Question about IV Cert

[Ashley Anne]

Does anyone know where I can get IV certified??? I've called the local hosp. and they say they dont have it. I am currently in LVN school and would like to get it done sometime in the next few months. I live in Orange County. Thanks for any info.
Ashley

[Duncan]

http://www.bvnpt.ca.gov/sitemap.htm

My junior college (Pasadena City College) offered a 36 hour instruction course at the end of which we received a certificate of course completion for intravenous therapy and blood withdrawal.

Find out if your school offers this training. If not I'd then check out the website above and see if there is a local place that offers it. You might even be able to learn through the American Red Cross.

There's another list from Wikepedia that might be of some interest. You'd have to do some follow-up research to find out if there is a place in O.C. that offers the training.

Best of luck to you !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ng_credentials

[gracie1]

Be careful, follow through with the paperwork, and verify with the bnvpt. I paid $135 for a course when I was and LVN. I thought I had a valid certification. My employer never notified me otherwise. I changed jobs and my new employer notified me I had no certification and had to go to another class.