[OPCC]

I work in an outpatient area and I handle the coumadin clinic for our providers. I would love to find other nurses doing the same thing and bounce questions off them.

[mlvnurse03]

Hey, I don't work in a Anticoag dept. but I do a lot of them in our family practice office. It must be kind of diff at times to figure out what to do with some patients. In the past our docs had a kind of standing order of what to do. But we had patients who either didn't understand or they would forget what we told them. So we gave them a card when we did their protime. That told them how to take their meds. It seemed to help compliance.

[BeeKPR]

Hi~ I am not a Anticoagualtion Registered Nurse but interested in learning more about this position. Are you CACP certified? What training or prior work experience was required to obtain this position? Thanks for the info!

[bluesnurse]

Originally Posted by OPCC

I work in an outpatient area and I handle the coumadin clinic for our providers. I would love to find other nurses doing the same thing and bounce questions off them.

I work in a cardiology office. We have a *lot* of coumadin patients. Our clinical staff consists of two RNs and two very experienced MOAs; between us we share coumadin management responsibilities. The other RN or I must sign off on the MOAs' advice, but there is rarely if ever a problem with it.

I had zero coumadin clinic experience when I took the job two years ago; the senior RN mentored me and it took about 6 months until I reached a comfort level and didn't need her to cosign with me. We do finger stick INR's unless the value is way off (> 8.0); then we do a draw and check it through the lab. At that point we definitely get MD orders. The docs are also fine with us consulting them with unusual fluctuations, stopping therapy for surgery, or anything nonroutine that comes up.

Feel free to bounce any questions off me; I'll do my best

[CoumadinNurseLa]

Originally Posted by OPCC

I work in an outpatient area and I handle the coumadin clinic for our providers. I would love to find other nurses doing the same thing and bounce questions off them.

Hi my name is Angela and I am a coumadin clinic nurse in south Louisiana. I work for a cardiology group. I was hired to start the coumadin clinic, and I actually just started it this month.

So far I love what I do, but it would be nice to have others to chat with about certain things, so maybe we can exchange ideas and questions!

Have great day !

Angela, LPN
Coumadin Clinic Nurse