RNmom24

RNmom24

Med/surg., nephrology

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RNmom24 specializes in Med/surg., nephrology.


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  1. Blood admin question

    Ok, thank you. :) Now I know.
  2. little clamps on peripheral IVs and PICC lines. . .

    Our PICC lines don't have clamps and they are saline flush only. Our central lines clamp and we are supposed to clamp them AFTER flushing the line with 10mL saline and 1mL heparin. Our peripheral extension sets have clamps and I sometimes clamp the...
  3. Blood admin question

    So, I've happily been hanging blood for the past 2 years and have never had a problem, no weird reactions, always the right patient, etc. Well, last night I had to hang a second unit on a patient and I asked another nurse to read with me, and then I ...
  4. Possible exposure to Hep C from needle stick

    Thank you all for your input. :) I went today and filed the incident report, and went to employee health. The patient's HIV came back negative, thank God. The nurse in employee health didn't even want to file a report after I told her what happen...
  5. I've been a nurse for almost a year and a half, and this is the first time anything serious has happened to me. Last Tuesday I was giving an insulin shot to a patient with known Hep C. The shot part went fine, but when I went to push the safety up,...