Rexie68

Rexie68

Vascular Access Nurse

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About Rexie68

Rexie68 has 21 years experience and specializes in Vascular Access Nurse.


Single mom of 4. Great fiancee' New job. What more could I ask for?

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  1. Sutureless devices for PICC securement

    I'm an RN on the IV team at a hospital. We very rarely suture in our PICCs. Our home health care agencies have had no trouble getting Statlocks and we've had no trouble with that. The statlocks that we use don't tear other than the original one in th...
  2. All 27 nurses on our IV team are trained to insert peripheral IV's using ultrasound guidance. I can't imagine why your manager wondered if it were in your scope of practice...it's non invasive and you're not diagnosing anything. Our LPNs also use it ...
  3. PICC becomes personal

    In a horrible twist of fate, my 17 year old step-daughter was in a major car accident (recovering now and hopefully all will be well in time) and has a PICC line. I'm an RN on the IV team and insert and care for PICCs all the time. I guess I never re...
  4. Found cap off port of PICC

    Well, we can agree to disagree. My facility does not repair any central lines....not picc, dialysis, presep, multi-lumen, etc etc etc. It works for us. We're very lucky to have a "specials" unit that has a physician who works under flouroscopy to pla...
  5. Found cap off port of PICC

    I would have done the exact same thing. Much less likely that "germs" will infect a new PICC placed under max-barrier precautions than a PICC found with the cap off. We would also do the same thing if a PICC were found with the dressing off. Again, p...
  6. Found cap off port of PICC

  7. Incident Report Documentation

    Untrue. Once it's mentioned in the nurses notes, it can be used in court. It's happened to my employer and that's why they'll go so far as to fire someone if they chart anything about an incident report. It's only a confidential, in-house document un...
  8. Incident Report Documentation

    Every facility I've ever worked in would has a policy that you NEVER mention incident report in nurses notes. Perhaps some you worked at don't care if it's pulled into court, but most would. I'd be seriously reprimanded and perhaps even fired if I ...
  9. Incident Report Documentation

    Never, ever, mention "incident form" or incident report in your nurses notes. The form is for in facility use but if you mention it in your nurses notes it can then be pulled into court in the event of a lawsuit!
  10. "You cannot have BSN or MSN on your nametag?"

    The other day I asked a Doc if he was a DO or an MD......he replied "MD BS". Thought it was kind of odd, but since he's from another country perhaps that's how they do it there.
  11. "You cannot have BSN or MSN on your nametag?"

    Same here....it doesn't matter if you're ADN, BSN, MSN, etc. The only time it changes from RN is when someone gets their NP.
  12. Absence of Manners

    My hospitals meals also work like this....in fact, it's called room service! The pt or family member can call any time and as many times as they like to order how ever much food they want. It's supposed to be only for the pt, but I've never seen Gra...
  13. Field Start IV policy

    I only know that 90-95% of our EMS pts come in with an IV...never smaller than a 20 gauge and usually an 18 gauge and most likely in the AC or hand. We change them within 48 hours....if they last that long. Even if the site was placed in another hosp...
  14. I'm so glad you brought that up....I'm SO tired of people saying things like that! Ummm....we see the docs when they're sweaty, icky, bedhead gross and they see us with our hair back in a ponytail and no makeup and oh-so-flattering scrubs and neither...
  15. Absence of Manners

    I don't know about y'all, but I go out of my way NOT to tell people I'm a nurse when I or a loved one is a patient.....unless things are greatly inappropriate...which rarely happens. Just treat me like I don't know a thing...because I may know a lot...