jesruf53

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1. Ice machine use in hospitals

   jesruf53 replied to olcroner's topic in General Nursing

   The following has been my practice for over 40 years. Our ice dispensers are motion-sensored, so nothing has to touch. Our ice bags are disposable, so I throw away and get a new one when needed. If I re-fill a used ice bag, it is done in the patie...

2. what?...q 15 NIBPs with an art line???

   jesruf53 replied to ICUmama's topic in MICU

   NIBPs q 15 may cause nerve compression and nerve damage, skin-pressure lesions due to repetitive, prolonged cuff inflations, among other things....not to mention just plain annoying to the patient and totally unnecessary with an art line which measur...