’t get to start an IV on a real patient until I joined the USAF Nurse Corps.

    • @debraclyburn1090
      @debraclyburn1090 2 года назад

      This is my issue Suzanne ! 20+ years nursing, but the IV team was initiated shortly after I became a nurse ! Freed us for other patient care, but regretfully I see now I need this skill and am working to better myself.

  • @gerah07
    @gerah07 6 лет назад +2

    thank you so much..

  • @bessyphiri6694
    @bessyphiri6694 2 года назад

    Good explanation, I have understood everything that you explained.

  • @pharmclare
    @pharmclare Год назад

    Very enlightening for me as a Pharmacist. Thank you and welldone

  • @monika223538
    @monika223538 6 лет назад +5

    Sarah, I passed NCLEX RN . I received official letter today. Everyone is asking the resources i used, just recommending your videos. Thank you again 🤗🤗🤗

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад +1

      Congratulations!!! I'm so very happy for you. THANK YOU so much for using my videos to help you prep and for recommending my videos to others. I wish you the best in your new career as a nurse :)

  • @davidrestrepo1441
    @davidrestrepo1441 2 года назад +1

    I gotta say... I'm a second year nursing student and I just feel terrified of starting IV's on someone.the next semester I MUST do it and am totally freaked out. By the way, thank you because your videos help me a lot for practicing my English. Greetings from Colombia

  • @johnallencrist.delosreyes9491
    @johnallencrist.delosreyes9491 3 года назад

    I just freakin love this channel

  • @nancysamuel8785
    @nancysamuel8785 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for your effort

  • @OfficialMyxomatosis
    @OfficialMyxomatosis 2 года назад

    Your Pt, *has delicious PIPES!*
    I only have my wrist vein (basilic) left after teaching phlebotomy for 2 years and using myself as a practice dummy. My veins are tiny and rolly, so great practice for students, but OUCH! When I go for my TSH, lab techs go white. However, the young ones in their 20s are really excited about it! *Thank you, new generation, for being taught about that great, CHUNKY wrist vein for which I do not need a tourniquet!*

  • @rachealnabwete4376
    @rachealnabwete4376 2 года назад +1

    Thanks you so this was really helpful am just joining my second year and I had to see a video about I.V blood withdraw

  • @nethansmomma9795
    @nethansmomma9795 Год назад +1

    Preparing for my NCLEX I pray I pass🥺🥺bc your videos are so explicit and easy to understand

  • @anbay3213
    @anbay3213 11 месяцев назад +1

    This video is great! Thank you so much! I wish there was a video showing how to get the really deep veins on people who are obese and dehydrated, if you are taking suggestions! Thank you, again.

  • @tejashvaishnav
    @tejashvaishnav 4 года назад

    I liked it very informative thanks RN

  • @arshiansari9644
    @arshiansari9644 5 лет назад

    Very nice method

  • @elsaanoel
    @elsaanoel Год назад +1

    my go to is an 18g in the cephalic vein in between the elbow and wrist on the lateral side of the forearm or the basilic vein on the posterior side of the arm(usually runs diagonal)! big veins, and out of the way for the patient. less bumping into things = less risk of vein damage.

  • @mistinabranham1053
    @mistinabranham1053 Год назад

    Wow, I haven't seen those kinds of beautiful veins for awhile, lol!

  • @dimaskalsidim6372
    @dimaskalsidim6372 4 года назад

    thank you nurse

  • @thomasvedhamuthuravindran4758
    @thomasvedhamuthuravindran4758 2 года назад

    Excellent 👍 sister . Glory to god

  • @potofflowers2792
    @potofflowers2792 4 года назад

    Such a good video ...love thiz

  • @michael.yemane
    @michael.yemane 6 лет назад +17

    Passed my NCLEX yesterday, 75Q. This videos were so helpful. Thank you Sarah!

    • @QueenWitchy
      @QueenWitchy 6 лет назад

      Congratulations!

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад +2

      Congratulations, Nurse Michael! Thank you for watching my videos to help you prep. I wish you the best in your new career as a nurse :)

    • @marcelopapajr.6852
      @marcelopapajr.6852 Год назад

      How's your new career as nurse?

