LoriH357

LoriH357 has 30+ years experience.

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1. Sterile water to flush feeding tubes?

   LoriH357 replied to nursesky's topic in Medications

   Here's a well-written article on the subject. https://med.virginia.edu/ginutrition/wp-content/uploads/sites/199/2014/06/Parrish-October-16-2.pdf

2. RN's removing surgical drains

   LoriH357 replied to conniejean's topic in Med-Surg

   We have been pulling regular surgical JP drains all along. What is new is that we have some surgeons are placing JP drains or even "mini" chest tubes in the pleural space following open heart surgery. Critical care nurses must be certified before pul...