A patient arrives post operatively to the PICU. Upon the nurse's assessment, the patient's mother notices a peripheral IV at the patient's AV fistula site. The nurse assesses the site and there is an 18G PIV present. The nurse notifies the physician, the PIV is removed, and it is noted that the thrill and bruit is still present. The nurse immediately submits an incident report. By the next shift, a nurse assesses the AV fistula site and there is no thrill or bruit present. The patient was due to have hemodialysis that day. Due to increased bleeding risk and a recent history of DIC, the patient isn't a surgical candidate for placement of a hemodialysis catheter at the time; in addition, the patient is at a facility in which AV fistulas are not