  • @dr.msaqib6738
    @dr.msaqib6738 2 года назад

    I am fresh medical school graduate your videos are very helpful

  • @educationworld7530
    @educationworld7530 Год назад +1

    Thanks, ma,m yo made me happy with this one a very good and simply explaining knowledgeable video was this ❤ 👌

  • @hsuhsumon1397
    @hsuhsumon1397 6 лет назад +1

    Dear Sarah, I'd like to convey my sincere thanks to you for all of your wonderful videos. And the way you explain to us is truly professional, precise and easy to understand. Watching your videos again and again helped me to complete my placement successfully and received good comments from my clinical facilitator. Honestly speaking, your awesome videos teach me and educate me much more than what I learn from my university. I have enough confidence to go for the upcoming clinical placements because of you and your great videos. My heart keeps thanking you always.

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад +1

      Wow, THANK YOU so much for the amazing comment and for taking the time to leave it. I'm beyond honored to help. It is so great to hear that these videos are helping you succeed. Thank you for watching them, and I wish you the best in your studies. It's so awesome to be studying with you :)

  • @taniya1612
    @taniya1612 5 лет назад

    Vry useful n informative.. Keep it up..love from india😇😇😇😇

  • @MrJenniferwahl8
    @MrJenniferwahl8 5 лет назад +2

    You rock Sara

  • @urmyfuture1945
    @urmyfuture1945 3 года назад +1

    You are amazing 👏❤

  • @nethansmomma9795
    @nethansmomma9795 Год назад +1

    I wish all patients had veins like this 🥰😅😅

  • @aneelroger3752
    @aneelroger3752 6 лет назад +1

    You are a very good Teacher . I learned alot

  • @NalaS
    @NalaS 5 лет назад

    Iv on a pinky?! Woah expert mode!

  • @fazalbari4948
    @fazalbari4948 4 года назад

    Hi.your videos are helpfull and easy to under stand.
    Would u like make video on peadiatrics iv line.

  • @safwatdahrouj7363
    @safwatdahrouj7363 6 лет назад +1

    many thanks for your fantastic efforts!. I just passed the first semester in nursing☺, curious to the next semesters!

  • @user-qe8mg9en3c
    @user-qe8mg9en3c 6 лет назад +3

    I really looking for how to find the veins.. This video is helpful 💙💜 thank you so much

  • @audreythomas3324
    @audreythomas3324 3 года назад +1

    Thankyou ❤

  • @virgilwilliams2378
    @virgilwilliams2378 5 лет назад +3

    Me being a Hemophiliac i use a butterfly 23 gauge when giving my once a week medication.

  • @hanikhan6146
    @hanikhan6146 2 года назад +1

    Perfect

  • @studyseeker2
    @studyseeker2 6 лет назад +1

    Thank uou

  • @angelopapolis8675
    @angelopapolis8675 2 года назад +1

    Thank u

  • @sathiavanir4466
    @sathiavanir4466 2 года назад

    Sister, I, Learn more, thank u

  • @reemali3634
    @reemali3634 3 года назад

    I love all your vedio
    And iam student in nursing level 2

  • @MedicalBroadcast
    @MedicalBroadcast 4 года назад +1

    Nice video.

  • @anugurung4125
    @anugurung4125 5 лет назад +1

    hi , m good with venipuncture as I have done it many times but with IV cannulation, m just new. I did my first supervised competency few days ago and my patient really had a deep vein , I could pulsate it but it wasn't that visible like this one. I did manage to draw blood back and flush saline but are there ques that can help me identify that the cannula is into the vein and hasn't gone into the tissue?

  • @edrisssidiqi7598
    @edrisssidiqi7598 4 года назад

    Hi..miss you is very fantastic and i like your vidoes is also nice

  • @7rlalko
    @7rlalko 5 лет назад

    You are awesome

  • @JillianNoelle
    @JillianNoelle 3 года назад +2

    I wish my veins popped like they use too. There ruined from frequent hospital visits. I’m in Nursing school now. I had a serious of health issues in the past whenever I got hospitalized they would get a vein one tome then they’d have to go to either a central line, mid line or pick Line.

