75au78

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1. dressing changes

   75au78 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   if surgeons don't leave specific dressing change orders for their incisions, then what is the consensus on cleansing and dressing simple incisions such as a hip or knee incision w/staples. ns/gauze? also, when is it usually okay to allow the patient...

2. PICCs

   75au78 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a question regarding PICCs (or central lines, in general). I have seen nurses flush all three lumens of a Triple-lumen PICC with a single 10ml prefill NS syringe and then a single heparin prefill syringe, and I have also seen nurses flush eac...

3. PICCs

   75au78 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Do you have to use a separate syringe for each lumen on a multi-lumen PICC (as in 3 NS prefill syringes, and 3 heparin prefill syringes if flushing a triple-lumen PICC) and, if so, why? Also, if you're just doing the routine flush (no meds), do you n...