piccrn56

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1. Drawing blood from power picc

   piccrn56 replied to jmgrn65's topic in General Nursing

   CritterLover, I wasn't referring to air embolism issue. I thought we put the injection caps on for sterility rationale. I wouldn't want my open ended PICC laying in wound drainage, sputum,etc.... I agree with you the risk of air embolism is almost no...

2. Drawing blood from power picc

   piccrn56 replied to jmgrn65's topic in General Nursing

   There is a new PICC on the market that doesn't have any clamps because it has internal valves that act as clamps and it is power injectable and also purple. It is the practice at my hospital when the nurses MUST use the line for lab draws they should...

3. Hi, I'm Thunderwolf and I am a Smoker

   piccrn56 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Recovery

   Hi, I'm Karen and I am a grateful recovering smoker! I never really wanted to quit but I felt really pressured to do it and was embarrassed for anyone to see me smoking. I started on Chantix and cut my smoking by half during the first twelve weeks. I...

4. Trouble advancing catheter

   piccrn56 replied to ifindoubt2's topic in Infusion

   I don't do many PIVs any more but when inserting PICCs with ultrasound guidance we do see lots of venospasm. If this is the case with your patient perhaps warm compress would help or nice cup of warm tea. If venospasm is the culprit and it is not con...

5. Foot IVs

   piccrn56 replied to piccrn56's topic in Infusion

   Thanks to all of you for your help. I spoke to one of our Anesthesiologists who is quoting data from 1965. They are convinced that foot IVs have less complications than CVC, including IJ with US guidance. We agree that they should be short term but I...

6. Foot IVs

   piccrn56 posted a topic in Infusion

   Hi! I'm hoping that some one has data on why foot IVs just should not be placed. In my large city hospital it has become common for IVs to be placed in feet. We have been encouraging that if a pt has a foot IV the nurses should generate a referral to...