  • @conan2566
    @conan2566 2 года назад

    Nice video!, where is the video to prevent veins from rolling please

  • @fatimafatima999
    @fatimafatima999 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you very much ,I really understand for you and I educated more things , love you from iraq

  • @shoaibparwana982
    @shoaibparwana982 3 года назад

    Nice

  • @gulamrabbani2658
    @gulamrabbani2658 3 года назад

    Good

  • @rajdhaliwal8679
    @rajdhaliwal8679 6 лет назад +2

    hi sarah...
    could you please make an video guide regarding clothing studies like aPTT, PT, ESR AND INR. its really confusing for me specially normal second value interpretations and INR. I will every thankful to you for this act of kindness. thank you so much .. with regards raj. i do have an uncles exam on 24 july ..... love you so much....god bless you dear

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад

      I will definitely add the topics to my list. Thank you for the great suggestions :)

  • @astroxchild
    @astroxchild 3 года назад +1

    I was just at a hospital and when putting in my iv they missed multiple times i have no problem with that cause eventually they got it in but now the vein they missed alot is stiff and very sore. and by stiff i mean that i can feel it theu my skin when a rub on my arm does anyone know whats happening?

  • @nakalajones444
    @nakalajones444 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you

  • @pleximan2008
    @pleximan2008 Месяц назад

    You’re an excellent nurse with great knowledge and a bonus is that you’re sweet. Nurses here are idiots. Rarely do you bump into someone who’s excellent at drawing blood. I have difficult veins unfortunately

  • @rnnoor7016
    @rnnoor7016 5 лет назад

    Thanks, Sarah

  • @egzrmx6277
    @egzrmx6277 3 года назад

    Sara how can i measure the pulse and how many breath par min

  • @krishnkumar2830
    @krishnkumar2830 3 года назад +2

    Ma'am i am facing nervous felling while inject iv ma'am please share how to solve it

  • @spider2020
    @spider2020 2 года назад

    when I feel arm vain now vain not soft at injection site 11 days later, vain feels like a rice grain hard and firm and you can see lump too, thats what made me want to feel it I could see it.Im upset, just spoke with E R on the phone just long enough to tell them they can keep the stool sample.

  • @MS-vz7pg
    @MS-vz7pg 4 года назад +1

    This nurse is hotter than doctors.

  • @tipsforrabindra2510
    @tipsforrabindra2510 3 года назад

    I love you mam...

  • @user-my7qu3bh8l
    @user-my7qu3bh8l 5 месяцев назад

  • @tsionwote
    @tsionwote Год назад

    What about investable vein

  • @marishy88
    @marishy88 6 лет назад +3

    Hello, I was wondering could you do a video on Acute Respiratory Stress Syndrome please? :)

    • @RegisteredNurseRN
      @RegisteredNurseRN  6 лет назад

      Hello Mari! Yes, this is most definitely on my list. Thank you for letting me know you would like to see this video uploaded :)

  • @OurWellnesschannel
    @OurWellnesschannel 2 года назад

    As you get older, your body will start to show some kind of accessory cephalic veins. I'm just watching these videos to learn more about venipuncture in nursing.

  • @josephgarcia9054
    @josephgarcia9054 2 года назад

    muscular guys are the best sticks!!

  • @hussainalzadjali4495
    @hussainalzadjali4495 2 года назад

    I wish to be phlebotomist

  • @rekhaghosh5233
    @rekhaghosh5233 3 месяца назад

    N8😮😮

  • @GordoDustin
    @GordoDustin 2 года назад

    Anyone else trying and failing to get over their needle phobia?

  • @diarmuidhiggins
    @diarmuidhiggins Год назад +2

    Islam Makhachev was here

  • @f-chan
    @f-chan 2 года назад

    I love being scared so I'm watching it with trypanophobia

  • @gwenpenaco7506
    @gwenpenaco7506 3 года назад +1

    When them ED nurses send an annoying patient up with an AC IV and they bend their arm a LOT 😡

  • @echobanny4425
    @echobanny4425 Год назад

    Oh my gosh. Is your patient a low bmi and fit👀 Those are super plump veins. I wish the dehydrated patients had similar veins life would be easy