Providing High-Quality IV Education
IV Mastery simplifies the education process for nurses working in skilled nursing facilities, home infusion companies and provides long-term care pharmacies with online intravenous insertion training.
Are you losing sleep over any of these issues?
It’s an interminable logistics struggle to provide IV education to your nurses and customers.
You’re paying tens of thousands of dollars in IV education while having no control over the quality of the content.
Your facility is failing state surveys and getting slammed with deficiencies penalties.
You can’t gather healthcare workers from all shifts in a room all at the same time for hours of teaching while keeping enough staff on the floor to take care of the residents.
You fall short in trying to maintain accurate records of the training provided. You also struggle to keep track of who needs training and when they need it.
Now imagine that you can…
Facilitate the learning experience for your nurses and caregivers and empower them to develop both the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional obligations.
Utilize technology to make education more accessible, while respecting your staff’s time limitations.
Offer 24/7 IV education all year long in a professional continuing education setting.
If any of this sounds like a dream, I want you to know that it’s 100% possible. I know that because I’ve been exactly where you are now.
Through IV Mastery, I have created a proven solution to help you solve your IV education nightmares!
If you’re ready to offer high-quality education, have peace of mind, and save money,
you’re in the right place
IV Mastery offers a comprehensive, intuitive, and user-friendly online training platform that gives your nurses unlimited access to all our courses.
Convenience
IV Mastery offers 24/7 online classes, broken down into 15 to 20-minute tutorials. Its user-friendly design makes navigating and finding the training you need easy when and as often as you need it.
Affordability
We’ve created IV Mastery as an affordable solution for IV education. A full-year subscription costs a fraction of the cost of only one conventional class!
Compliance
IV Mastery follows all state and federal regulations. Our training program ensures your employee’s education conforms with CDC, AVA, and INS standards of practice.
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Even if only one nurse doesn’t meet the state’s IV certification requirements, this can lead to severe financial penalties for the SNF. And, in some cases, they can have their admissions suspended until they are in compliance.
IV Mastery follows all state and federal regulations. Our training program ensures your employee’s education conforms with CDC, AVA, and INS standards of practice.
In many cases, intravenous education takes nurses away from patient care for several hours. In addition, when the facility schedules classes, they typically take too many nurses away at once. Inevitably, they fall short-staffed, or nurses miss the training altogether.
IV Mastery’s online classes are broken down into 15 to 20-minute tutorials and are available 24/7. The user-friendly design makes navigating and finding the training you need easy. Nurses spend more time with their patients!
In most cases, SNFs have to schedule multiple classes, increasing costs. In addition, they have to pay for all their nurses’ salaries to sit in a classroom, which can significantly affect their overall payroll budget.
IV Mastery was created as an affordable solution for continuous IV education. A full-year subscription costs a fraction of the cost of only one conventional class.
Ready to benefit from what IV Mastery offers? We’ll show you how.
Let’s Put IV Mastery To Work For You
We simplify the education process for skilled nursing facilities without breaking the bank by providing them with quality online IV education training and tools
“IV Mastery is a comprehensive program for clinical staff to ensure they meet the IV certification regulations and annual training. I highly recommend IV Mastery. “
Yvonne Harrison Emmons RN | Bear Mountain Healthcare
“IV Mastery has been a partnership like no other. Having the ability to offer our customers the ability to get IV education without needing to create the content ourselves has added substantial value to our customer offerings. They are helpful, supportive and will walk you through every step of the experience.”
Amanda Labrecque | Pharmscript LLC.
I love being able to complete it at home or work; It serves as an excellent all-around refresher. I would highly recommend it as a review and for new nurses as well; very helpful and very well done!
Susan Rall, LPN
Let’s recap. So what exactly is IV Mastery?
IV Mastery Program is an IV educational platform for skilled nursing facilities. It offers a wide variety of online courses to ensure that all aspects of IV education are available for the nurses to access. All the courses are compliant with standards of practice and state requirements.
IV Mastery understands your need to maximize resources while dealing with an increasingly complex healthcare environment. Our goal is to develop and empower nurses to deliver the highest quality of care by simplifying how education is provided and staying current with State’s IV certification requirements.
By the end of the program, you will be able to…
- Stay on track with compliance, quality, and retention.
- Engage your caregivers with comprehensive IV courses and training designed specifically for long-term care.
- Empower staff, enable lifelong learning, and reduce medical errors
- Keep your continuing education records up-to-date.
- Automate the creation of reports and certificates so you can tend to other important tasks
- Gain confidence in your survey readiness and quality management while developing competent staff
- Retain caregivers with solid leadership while instilling a learning culture and opportunities for growth and development
- Enable your nurses to take control of their schedules, reduce stress, and build a more sustainable career
No more struggling.
