of course, you cannot use daytonite's method when you are running chemo through an IV line....you can either pull the air out into a syringe, or push the air back up into the bag with compatible fluid...
barbshortt replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in General Nursing
Done a lot of research on the liability insurance issue, and took a poll where I work and only 5% of the RN's had medical mal insurance. i arranges for a malpractice attorney to speak at our monthly...
The RN's at Presbyterian do not wear all white - they wear white tops, and royal blue pants. Each department has different color requirements as to differentiate caregiver
barbshortt replied to cafecreme's topic in Oncology
On a double mastectomy pt, we always do blood pressures on the calf of the leg. In our institution, almost all breast cancer chemo pts have a port, so we are able to do blood draws through the port....
Actually, I was a pt at Disneyland once a few years ago. I had a bad case of food poisoning (not contracted at D'Land, by the way), and I had thought I would be able to make it through the day....
barbshortt replied to LikesToSwim's topic in Oncology
We use elastometric infusers which sound similar to what you are describing - they do not look like baby bottles, but are continuous infsion "balls" which are gravity-fed (either 2ml/hr or 5ml/hr)...
I am a U.S. RN who worked in England (London) 1999-2002 (my husband's job took us there). Nine of ten nurses in London were foreign-trained (mostly Malaysian, Australian, New Zealanders, South...
barbshortt replied to bonodonnaonaroll's topic in Oncology
Julie, In our setting, we mostly use a primary/secondary set-up for most chemo tx, with the secondary set-up being the chemo. However, for those infusions that often cause reactions (taxol, rituxan,...
I'm afraid I came across (in my above post) as not appreciating the education I got at excelsior. Sorry if that is the case - I actually think my education was better than most of the RN's I work...
I got my ADN through Excelsior in 1998. I think it was a difficult way to get an RN, as it required alot of discipline to keep at the books, while working fulltime. I will admit that I do feel that I...
Multicollinarity- You are absolutely right - the cytokine storm is the most dangerous outcome of this avian flu (H5N1) and the 1918 pandemic (which was simialr in structure to H5N1, but not exact)....