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Alabama |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Alaska |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
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Arizona |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Arizona LPN IV Certification Package |
LPN's cannot directly access central lines. They can infuse through central lines if doing so by the piggyback method. |
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Arkansas |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Arkansas IV Therapy Education |
Not Specified |
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California |
24 hours theory and 6 hours clinical training |
Yes |
Online Education not accepted for LVN IV certification |
LPN's cannot give IV medications. They may only give approved IV fluids via peripheral lines after they have completed a board approved course. |
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Colorado |
60 Hours |
Yes |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
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Conneticut |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
LPN's cannot start PIV's in CT. RN's cannot remove PICC lines in CT. |
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Delaware |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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District of Columbia |
Not Specified |
Yes |
N/A |
LPN's cannot infuse through central lines. |
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Florida |
30 Hours |
Not Specified |
Florida Board of Nursing Approved IV Education |
Skills Practicum is recommended and facility must determine competency with skills checklists. |
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Georgia |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Hawaii |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
N/A |
Not Specified |
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Idaho |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Illinois |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basics of Peripheral IV Therapy; Current Standards of Practice |
LPN's cannot infuse through central lines in Illinois |
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Indiana |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Iowa |
Not Specified |
Yes |
N/A |
Not Specified |
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Kansas |
38 Hours |
Yes |
N/A |
Not Specified |
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Kentucky |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Kentucky IV Therapy Education |
LPN's who graduated after September 15th 2004 are IV certified when they graduate. Course must be board approved. KY regs and course content must be followed. |
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Louisiana |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Not Specified
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For licensure by endorsement recommended courses: Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
LPN's are taught IV education and are IV certified when they graduate. For LPNs applying for license by edorsement training and competency must be evaluated by LSBPNE |
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Maine |
12 hours theory, 2.5 hours individualized lab practice, and 5.5 hours of supervised clinical practice with 3 successful sticks |
Yes |
Maine IV Therapy Education Package |
See course description for details. |
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Maryland |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Massachusets |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Michigan |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Minnesota |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Mississippi |
40 hours didactic theory and 40 hours clinical practice |
Yes |
N/A for LPN Certification.
Pedagogy Education may be used only for obtaining contact hours for licensure renewal |
LPN's who graduated after 2008 are IV certified in School. All IV certified LPN's must renew their certification every 2 years with license renewal by providing documentation of 10 contact hours of IV education during the previous 2 year period. |
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Missouri |
30 hours theory and lab practice, and 8 hours of clinical practice with one successful IV placement |
Yes |
N/A |
LPN's who have graduated after 2/28/99 are IV certified when they graduate. |
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Montana |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Nebraska |
Not Specified |
Yes |
Not for LPN IV Certification.
Pedagogy Education may be used only for obtaining contact hours for licensure renewal |
LPN's may not administer intermittent meds via a central line. They can only administer meds through a continuously flowing fluid infusing into a central line. |
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Nevada |
20 hours classroom instruction plus 10 hours clinical |
Yes |
N/A |
Not Specified |
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New Hampshire |
30 hours |
Yes |
New Hampshire IV Therapy Education |
See course description for details. |
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New Jersey |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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New Mexico |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
New Mexico LPN IV Education |
See course descriptions for details. |
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New York |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Course must include recommended content and review NY Regs. "Basic Peripheral IV Therapy in Adults" |
LPN's cannot infuse through central lines in New York |
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North Carolina |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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North Dakota |
30 hours of theory, 4 hours of supervised clinical practice, and 3 successful sticks. |
Yes |
N/A |
Not Specified |
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Ohio |
40 hours |
Yes |
N/A |
LPN's cannot infuse through central lines in Ohio |
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Oklahoma |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Oklahoma LPN IV Certification Package |
Not Specified |
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Oregon |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Pennsylvania |
Not Specified |
Yes |
N/A |
Courses must be board approved and PA regs and course content must be followed |
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Rhode Island |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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South Carolina |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
South Carolina LPN IV Education |
Not Specified |
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South Dakota |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
South Dakota LPN IV Education |
LPN's who graduated during or after 2001 are IV certified when they graduate from LPN school. |
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Tennessee |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Texas |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Texas LVN IV Certification Package |
Not Specified |
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Utah |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Vermont |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Virginia |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Washington |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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West Virginia |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Wisconson |
Not Specified |
Not Specified |
Basic Peripheral and Central Line Education Package |
Not Specified |
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Wyoming |
16 hours of didactic education and 16 hours of clinical with 3 successful sticks |
Yes |
N/A |
Not Specified |