nursebuxom

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1. Can you get a job just inserting Iv's

   nursebuxom replied to IndyGypsyNurse's topic in Infusion

   yes you can. I have one, but it didn't happen in a day. Having good placement skill is only passing kindergarten. just a note, someone stated that they had over 200,00 iv starts to their credit. do the math. don't believe everything you read.

2. alcohol site prep

   nursebuxom replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Infusion

   please tell me this is a joke.

3. opinons on venoscope?

   nursebuxom replied to blsmom's topic in Infusion

   Dawn, if you're at KU MED, you have the grand master of all IV/PICC knowledge right there at your fingertips. tap in! take a flashlight, or an otoscope, and shine the light directly on the skin. look very closely, and you'll see the veins in the glow...

4. Power injecting thru cental lines

   nursebuxom replied to radnurse2001's topic in Infusion

   in my facility, the purple power piccs only.

5. $$$ How are you paid? PICC RNs & IV RNs

   nursebuxom replied to IVTeam's topic in Infusion

   good question. My husband is a nurse with fewer years of experience, and he makes more than I do because he works in a critical care position. IV and PICC are not considered "critical care". I don't care. I've done critical care and ER and PACU ...

6. Vanco peak & trough times

   nursebuxom replied to alarla's topic in Infusion

   This week I had a discussion with the ID about this issue. The rules for vanc have changed it seems. They used to do a peak and trough to ensure that the level was not toxic, now the goal is to keep the level up. We draw ours one hour before hang tim...

7. NS for IV starts

   nursebuxom replied to sister--*'s topic in Infusion

   I've used NS and buffered lido for starts, more importantly, I've had starts on my own veins both ways. The NS doesn't sting like the lido and it does numb the insertion site very well. I've also used NS wheals on either side of a roly poly vein to ...

8. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

   nursebuxom replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Med-Surg

   hell there. that's one word.

9. Female FOLEY

   nursebuxom replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Med-Surg

   Here are my tricks - get the hips up up up! Put an upside down bedpan or a couple of pillows under the hips, just like going to the gyn, and let those butt cheeks hang down. Hold the girl open with one hand, wipe front to back and look for the wink. ...

10. Portocath Hell

    nursebuxom replied to elena15's topic in Infusion

    poor patient! That doctor needs some education about portacaths for sure. Every 7 days is plenty with a sterile dressing and a biopatch.

11. IVPB tubing change

    nursebuxom replied to oldnewnurse's topic in Infusion

    my current facility p&p is back prime. each antibiotic does not requre its own tubing. we change tubing q 72h. secondary tubing has the same - q72h. I have worked in a facility with a 96 hour policy, they told us based on research, I never saw th...

12. Ok To Use 1/2 Bag Of Premix?

    nursebuxom replied to fostercatmom's topic in Infusion

    with the new pneumonia guidlelines, the patient is to receive the first dose of antibiotic within 4 hours of arrival. There are other such guidelines floating arount out there now too, so it would seem that you are between a rock and a hard place. ...