No more worrying.
No more wasting time.
This is what the program includes
Every aspect of IV mastery has been designed to facilitate your nurses’ learning experience.
The dashboard will allow your team leader to:
Register your nurses using their names and e-mail addresses
Assign courses to all your nurses with just the touch of a button
Assign courses individually to specific nurses or new professionals
Monitor everyone’s progress in real-time
Have instant access to our support team
Schedule onsite hands-on classes with an instructor should you choose to
Your team will also have access to other teaching tools like:
Video tutorials
Competency forms
Instructional posters for hands-on practice
IV policy and procedures
INS standards of practice
And printable infusion management training for support personnel like nurse’s aides.
Your team leader has access to the Nurse Instructor page:
Includes step-by-step instructions on how to prepare and moderate hands-on competency validation classes for:
- Peripheral catheter insertion
- Central line dressing change
- Implanted port access and de-access…and more
As simple as it is for your team leaders to navigate and take full advantage of IV Mastery’s features, we’ve ensured that it is just as user-friendly and straightforward for your nurses to complete their certifications.
When nurses log in to IV Mastery, they have immediate access to the dashboard, and all the classes are available.
Each module is composed of:
- Video presentations
- Video tutorials, if indicated
- Printable workbooks
- Competency forms
- Instructional posters for hands-on practice
- And additional content relevant to the module
Each module ends with a quiz to verify the acquired knowledge.
We’ve built implementation into the curriculum to make sure you take full advantage of your IV education platform.
Included in your IV Mastery subscription are:
Free account setup
Unlimited number of users
Unlimited access for each user
Free Zoom LAUNCH SESSION
24/7 customer support hotline
Discounts for Onsite Training
Important facts
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Online education provides nurses access to classes whenever they need to refresh their knowledge. IV Mastery is what real continuing education should be.
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On the other end, onsite classes are only as good as how much the nurses can remember after being trained only once a year.
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As much as one of our main objectives is to provide intelligent, comprehensive, high-quality education, it is also our priority to make it financially affordable.
Enroll with IV Mastery today!
Sign up now and start training your nurses today!
Enroll monthly
unlimited licenses
$145
per month
Enroll yearly
unlimited licenses
$1440
per year
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You get unlimited access to all the following training programs and more!
IV MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION
This class prepares participants for initiating and/or maintaining common intravenous therapies. Course topics will include review of vein anatomy and physiology, indications for IV therapy, infection control, nursing management, equipment complications. Nursing assessment, documentation and common IV drugs will be discussed. Care of central lines and central line dressings will also be covered as well as care of implanted port including accessing and de-accessing an implanted port. Upon completion of this class, nurses will earn a Certificate in IV Management and Care.
Additional information
Class Overview
This class includes ten modules. Each module starts with a teaching video followed by a quiz. The student needs a minimum score of 80% in every module. to access their certificate. If the student fails a quiz, they retake it until they pass.
Each module has a section with tabs for additional content. The first tab lets you print the workbook corresponding to the video.
Other tabs may include additional video training, nursing competency, and additional references or resources like posters and links.
This course will cover in detail:
- The Legal Implications of IV Therapy and Legal Governance.
- Infection Prevention and Adverse Reaction.
- Hydration Therapy and Fluid Regulation.
- IV Medication Administration Standards of Practice.
- Vascular Anatomy and Peripheral Catheter Management.
- Midline and Central Line Management and Differentiation of Vascular Access.
- Central Line Care and Maintenance Including Flushing Protocol and Dressing Change.
- Vascular Access Devices Complications and Interventions.
- Clinical Review of IV Pump Management and Central Line Dressing Change.
- Clinical Practice and Skills Assessment for Licensed Professional.
- Test questions will follow each module.
- The nurse receives a certificate of completion after successful completion of the entire course.
PERIPHERAL CATHETER INSERTION
This class is for RNs and other qualified clinicians who want to earn certification in the insertion of short peripheral IVs (PIV). This certification is a thorough training course, earning nurses a short peripheral insertion certification. This class will teach the nurse how to locate veins and the proper technique to insert a short peripheral IV. Upon completing this training class, nurses will gain the competence and confidence to insert PIV catheters. Nurses will receive certification as part of this class: Peripheral IV Insertion Certifications.
Additional information
Class Overview
The nurse will learn to assess peripheral veins effectively, acquire the essential skills for successful peripheral catheter insertion, and properly manage a patient’s implanted port.
