janinem73

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1. How often do you flush your PICC line?

   janinem73 replied to GIRN's topic in Home Health

   Our protocol (Home Care) is to flush PICCs weekly with the dressing and cap change. Heparin is not used if the PICC is a groshong, which ours all seem to be. This protocol is from a major Cancer Center.

2. How Safe is Home Health

   janinem73 replied to missea39's topic in Home Health

   You know you're nursing in the sticks when... The instructions from the admitting nurse the day before read "Honk your horn to scare the bears away (apparently they didn't back off that far, either) until you get into the house." The patient had been...