Mic H.

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1. PICC "team" questions

   Mic H. replied to hlbrnmom's topic in Infusion

   First, let me say that I wear two hats. 1) As a PICC team member at a 300 bed hospital and 2) CEO of a PICC placement business. 1. I never place a PICC alone. In the hospital I require a tech, CNA, nurse, or nursing student to be in the room duri...

2. would you insert midline if

   Mic H. replied to luvrn's topic in Infusion

   I think the first question should be is a midline the right catheter for this patient? From the little I have read in your information this patient has infiltrates that prohibit short peripheral placement. If you place a midline in a major vessle a...

3. PICC team

   Mic H. replied to rnwayne's topic in Infusion

   It is more difficult to place PICCs in the hospitalized patient because patients are becoming more and more venous depleted. Do you use Ultrasound and Microintroducer technology to assist you in placing these lines? Is your hospital proactive in th...

4. Picc training

   Mic H. replied to blsmom's topic in Infusion

   O.K. this is my second try to post something. I am a better teacher than a computer user. I was told to go to "all nurses" because a name I would recognize was listed there. Let me tell you that I know this person very well. If you would like to ...