A mobile IV is a medical procedure, not a spa treatment. It puts fluid and medication straight into your bloodstream, which is exactly why it works faster than drinking something and exactly why who does it matters. A safe visit has four things in it: a licensed clinician whose credentials you can verify, a real clinical review before anything is opened, sterile supplies, and someone who stays in the room for the whole infusion. If a provider skips any of those, that is the signal to stop.
When to skip the IV entirely
Some things need emergency care, not a visit. Seek emergency care first if there is chest pressure or pain spreading to the jaw, arm or back; confusion or fainting; trouble breathing; severe or one-sided abdominal pain; blood in vomit or stool, or stool that is black and tarry; or little to no urination. Vomiting when you have diabetes is its own emergency, including when blood sugar reads normal on an SGLT2 medication such as empagliflozin or dapagliflozin. If you could be pregnant and have lower belly pain, shoulder-tip pain or faintness, that needs emergency care now.
Our visits are elective wellness care and are not a substitute for emergency care. Call (615) 592-6529 if you are not sure; we may point you to urgent care or the emergency department instead of sending a visit.
Who actually comes to your door
At A&M IV Co., one of two people places your line: the Nurse Practitioner who owns the practice, or a Registered Nurse licensed in Tennessee. Our Registered Nurses come from emergency and acute-care nursing and hold the certifications that work requires, and every clinician on our roster is insured.
Either way, a Nurse Practitioner examines you before the IV starts. When she administers it herself, that exam happens on-site. When a Registered Nurse administers it, she does a brief video check-in with you beforehand. Your visit proceeds once that exam is complete. You agree to this at booking, in those words.
That is the part worth comparing. A lot of mobile IV services run on protocols signed off once by a medical director you will never speak to. Ours is a per-visit exam by the clinician whose protocols they are.
What has to happen before the needle
Every visit starts with a clinical intake: your health history, your allergies and your current medications. Have the medication list handy, because it is the part that actually changes decisions. The intake exists to catch what changes the plan before anything is mixed: a prescription that does not sit well with some vitamins and minerals, a condition that changes how your body handles fluid, and timing, since a drip you had yesterday can rule out the same drip today.
Your provider reviews it under protocols the Nurse Practitioner sets. Supplies are sterile, and most drips are prepared in front of you at the visit; some are prepared at our Brentwood office shortly before. Either way your provider stays for the infusion.
Who we will not treat, and why that is a good sign
A provider willing to treat anyone is telling you something. Our limits:
- Adults 18 and older only, with no exceptions. Parental consent does not change it. Your provider may check ID, and a visit is declined on arrival if the person receiving care is under 18.
- Pregnancy needs your OB provider's sign-off on elective IV hydration before you book, and we need to see it. A text, a portal message or a short note works. Breastfeeding is not a hard no and depends on the drip.
- For clients 60 and older, fluid volume is capped at one liter every two weeks, with no extra-fluid add-ons.
- Kidney and heart conditions, and anything else that changes how your body handles fluid, get a case-by-case review rather than a yes or a no at booking.
What happens if it turns out not to be the right call
We tell you, and we do not proceed. The drip is not charged. A $50 travel and assessment fee is retained, which is in our terms before you pay.
That policy is the honest version of a safety promise. Anyone can say they will decline a visit. The question is whether declining costs them the booking, and for us it does.
Questions worth asking any mobile IV provider
- Who is placing the line, and what license do they hold? You can check a Tennessee license on the state Board of Nursing site.
- Who performs the clinical exam, when does it happen, and is it a real exam or a form?
- Will someone stay for the whole infusion?
- Are supplies sterile, and where is the drip prepared?
- What would make you decline to treat me, and what happens to my money then?
- Is travel included at my address, or is there a fee?
What our visits cost
Drips start at $139. Most add-ons are $20 each, prescription medication included. Travel is included across most of our service area, and if your address is farther out the exact amount is shown before you pay. Pricing detail is on our pricing page.