DeterminedOne

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1. Annual PICC competency ?

   DeterminedOne replied to PICC ACE's topic in Infusion

   Picc Ace - I have competencies on Picc insertion and MST. If you email me with a fax number I will share with you. My email is [email protected] -

2. triple lumen PICC lines

   DeterminedOne replied to PICC chic's topic in Infusion

   We keep the Bard 6Fr on hand in our facility and I have placed them several times - always on ICU patients who were on numerous drips/TPN/etc.. that really required three lumens. I have never had a problem with phlebitis or thrombus with the triple l...

3. BSN @ Mountain State University

   DeterminedOne replied to thewifenwv's topic in West Virginia

   Hello thewifenwv - I am a RN but did not attend school at MSU - however, my son is attending MSU in their Radiology Tech Program. If their nursing program is anything like their RT program - it should be good. He is getting a lot of clinical experie...

4. PICC Lines in Radiology

   DeterminedOne replied to angiorn's topic in Radiology

   Picc lines placed in radiology - In our facility specially trained RNs, including myself, place Picc lines at the bedside; we do this with Site Rite ultrasound machine if needed; when we are unable to gain access, or our catheter won't thread, we a...

5. please advise best direction to transition to Rad Nursing

   DeterminedOne replied to firstmate's topic in Radiology

   Hi firstmate - I'm not sure why you think you need to go to radiology school to work in the cath lab. If you are a nurse, would you be functioning as a nurse in the cath lab? If so, you would probably be trained by other nurses in the cath la...

6. Introductions

   DeterminedOne replied to Brian's topic in West Virginia

   Hey barefootlady - What nursing issues would you like to discuss? I agree this state has it's share of nursing problems. I was never employed anywhere that made me do mandatory overtime so that has never been an issue for me. Pay is not the greatest...

7. Introductions

   DeterminedOne replied to Brian's topic in West Virginia

   mccosner: Good luck in school - I'm a D+E graduate, so I know all your instructors... I am working at DMH so will probably see you around when you do clinicals..

8. Conscious sedation always used for angios?

   DeterminedOne posted a topic in Radiology

   Hello fellow rad nurses! Have a question I'd like the group to address - Do any of you have docs/radiologists that do angios without any conscious sedation?? I work with a variety of doctors - radiologists, cardiologists, and a vascular surgeon - a...

9. Any Rad nurses out there??

   DeterminedOne replied to RadRN2's topic in Radiology

   Dianah - in response to your question about power injectors - we do not use on our central lines or picc lines. Has been an on-going battle though to prevent this. We instruct our patients not to allow any power injector use through their line.

10. Any Rad nurses out there??

    DeterminedOne replied to RadRN2's topic in Radiology

    Hi everyone! Glad I found this site. Should be very informative as I am also a fairly new, lone nurse in our angiography suite. We have been doing everything except cardiac caths - till now. Got certificate of need to do cardiacs about 6 months ago a...