RN here who’s used a VeinViewer in practice. Technology is neat, but intimidating to a lot of staff who are the “influencers” of a nursing unit. It was useful

RN here who’s used a VeinViewer in practice. Technology is neat, but intimidating to a lot of staff who are the “influencers” of a nursing unit. It was useful to sight deeper veins you couldn’t normally find using your usual techniques. However, the projected image had a bit of lag to be annoying, and you had to position your hands a certain way to be out of view of the camera as you worked. The version of the VeinViewer I used had a bright green projected image, which made too much of a contrast and made it tricky to work with the projected image. Newer versions have a white projection which is less annoying. After a few uses, I adapted my technique to use the VeinViewer to sight a vein, mark the vessel with a pen, and then, with the VeinViewer out of the way, proceed with my usual technique. If a patient requires a lot of bloodwork, they will usually be referred to have a PICC inserted anyway which takes away the muss and fuss of peripheral IV draws.