This course will cover in detail:
- General Guidelines/Indications/Advantages of Peripheral IV Catheter.
- Review of Equipment and Preparation Before the Procedure.
- Peripheral Catheter Insertion Procedure.
- Complications and Documentation.
- On-Site Clinical Practice and Competencies Assessment.
- The nurse receives a certificate of completion after successful completion of the entire course.
As part of this class, the nurse will access tutorial videos and procedure posters as tools to use during the procedure.
This course also includes a competency form to be completed by your nurse educator and added to the nurse’s folder.
PARENTERAL NUTRITION
This class is for LPNs and RNs who need to learn how to care for patients receiving parenteral nutrition. The nurse receives thorough training from expert IV nurses/educators during this class. This class offers the participants a detailed review of initiating and maintaining parenteral nutrition infusion. Course topics will include a review of parenteral nutrition in adult patients, differentiation between continuous and cycled parenteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition lipid administration, clinical monitoring, and placement of additives in a parenteral nutrition solution. Nursing assessment and documentation will be discussed. The care of patients receiving parenteral nutrition will also be covered.
Additional information
Class Overview
All nursing staff caring for a resident receiving parenteral nutrition (PN) will receive training and demonstrate competency regarding parenteral nutrition to ensure proper assessment and monitoring of the resident for complications.
This course will cover in detail:
- Parenteral Nutrition in Adult Patients.
- General Guidelines, Safety precautions.
- Infection Prevention and Regulations.
- Parenteral Nutrition Continuous Versus Cycled.
- Parenteral Lipid Administration.
- Clinical Monitoring of Parenteral Nutrition.
- Placement of Additives in Parenteral Nutrition Solution.
- Demonstration of Parenteral Nutrition Equipment.
- Review of clinical Situation and Critical Thinking.
- The nurse receives a certificate of completion after successful completion of the entire course.
Competency forms will also be available to be printed and completed by the nurse educator and added to the employee’s file.
IMPLANTED PORT ACCESS/DE-ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE CERTIFICATION
This class is designed for RNs and other qualified clinicians who want to earn certification in the maintenance of implanted ports. In this class, the nurse will learn how to manage a patient’s implanted port, including accessing, de-accessing, and flushing an implanted port. Upon completing this hands-on training class, nurses will gain the competence and confidence to manage an implanted port. Nurses will receive certification as part of this class: Implanted Port Management Certifications.
Additional information
Class Overview
The nurse will learn how to properly manage a patient’s implanted port.
This course will cover in detail:
- General Guidelines/Advantages of Implanted Ports.
- Review of Equipment and Preparation to Access an Implanted Port.
- Implanted Port Access/De-Access and Flushing Procedures.
- Complications and Documentation.
- On-Site Clinical Practice and Competencies Assessment.
- The nurse receives a certificate of completion after successful completion of the entire course.
This course also offers competency forms to be completed by your nurse’s educator and added to your employee’s folder as proof of competency.
MIDLINE AND CENTRAL LINE DRESSING CHANGE
This course is for RNs, LPN, and other qualified clinicians who want to learn how to change a Midline or a CVAD dressing safely. In this class, the nurse will learn how to prepare for and proceed with a safe dressing change. Upon completing this class, nurses will gain the competence and confidence to change a Midline or a CVAD dressing while following the standards of practice.
Additional information
Class Overview
The nurse will learn how to change a Midline or CVAD dressing properly.
This course will cover in detail:
- General Guidelines of dressing change.
- The Guidance of a Safe dressing change.
- Procedure to change a dressing.
- Special Consideration of dressing change.
- Monitoring of a patient before, during, and after the dressing change.
- Complications and Documentation.
In this course, the clinician will access tutorial videos and step-by-step procedure posters to help with dressing changes.
This course also includes a competency form to be completed by the nurse educator while assessing the clinician’s abilities to perform the dressing change.
PICC REMOVAL
This 1-hour course includes RNs and other qualified clinicians who want to learn how to remove a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) safely. In this class, the nurse will learn how to prepare for and proceed with a safe PICC Removal. Upon completing this class, nurses will gain the competence and confidence to remove a PICC.
Additional information
Class Overview
The nurse will learn how to manage a patient’s receiving IV push medication properly.
This class will cover in detail:
- General Guidelines of PICC Removal.
- The Guidance of a Safe PICC Removal.
- Procedure to Remove a PICC.
- The procedure of a PICC Removal with Culture.
- Special Consideration of PICC Removal.
- Monitoring of a patient after PICC Removal.
- Complications and Documentation.
This course also includes a competency form to be completed by the nurse educator and a certificate of completion for the employee’s folder.
