newnurse111

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1. Flushing vs Irrigating.... HELP!!!

   newnurse111 replied to newnurse111's topic in New Nurse

   Hi, It's an abdominal drain, that is draining ++ ascites... it's to straight drainage. So today, I just flushed it with 10 cc NS, and withdrew the fluid back into the syringe. I'm not sure if I should have left the NS in there, or if in fact, I did ...

2. Flushing vs Irrigating.... HELP!!!

   newnurse111 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi everyone, I'm a new community nurse, and I have a doctor's order to irrigate a drain with 10cc NS. Now, I believe that flushing, is it just flush the drain and leave the NS in, and cap the drain..... and irrigating is to flush the drain, then wit...