newbie'13

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1. meds through a swan

   newbie'13 replied to newbie'13's topic in CCU

   Ok thanks!

2. meds through a swan

   newbie'13 posted a topic in CCU

   I am in my first year of nursing and work in cv stepdown. We never have swans but I was wondering if you can give meds through one. The catheter is in the PA but it's really not much farther in than a CVL. Obviously you wouldn't give anything through...

3. aquacel or xeroform?

   newbie'13 replied to newbie'13's topic in Wound

   She was using it as a figure of speech.

4. aquacel or xeroform?

   newbie'13 replied to newbie'13's topic in Wound

   Yes I researched the site before I talked to this particular nurse about it. She said the "textbook" is wrong.

5. aquacel or xeroform?

   newbie'13 posted a topic in Wound

   I work in a cv stepdown unit and we have been seeing skin breakdown on patient's sacral and coccyx areas. Most nurses put aquacel on these wounds. Yesterday a nurse told me these dressings remove healthy tissue when changed and it is wrong to use the...

6. Any new grads having problems with their preceptors?

   newbie'13 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi I am almost finished with my 3 month orientation as a new grad and I actually can't wait to be on my own. My preceptor is making me miserable. She is always complaining about how hard precepting is and she has told me numerous times that no one el...