Can RNs pull Picc Lines

Both facilities that I have worked at allow RNs to pull PICC lines.

RN's in Iowa most definately pull PICC lines. Additional training comes into place when an RN "places" a PICC line according to policies of workplace/BON.

Where I work, nurses pull PICC's, but don't place them. A special PICC team places all PICC's. HTH

Yes, we do that all the time.

I pull PICC lines all the time but had to observe 3 times and show my skill 3 times before I could do it on my own. Nurses on my unit place PICCs after certification class that is offered through the hospital! I can't wait to take the class!

yes

As an LPN I always had to bother an RN to do this for me, so yes they do pull them.

I remove PICC lines all the time. I also remove IJs. Only thing we don't remove on the unit is tunnelled lines. And yes, there is training. It is not something we learned in Nursing school.

Depends on the facility. Where I work, we are not allowed to really do anything with PICC's other than draw labs and put meds through them. We have a PICC team that inserts, changes dressings, and pulls them. If the PICC team is gone, you can change the dressing if it is no longer occlusive, but that is about it.

Of course. If an RN can insert the PICC line and can pull swans, art lines, IJ & subclavian tripple lumens they most certainly can pull a PICC. All that should be required is a unit based competency.

If an RN doesn't pull it who is going to? Doesn't make much sence for a physician to have to pull a PICC line that may well have been inserted by an RN.

Where I work, nurses pull PICC's, but don't place them. A special PICC team places all PICC's. HTH

*** Who is on this special PICC team if not nurses?

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