rnewmanjunkie

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1. Heparin flush and blood collection

   rnewmanjunkie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I worked for a pediatric oncology hospital and I keep getting the same question. When a patient's central line, PICC, or SQP is flushed with heparin how long must the nurse wait until she can perform a venipuncture for coagulation studies without int...

2. My pt died, lab results question?

   rnewmanjunkie replied to BinkieRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like she had leukemia of some sort. Had her WBC been high before this admission? CLL patients usually have a WBC that gradually increases. If this was a sudden increase, then she had acute leukemia, either an ALL (not unheard of in the elderly...

3. Pediatric Urine Collection

   rnewmanjunkie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work at a children's cancer hospital and when our patients under go chemo, their urine pH is checked every 15 minutes, 30 minutes or every hour depending on the result. Is there a something better than a "wee bag" to collect the urine in? Currently...

4. Luer-Lok Access Device and Peds

   rnewmanjunkie replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

   According to Becton Dickinson, the vacutainer tubes exert 14.7psi. I think most lines have a tolerance of up to 25psi

5. Luer-Lok Access Device and Peds

   rnewmanjunkie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone use the BD Luer-Lok Access Device on Pediatric patients and mores specifically, pediatric oncology patients?

6. Med Techs work under your license?

   rnewmanjunkie replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

   Just for the record, I'm a Med Tech and we DO NOT dispense meds. We are not trained, or licensed. We cannot instruct nurses on how to use a blood warmer because blood is considered a drug.

7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   rnewmanjunkie replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I worked in a rural hospital several years ago. The top floor had a psychiatric ward on one end. I got called up there for a blood draw on a new patient. Once I was finished, I left the security desk and started back down the hall toward the elevator...

8. Drawing blood from a PICC line

   rnewmanjunkie replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

   You never want to "pop the top" off of a vacutainer tube. If you let the vacuum draw the sample from the syringe, then you get the proper amount of blood to anticoagulant and remove the dilutional factor. Coagulation tubes MUST be filled properly or ...

9. Venipuncture in LPN school?

   rnewmanjunkie replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

   Take a phlebotomy course. Most nursing programs do a "hit and run" training. If you take a phlebotomy course, it focuses only on phlebotomy and the proper technique. Your patients will thank you.....

10. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    rnewmanjunkie replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

    Had an a child as inpatient. One of the nurses needed him to collect a urine. When her back was turned, he poured lemonade in the cup. The sample was sent to the lab, and the lab nearly died when they saw the results.

11. Drawing blood from a PICC line

    rnewmanjunkie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a better way to draw blood samples from a PICC line other than drawing the sample in a syringe and transfering it to a vacutainer tube? Thanks......

12. Most interesting Micro-organism!!

    rnewmanjunkie replied to kcstudentnurse06's topic in General Nursing

    Bacillus cereus.....causes massive hemolysis and quick death in immunocompromised patients. St. Jude did a study about B. cereus and tea.

13. Drawing Lab Samples from Hickman Lines

    rnewmanjunkie replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    Someone mentioned using the yellow vacutainer hub and removing the needle from the outside. Maybe I'm missing something, but the needle is one piece so how would I remove the outside needle? Can the BD screw on luer-lok access device be used with Bro...

14. Drawing Lab Samples from Hickman Lines

    rnewmanjunkie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is trying to solve a dilemma. We use a syringe to draw lab samples from a Hickman line then attach a needle and transfer the blood to the vacutainer tubes. We have an increase in clotted samples and it was discovered that some of the nur...