Here’s a ⭐💉Skill Walkthrough 🩺 ⭐for Spiking Fluids for Primary IV Infusion! Some tips for this skill: 👉Be sure to clamp the roller clamp prior to spiking the bag 👉You can flip the bag upside down and spike, or hang it on the IV pole and pull the rubber stopper out. The fluid will NOT drain out until the bag is punctured! 👉Once the spike is uncapped, it may NOT touch anything else – keep it from being contaminated 👉Avoid priming over a garbage can for infection purposes. This might be something you see done often, but try to prime over the packaging or a chux pad instead! 👉Squeeze the drip chamber until approximately halfway full 👉 “Scrub the Hub” of your patient’s luer lock port with an alcohol swab prior to attaching 👉Do NOT forget to unclamp after the tubing is fully primed and attached to your patient 🙂Otherwise, they simply won’t receive any fluid if you’re infusing by gravity, or the pump will beep to alert you of an occlusion! Have you performed this skill in simulation lab or clinicals yet? #nursingnotes #nursingskills #nursetok #nursingreels #reelsfornurses #nursesofIG #nurseofinstagram #nursingeducation #clinicaleducation #clinicalinstructors #nursinglife #scrublife #proudnurse #RN #BSN #IV #IVfluids #pharm #nursingschool #nursingstudents