May JEN Article: “More Big Help from Little Tools”

Kudos to Joyce Foresman-Capuzzi for her article “More Big Help from Little Tools” concerning pediatric patients.1 Her article is the first time I’ve seen in writing the hint about starting a pediatric intravenous line with the bevel down—something I taught in my pediatric emergency classes starting about 40 years ago. I’ve never seen anyone else mention it, but I sure taught that trick to legions of nurses and residents. Her whole article had a lot of good information. She didn’t mention whispering to a screaming child—they’ll stop screaming because they want to hear what you are saying, another good pediatric hint.