kcaley

Makes sense to me! Thank you!

I do think they are planning to pay, just for a nurse privately (although we haven't discussed it). Thank you! I will check with them.

Hello, For background, I'm a newly graduated RN (as in, I'm licensed, and I start my first nursing job in two weeks). A friend of mine I went to school with growing up reached out to me and said her brother is getting IV medications through a PICC line and needs weekly dressing changes and was wondering if that was something I would be able to do. Is that within my scope of practice? Obviously the dressing changes are, and I assume her brother is under the ongoing care of a physician, but I'm not employed by that physician and wouldn't have a physician supervising me specifically or giving me orders directly. Is that something the family can be taught to do themselves for something like this? Also, is this something I should even consider as a brand new nurse? Help! I live in Pennsylvania. Note: Of course I'm aware I need to review these skills and would like to watch one and have someone watch me do a dressing change before doing them on my own (would that be enough practice? We did skills check offs in nursing school, and I observed one in the hospital, but that's the extent of my experience). I asked if she had considered home health, and she said her brother had been unable to find home health that met schedule and insurance needs, so they were looking for an independent RN.