#451: MMM - IV Infiltration vs. Extravasation—Know the Difference

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm clearing up something that confuses a lot of nursing students: the difference between IV infiltration and extravasation. ___________________ FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students – Learn key strategies that will help you be a successful nursing student with this FREE guide! All Straight A Nursing Resources - Check out everything Straight A Nursing has to offer, including free resources and online courses to help you succeed! 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.5	Well, hello there. I'm Nurse Mo and welcome to Mo's Monday Minute, a shorty episode of the
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1:25.1	Thursdays. So in this shorty episode, we're going to be clearing up
1:28.9	a concept that can be a little bit confusing, especially if you're brand new. And that is the
1:35.5	difference between infiltration and extravasation. So first, let's talk about infiltration. So infiltration happens when ivy fluid leaks out of the vessel and into the surrounding tissues. Now the substance that is leaking is what basically makes the difference between infiltration and extravasation.
2:02.9	So in infiltration, the substance that is leaking is a non-vesicant, something like
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