jacjon

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1. PICC Line in school

   jacjon posted a topic in School

   Hi everyone, I am a school nurse at an elementary school - I was just informed by my supervisor that a student will be at school on Mon with a Picc and antibiotics are to be given during school hours. I have not had to work with a PICC in a few year...

2. ICD info please

   jacjon posted a topic in CCU

   I am a nurse in a rural elementary school approx 7 miles from the closest EMS. We do not have an AED at out facility (in the works though). I do have a teacher who has an implanted defibrillator. Does anything change if this person arrests? I wou...

3. Epipens

   jacjon posted a topic in School

   School nurses - do you keep epipens in the clinic or in the classroom. I have been a school nurse for approx 3 months and the epipens are in the clinic. My thought is that the teachers should be trained and kept in the classroom with the student. ...

4. stressing over lice

   jacjon posted a topic in School

   I worked as a medsurg nurse for 2 years before becoming a long term sub school nurse. Here is my problem - I have never seen actual nits/lice. I have seen them in books and videos on the internet - but, that is not the same. I have had to do lice ...

5. IV therapy

   jacjon posted a topic in Hospice

   I have worked as an RN for 1.5 years in a busy Med surg unit. I have been interested in working as a Hospice nurse. There is a position posted in our local paper - the ad states must have IV skills. What does this mean? Do hospice patients have p...

6. IV precipitation

   jacjon posted a topic in Infusion

   Please tell me what I did wrong. Patient was on levaquin IV. Doctor prescribed a now order for Lasix IV push. So, I stopped the levaquin, ran the Saline line at 100 for 25-30. Then I proceeded to push the lasix. I drewback and the syringe looked...