The American journal of nursing
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Local anesthesia before IV catheterization.
Intradermal buffered lidocaine is known to be effective in producing local anesthesia prior to IV catheterization. Recently, intradermal bacteriostatic normal saline has been suggested as a possible alternative. ⋯ Intradermal buffered lidocaine was superior to intradermal bacteriostatic normal saline in providing local anesthesia prior to IV catheterization in this group of predominately white adults and should be the solution of choice for venipuncture pretreatment.
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Biography Historical Article Classical Article
The trained nurse and the midwife. 1934.
Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over the last century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but they also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. ⋯ To this end, From the AJN Archives will be a frequent column, containing articles selected to fit today's topics and times. This month's article, from the May 1934 issue, stresses that "there is no branch of medicine in which the nurse participates to such an important degree as in obstetrics." Over 70 years later, this idea is echoed in this month's photo-essay, "Birthplace: A Model of Collaborative Care at Baystate Franklin Medical Center."