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Do any of you PICU nurses out there remove central venous lines? We have to be PICC certified to remove our PICC lines, and most of our CVC lines are sutured in the groin, so usually the physicians remove them. If you remove them, did you have to b...

Janfrn- you are wonderul! Thanks a million!!

Thank you so much for your replies. Janfrn- do you have a competency or policy for pulling CVC lines in your hospital?

What about the shorter central vVeous lines that are placed in the femoral vein? For those of you that work in the PICU, have you ever sent a patient home with one of these? Because they are shorter, they are they not as safe to send home (for long t...

Does anyone ever give Intralipids through a UAC? Do you have a reference for why you do/ or why you do not?? Thanks.

The number of vents relative to the number of PICU nurses is what determines our assignments. We try to split them up, but given the staffing crisis and the lack of experienced PICU nurses, us old-timers are taking 2 vents at a time more often then ...