I am against non licensed personnel placing IV catheters. As a current LVT student I can attest to the many hours spent going over the procedure and practicing on models before I even attempted on a live patient. Even then, things can go wrong and there would be no repercussions if a non licensed person placed and IV catheters wrong. I have worked entirely too hard over the past 2 years to have something taken from me as a future LVT. There is a reason we go to school and must pass the tests and hands on skills that we do. Would you want to go to the hospital and have some random person that was “quickly taught on the job” place your IV catheter , or would you want a REGISTERED nurse placing your IV catheters ? I’m pretty sure almost everyone would vote for the RN. Our animals have feelings too and it is already scary for them because they cannot communicate like we can, so a smooth IV catheter process can really help build trust with our patients.