MommaBear2012

Working on a covid unit.... no hazard pay/nothing extra for us either. Well, this week we got a free headband as a thank you from the CNO. ? We also learned that from the money loss during the covid response merit raises are essentially non exisitant this year. ?

There are just different ways to complete the same task, it doesn’t necessarily mean one way is wrong. I always prime the whole line with saline. I don’t want to deal with air in the line with blood which could cause me to waste some blood to run it out. The saline first helps me ensure I can run a little out if any bubbles occur. After I prime the saline I prime the blood. This includes using a medicine cup to collect the saline that runs out while the blood gets to the end of the tubing. I want the blood to start right away not have the patient getting only the saline when I start the infusion. We run it at the same rate the entire infusion. Blood is ordered per unit, whatever the amount in that unit is the whole amount the patient should receive. This includes the last little bit in the line, that’s what the flush is for. ?

The child abuse ceu can be completed online. The easiest place to do so is through the university of Pittsburgh. You can google Act 31 University of Pitt and find the training. You have to register but it is free to do so. It’s a several hour training where the slides are timed, which is grueling. However, the university of Pitt sends your ceu completion directly to the board of nursing.