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My role is a concerned employee. Need I say more? And he's been a nurse for a couple of years. If this was your loved one and something didn't seem right, you would be concerned too. It was Heparin
You sound like you don't know what you're talking about at all. You don't administer IV medications subcutaneously.
If you think someone is doing something wrong then bring it to their manager's attention, after you are unsatisfied with the response you got from directly asking the person in question.
In this case I suspect that because you are not trained, you don't know what you are seeing. There's no harm in asking questions to expand your knowledge.
Oh for heaven's sake. It's the IV form given sub Q through a needle commonly used for IV therapy or venipunctures. The OP referred to it as an "IV butterfly" which is technically correct.
I would encourage people to be kind in their responses. These kinds of reactions may be why the OP is asking an anonymous forum instead of addressing the concern at the time.
I would encourage people to be kind in their responses. These kinds of reactions may be why the OP is asking an anonymous forum instead of addressing the concern at the time.
I wasn't responding to the OP I was responding to another poster AEB the fact that I quoted her. And seriously? "For heaven's sake" is about as mild as it gets.
Nursing617
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Resident had an iv catheter to have morphine administered subcutaneously via a butterfly needle on the abdomen. Before the nurse administered the morphine, he mentioned out loud that he had to get the heparin first (referring to the flush). I then witnessed the nurse flush the iv butterfly with the heparin, then the morphine, followed by the heparin flush.