Peripheral intravenous catheter insertion and use of ultrasound in patients with difficult intravenous access: Australian patient and practitioner perspectives to inform future implementation strategies

• Jessica A. Schults ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: j.schults@uq.edu.au

  Affiliations The University of Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston Infectious Diseases Institute (HEiDI), Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5406-9519

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• Pauline Calleja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Queensland University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-1404

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• Eugene Slaughter,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Herston Infectious Diseases Institute (HEiDI), Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Rebecca Paterson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The University of Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Claire M. Rickard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The University of Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Herston Infectious Diseases Institute (HEiDI), Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Workforce Development and Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Health and Wellbeing Service Group, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Catriona Booker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The University of Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Workforce Development and Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Nicole Marsh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The University of Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Workforce Development and Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Mary Fenn,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, Workforce Development and Education Centre, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Jenny Kelly,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Central Queensland University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Health and Wellbeing Service Group, Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Peter J. Snelling,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Sonography Innovation and Research (Sonar) Group, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8579-445X

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• Joshua Byrnes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Applied Health Economics, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Australia

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• Gerben Keijzers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Emergency Medicine, Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1100-4552

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• Marie Cooke

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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