vhrn

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1. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   vhrn replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I was a receptionist in a pediatric clinic. My older sister, whom our mother adored, was a nurse--OB/GYN, then house supervisor in a small rural hospital. My parents were aging, my sister was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and became disabled. I k...

2. Blood transfusion question

   vhrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Another issue concerning blood transfusions: I recently wrote in regarding running other IVF and gtts in the same peripheral angiocath with PRBC transfusion: Now, there is another issue. Not only will my hospital not allow IVF and gtts to run with ...

3. Re: blood transfusions

   vhrn replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

   The only reason I even mentioned calling the Red Cross is that we have only one nurse in our ICU who runs other IVF to the same site with blood. I personally have followed her twice when this was done. I've gone to our manager (2 different ones, on...

4. Re: blood transfusions

   vhrn replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

   As many other nurses replied, to run other meds/IVF (especially dextrose, and many gtts/ivpb's are mixed in dextrose) with blood, can cause clumping of the PRC's. To me, that means, if the PRC's clump, there are little "clots" running around in your...

5. Re: blood transfusions

   vhrn replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for your reply. I appreciate your reinforcing what I already knew, and thanks for the link to americasblood. My coworker and I searched the Red Cross site and launched numerous other searches last night but were unable to find muc...

6. Re: blood transfusions

   vhrn replied to vhrn's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for reinforcing what I already knew. I agree, if pt needs meds during the tx, stop blood, flush, med, flush, resume blood. I appreciate your reply.

7. Re: blood transfusions

   vhrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I'm just old and behind times, but I was taught that NOTHING is to run into the same IV site as a blood transfusion. I work with a nurse whom I have followed on 2 separate occasions who ran Versed into the same site as blood (PRC's), and NS w/...