Terrie Hogan

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1. Nursing Superstitions!

   Terrie Hogan replied to codebluechic's topic in Humor

   I love this topic...The "Q" word is a big no-no, and of course, not mentioning the name of PIA frequent fliers is gospel at our hospital. Another one; we turn down the bed and set up for admissions. If for some reason the admit doesn't make it, tha...

2. Honestly: Do you wear gloves every time?

   Terrie Hogan replied to BeachNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Good Question. I work in IV therapy and I wear gloves darn near all the time when doing starts. Very rarely I will have to remove a glove on my L hand to palp a vein and I get nervous doing this. I am working hard on not taking my glove off, perio...

3. flush portocol for pediatric central lines

   Terrie Hogan posted a topic in Infusion

   I'm working on procedure profile for flushing pediatric cvad's(picc,port, hickman,etc) and I'm having trouble finding literature denoting specific flush strength and amounts for Heparin. Any suggestion would be helpful or pass along your facilities p...

4. Transfusions through small bore IV's

   Terrie Hogan posted a topic in Infusion

   What's your institution's policy for transfusing blood products and is there any specifications regarding catheter size? I'v been noticing some nurses transfuse PRBC's thru 24 ga IV's. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

5. IV therapy pre-hospital

   Terrie Hogan replied to Dana's topic in Infusion

   Just found this site.....At our facility we allow pre-hospital IV starts to remain in place per our 72 hour protocol, as long as no problems occur. We do, however, pull and restart all trauma IV starts. The rationale being that "scoop and run" case...