Margaret51

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1. making assignments

   Margaret51 replied to Lisbeth's topic in Med-Surg

   I don't envy you having your assignments made by the previous charge nurse. If you have to live with the assigment and your staff, you should be making the decisions. I like to assign my nurses geographically. You can't answer call lights and be th...

2. lab draws through central lines

   Margaret51 replied to morrisonrn's topic in Med-Surg

   Another reason to flush the line first is to clean it out a bit. You don't want the blood you draw (even after drawing the discard blood) to have an undue concentration of anything you have been giving the patient. If you have the patient on a hepa...