title: Starting intravenous lines in children.
abstract: Starting an IV line in children can be difficult. As with most skills, practice improves performance. However, a lack of practice for the clinician with otherwise good IV skills need not be an impediment. The suggestions described in this article can assist you in adapting your good IV technique to the pediatric patient.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012149:Restraint, Physical