Question about flouroscopy?

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Friend of mine asked me the other day if a R.N. would lose her license if the state found she was operating a flouroscopy machine... I said yes am I right???...

Thanks for any input!

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Specializes in ICU.

docs here usually step on the floor button to actually operate the machine

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When I had mine (used it for the first part of an upper endoscopy) it was a radiologist who did it. Dont know about the law but that is what I saw.

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I mean operating herself, without physician.... by herself..

Does anyone else know of this happening??

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Specializes in ER, ICU, Infusion, peds, informatics.

i don't know about the legality, though that probably varies from state-to-state and depends on how the state's nurse practice act reads.

however, i do know that it isn't all that uncommon for fluro to be done without a physician present when placing piccs in radiology departments. some places use a rt and an rn, but i think other places use two rns.

at any rate, your friend needs to check with the state bon, since that is the most reliable source of information.

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