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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...