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  1. Overwhelmed, as usual

    garciadiego posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I know there are countless threads on this subject and replies, so why am I posting about it? You tell me. I have been med. surg one year, after working 15 years as a geriatric nurse. I am still...

  2. Cath flo question

    garciadiego posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    How do you all use cath flo when a PICC is clogged. I'm aware of how to dilute it, then you instill it and wait for 30 mins. But what happens when you try to instill the cathflo and it won't

  3. "What would you do" continued....

    garciadiego posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been coming to this site for help with "how to" do nursing in the "real world" and so far this site and your responses have been a pot of gold for me...and, again, I have "burning" questions...

  4. "What would you do" continued....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I was re-reading all of the answers to my question and was struck by the differing opinions....I guess there is no reliable standard on which to base a nursing judgement in this

  5. "What would you do" continued....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all... I do have a related question Let's say a patient goes to dialysis in the morning....am bp meds are held...and sometimes nurses hold all am meds....when the patient returns, say around...

  6. "What would you do" continued....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    RedCell Maybe I did not give you information about the exact name of the drugs accurately, I don't remember the precise names of the meds....my point was that they were BP meds and the times that they...

  7. "What would you do" continued....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all Thats two for metoprolol....I think technically if the order says am then it is am, unless dr. writes give now as Christie indicated. RedCell..two

  8. "What would you do" continued....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    FloatRN Wow, so you would have given those am meds at 1830, that's interesting..I asked 2 nurses on the floor about what to give and they both said just give the eve metoprolol....I really have no...

  9. DC CVL

    garciadiego posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I know how to DC a PICC line but how do you DC a CVL thats in the jugular? Same way?...withdraw the line and put pressure? What instructions would you give a patient if he was discharged after the...

  10. Cath flo question

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    iluvit, Thank you for spending so much effort in replying, very thoughtful and it helped IMMENSELY.

  11. You idiot.....

    garciadiego posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    The other day a patient needed a blood sample and had a double lumen PICC...I could not get the blood to withdraw from the PICC...I thought maybe the line was clogged and asked a nurse for a second...

  12. Burning stupid questions

    garciadiego posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Aloha, 1. What do you give a dialysis/diabetic patient who has low blood sugar?.....can't give him orange..can you give him apple juice...or milk? What are juices acceptable to give dialysis, renal...

  13. Cath flo question

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I don't know what the syringe method or the stopcock method is. I'll look around for instructions on the floor for cathflo, although finding stuff like instructions seems next to impossible, thats why...

  14. You idiot.....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Thanks

  15. You idiot.....

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    No jb2u, it was not

  16. IV classification

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Thank you both very

  17. IV classification

    garciadiego posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Can someone help me out with how IV's are categorized? Midlines are peripheral's, right? PICC LINES are CVL's, right? PortaCaths are

  18. DC CVL

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    That was great iluvit. When you say wait until the bleeding stops, am I going to apply a guaze pressure dressing until the bleeding stops? Is the occlusive dressing your refering to something like...

  19. Another irritating question...CBI

    garciadiego posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Can someone tell me how to set up and manage CBI? I would like to know your experiences with continuous bladder irrigation...what to assess, what can go wrong...or anything about it.

  20. Another irritating question...CBI

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Apparently no else does either

  21. Stop IV for what?

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks guys....seems like the consensus is if its easier to transport the patient without the IV then heplock it...although this runs the risk of it

  22. Stop IV for what?

    garciadiego posted a topic in General Nursing

    Another irritating question for you all On the med. surg. floor lots of patients have running IV's. When the patient with the running IV has to go for a test, which test do you need to stop the IV...

  23. Stop IV for what?

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean the CNAs stop the IV, they ask the RN to do

  24. What would you do....?

    garciadiego posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would you do if its 1830, the shift ends 1930. You have an IV to restart, have loads of charting to do...have to hang a new bag of TPN....have a patient in pain....and have a few IV anibiotics...

  25. What would you do....?

    garciadiego replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all knowledgeable insights Only one point will not usually work, asking for help. It would seem that every one else is to busy to help because they want to get out at