IV PUSH MEDICATIONS
This course is for RNs and other qualified clinicians who want to learn how to administer IV push medications safely. In this class, the nurse will learn how to prepare and administer IV push medication and manage a patient’s receiving IV push medication. Upon completing this course, nurses will gain the competence and confidence to care for a patient needing an IV push medication.
Additional information
Class Overview
The nurse will learn how to manage a patient’s receiving IV push medication properly.
This course will cover in detail:
- General Guidelines/Advantages of Using IV Push Medication.
- Review of Equipment and Preparation to Infuse an IV Push Medication.
- Procedure to Infuse IV Push Medication.
- Review the most commonly used IV push medication, including indication, dosage, and rate of administration for each.
- Monitoring of a patient receiving the medication.
- Complications and Documentation.
- The nurse receives a certificate of completion after successful completion of the entire course.
Competency forms will also be available to be printed and completed by the nurse educator and added to the employee’s file.
IV DIURETIC AND IV INOTROPIC FOR CHF
This course will provide the nurse with the knowledge and training they need to use an electronic infusion device to administer IV inotropic and/or diuretics in the treatment of patients with congestive heart failure.
Additional information
Class Overview
Upon completion of this course, the nurse will be able to:
- Understand what congestive heart failure is as well as its scope, symptoms, causes, complications, and management.
- Identify the most commonly used diuretics and inotropic in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- Understand the mechanism of action of continuous infusion of diuretic and inotropic drugs.
- Enumerate appropriate dosages in the use of IV diuretics and inotropic for the treatment of congestive heart failure.
- Demonstrate understanding of diuretic and inotropic medication administration by recognizing the steps involved in medication preparation and infusion.
- Accurately Monitor their patient and recognize the potential side effects and complications related to the use of continuous diuretic and inotropic infusion.
- Properly document in the patient medical record their assessment, the progress of the patient as well as the patient’s response to the treatment.
- Operate the electronic infusion device (EID) SIGMA spectrum pump.
- Change from Hospital IV Medication EID to the Pharmacy IV Medication EID.
- Change Medication Bag and Administration Set.
- Change the needleless connector from the catheter of a patient receiving IV diuretic or inotropic medication.
BLOOD COLLECTION FROM A PICC
This course will provide the nurse with the knowledge and training to collect blood from a patient’s existing central line. The nurse will learn general knowledge that applies to blood collection from a PICC and both the syringe and vacutainer methods of blood collection.
Additional information
Class Overview
Upon completion of this course, the nurse will be able to:
- Discuss current standards of practices related to blood collection from a central line.
- Differentiate the different methods of blood collection.
- Demonstrate competencies to successfully collect blood from a central line.
- Document the blood collection procedure.
UNDERSTAND AND INITIATE HYPODERMOCLYSIS
This course will provide the nurse with the knowledge and training to safely administer hypodermoclysis as an alternative to IV hydration. The nurse will obtain general knowledge that applies to hypodermoclysis and learn the procedure to administer it.
Additional information
Class Overview
Upon completion of this course, the nurse will:
- Understand what hypodermoclysis is and why it is used.
- Be able to identify indications and contraindications for the use of hypodermoclysis.
- Be knowledgeable of the advantages and disadvantages to using hypodermoclysis.
- Know which solutions are appropriate for infusion through hypodermoclysis.
- Be aware of Hyaluronidase and its use in conjunction with hypodermoclysis.
- Be able to locate proper insertion sites for the administration of hypodermoclysis.
- Know the proper procedure for the administration of hypodermoclysis, including documentation.
- Be aware of possible complications that can arise while a patient is receiving hypodermoclysis.
PHLEBOTOMY PROCEDURES
This course will provide the nurse with the knowledge and training to safely draw blood using both the syringe and vacutainer methods of phlebotomy. The nurse will learn about general knowledge that pertains to phlebotomy and the correct procedures to draw blood.
Additional information
Class Overview
Upon completion of this course, the nurse will:
- Be familiar with the proper order to fill tubes during blood draw.
- Know the importance of using standard precautions during venipuncture.
- Be able to perform the evacuated tube venipuncture procedure.
- Be able to perform the syringe venipuncture method.
- Be aware of contraindications to the completion of venipuncture.
- Be aware of possible complications resulting from venipuncture.
- Be able to properly document the procedure.
STATE-SPECIFIC COURSES
In your state-specific course, nurses will be provided with all the content they need to meet the minimum required by their state scope of practice. This includes contact hours appropriate for each course completed. Each state-specific course also covers the legality of IV infusion in your state and provides a certificate of completion upon successful completion of that course. Courses contain additional didactic material, including workbooks, competency checklists, educational posters, and video tutorials.
