In the oncology unit where children receive long courses of drugs, we try to insert a longer intravenous line that can stay for a month or so. It saves us the trouble of poking the child every 2-3 days for an IV line. My success rate for these ‘central lines’ is pathetic… I missed the last 4 times! Today at 11 PM my friend called me to say he had missed one and wanted to know if I could try.. reluctantly I said yes… and amazingly I got it in the first attempt!!
Now that don’t mean that I’ve become an expert but it encouraged me… now to wait for the next time!