TestifyToLove

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About TestifyToLove

Nursing at home to a slew of medical special needs kiddos while trying to re-enter the world of nursing outside my door.

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  1. PICC migration

    How much PICC migration is acceptable and at what point do you need to be concerned and consider it's no longer SVC? Recent patient was extremely active. PICC team (we outsource PICC insertion to the hospital system PICC team, which we are not) fail...
  2. Best way to get air out of IV tubing for IV antibiotics is ?

    You can actually take that a step further. You can tap the air bubbles out of the syringe (or even just tap them to the plunger side of the syringe) and simply put the fluids you drew out back into the line, depending upon how much fluid you pulled ...
  3. New ER nurse...needs help :)

    Another option, as we say "go for the gusto." If you need access and the arms and hands don't look good, just head for the ac. I occasionally have a few patients that have skin that tough. Are you advancing the needle and catheter 1-2mm after hitti...
  4. What's it really like to be a nurse?

    I wouldn't go back to acute care Med/Surg nursing for all the tea in China *because* it is not about direct patient care anymore. It's true that as a new graduate you might have to spend a year in that setting to earn your stripes, so to speak. Howe...
  5. Return to nursing after more than a decade?

    I realize my situation is abnormal. For starters, while I was out of paycheck nursing for 14 years, I was still using my nursing skills as a medical foster and adoptive mother. When I decided to revive my licensure, I had to submit a TON of CEs for...
  6. PICC line dislodgement

    Protocal in our center is to measure the line from insertion site external length at every dressing change to be aware if the line is migrating. The original length is supposed to be documented when the PICC is placed. However, we have a very stran...