Another recent study shows that the high cost of classroom education is the number one reason nursing facilities become out of compliance with their respective state education requirements.
Now it’s time to talk about money, so let’s compare classroom and online education costs.
The cost of 1 year subscription to IV Mastery is a fraction of the cost of one traditional class.
ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO IV MASTERY
ONE TRADITIONAL ONSITE CLASS
First, let’s review the cost for a facility using the classroom setting model; let’s call it the traditional model.
In the traditional model, the facility must pay for the instructor fees, pay the salary of the nurses attending the class, and pay for the overtime to cover those nurses while they retained in a classroom for several hours.
Training 10 nurses for infusion management has an average cost of about $4000, and this is just one class!
Let’s say that if you schedule 3,4,5 classes or more per year, it will cost your facility 10s of thousands of dollars annually.
Now let us compare this to the cost if you were to use IV Mastery online training.
The cost of a one-year subscription to IV Mastery for unlimited users and unlimited access to all our classes represents a fraction of what you would pay for a single traditional onsite class
IV Mastery is the solution if you are looking for a tool that will meet all your needs for IV education.
Practicality, cost-effectiveness, and regulatory compliance are our training platform’s cornerstones. But even more than that, we strive to make the IV Mastery name synonymous with peace of mind regarding IV Education.
Let us join forces today and make IV education easy for everyone. Proper training and education should never be about being able to afford it. We’ve created IV Mastery because better education equals better care.
Signup now and start training your nurses today!
Enroll monthly
unlimited licenses
$145
per month
Enroll yearly
unlimited licenses
$1440
per year
Not ready to buy just yet? Request a demo
ABOUT Hugues Villeneuve RN, VAS
I have been a vascular access specialist for over 30 years. During this time, I have extensively trained hundreds of other vascular access specialists to insert peripheral lines, midlines, and PICCs using 3CG technology.
I have been providing IV management education for more than 15 years in a variety of healthcare settings. During my years as a vascular access specialist, it was always my goal to make IV education more convenient and affordable for every healthcare professional.
Over the past 3 years, I have worked to create this program so that healthcare facilities and healthcare workers could have access to comprehensive teaching tools that they could use 24/7 to provide their nurses with the highest standards in online IV education without breaking the bank.
Thank you for trusting me in teaching your staff.
Frequently Asked Questions
HOW MANY USERS ARE ALLOWED PER FACILITY?
Each facility is allowed an unlimited amount of users.
WHICH REGULATIONS DOES IV MASTERY FOLLOW?
IV Mastery meets the highest standards of compliance. We follow the Standards of Practice from the Infusion Nurse Society (INS), DPH Regulations, the CDC Standards of Practice and the Association for Vascular Access recommendations.
CAN WE STILL SCHEDULE AN ONSITE CLASS FOR OUR NURSES?
YES. If you are in need of an onsite visit for the launch or for a onsite clinical class, go to your facility page where you can access our appointment calendar and schedule an onsite visit. Additional charges may apply.
HOW LONG ARE THE CLASSES?
All classes are divided in less then 20 minute modules that can be stopped and resumed at the student’s pace. The student never loses what was completed and can finish it later if needed.
AFTER TAKING YOUR COURSES WILL I BE “IV CERTIFIED”?
To answer this question, we must go back to the Board of Nursing in the state that you practice. Each board of nursing has rules on the requirements for IV Certifications for LPNs/LVNs and RNs and what is required to practice IV therapies within that state.
Very few states have actual “IV Certification”. Most states require post licensure education, provided from an accredited organization. Some BONs are very specific in what the course must cover, regarding how many hours the course content must span, and other BONs are very vague. For the boards that are very specific as to what courses need to cover or have a minimum number of course hours, we have made state specific packages, or state specific and state approved courses. Understand IV Education for LPNs/LVNs and RNs
You may see each BON and their requirements from our State Boards of Nursing link here.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE A COURSE?
The number of contact hours set for each course is the true number of hours we expect it to take to completely read a course, view videos, and answer review questions.
ARE THERE TIME LIMITS FOR COMPLETING YOUR COURSE?
There are no time limits for course completion set by IV Mastery. You may start and stop the course(s) as many times as your needs and schedule permits until the online IV Certification course is complete.
CAN THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE COURSE BE PRINTED?
Yes, there is an option to print the contents of the course. These courses are extremely long and will require a good deal of paper and you can print the course workbook for all the classes.
Offer your nurses the highest quality in online education and save money today.
THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING YOUR NURSES.