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1. Triple-Lumen Qestion

   LearningTheRopes replied to LearningTheRopes's topic in CCU

   Thanks for the tip! I've searched everywhere online, it seems, to find our more about PICC lines. All I could find was a bunch of studies talking about their 'risks for infection,' and I definitely don't want to do that to my patients! It was hard ...

2. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

   LearningTheRopes replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

   Oh, the joys of nursing school. :) I gradutated a little over a year ago, and I remember the sort of people you're talking about...the one's who ask so many questions (obvious ones, at that), that they add about 20 minutes to each class period. Bee...

3. Triple-Lumen Qestion

   LearningTheRopes posted a topic in CCU

   Please help me to understand this! I'm sheltered from most central-lines, as I work on a geriatric floor. We will soon have a patient with a central line, and will need to flush and heparinise the triple-lumen catheter. What is the proper techniqu...