NurseNibbles

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1. Heparin IV Administration

   NurseNibbles replied to NurseNibbles's topic in Medications

   I hear ya! Thank you. And I completely agree! When we were talking about this at work, a co-worker of mine (a senior nurse) told me that Heparin is run on its own pump, by itself, with its own dedicated line because 'once upon a time' an error had oc...

2. Heparin IV Administration

   NurseNibbles replied to NurseNibbles's topic in Medications

   Thank you for your reply. I am primarily looking for the rationale for NOT running Heparin as a secondary (IVPB). I can not find any documentation supporting this, and I am not sure what the error is. It isn't obvious to me, you say it is a 'huge med...

3. Heparin IV Administration

   NurseNibbles posted a topic in Medications

   Please, can someone offer rationale for administering heparin into an existing primary line (such as NS) using the port most proximal to the patient. I can not find any reliable evidence based information regarding this. Or maybe I am thinking too mu...