Kate96

Kate96 has 5 years experience and specializes in critical care.

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1. IV incompatibility

   Kate96 posted a topic in Neuro

   Hello Everyone! I recently had a question come up and I was not sure how to answer it. The question was if IV incompatible meds could ever me inadvertently mixed together if two infusions ran through two different PIVs but the PIVs were in the same v...

2. CRRT: negative patient fluid removal

   Kate96 posted a topic in MICU

   Hey Everyone! I am fairly new to CRRT and had an issue come up one night. I was having problems with my access pressure being extremely negative. I was troubleshooting and ultimately my Vas Cath location was just not going to work anymore. I tried to...

3. Manifolds: Question On Connecting Multiple Drips

   Kate96 posted a topic in Critical

   hey everyone! I just had a question about manifolds. I was told by a senior RN that it doesn't matter the order you connect drips to manifolds. For example, the rates of the separate drips don't matter as far as connecting the drip going at the faste...

4. OG tube placement and trach tube

   Kate96 replied to Kate96's topic in Critical

   thank you for your response. I have not been provided rational, and I just have never seen a patient with a trach with an OG and I had assumed it is a contraindication. I just spoke to my nurse educator though and he said OG tubes and trachs are not ...

5. OG tube placement and trach tube

   Kate96 posted a topic in Critical

   This is probably a dumb question, but I have personally never fully understood why we cannot placed OGs in a patient with a tracheostomy. The trach is placed under the vocal chords in the trachea and the OG is in the esophagus. It is something I know...

6. IVPB medications

   Kate96 posted a topic in Medications

   I have a question regarding IVPB medications. 1) Example: Can you give IVF at 75cc/hr and Zosyn IVPB at 25cc/hr as concomitant infusions or would this cause the Zosyn to be infused at a faster rate? 2) At what rate do you flush with IVF/pr...

7. IV gtts and arterial line

   Kate96 posted a topic in Critical

   If you have an arterial line and IV gtts going do you need to stop them to draw blood from arterial line? Will the arterial line blood be contaminated if you draw the sample while the IV drips are running? Thank you.