I have a question, The last I heard from the Ohio Board of Nursing , we as RN's are not allowed to push Diprovan since it is an anesthesia drug. When I work ICU ,being the good nurses that we are we will never push the med, we may titrate it by the pump at 999 ml / hr to infuse to a volume of 5 ml. We didn't push it, we titirated it. But, any who....I work in the ER now where we give Diprovan for con. sedation. The hospital I work for said they have looked over the policy and decided it's OK for RN's to push Diprovan. Well, doesn't matter if the hospital decided it's OK if the OBN says it's not OK. How about other states, can you push such meds ? Any nurses in Ohio know any info on this. I can't find it on the OBN web site. I will not push anethesia meds until I know for sure from the board but , I'm just courious what other RN's are doing. Don't know about other ICU , ER nurses, But, Diprovan rocks , it's the best med out there for intubated pt's. Infact I have mug that says....GOT DIPROVAN ?
USAstudent
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I live and work in Alabama. RN cannot push Diprivan, only titrate gtt....must be CRNA or MD.