nurseasia94

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1. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

   nurseasia94 replied to steve0123's topic in MICU, SICU

   In our hospital, RN's pretty much do everything. We suction, do ABG's, trach care, monitor the vent. The R.T would do a vent check 2x a shift, give a neb tx and extubate/assist with intubation. RN's...

2. Crrt

   nurseasia94 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   We started CRRT recently and one of the nurses thought that reusing effluent bags opens up the system to bacterial contamination. She suggested using new bags whenever the effluent bags are full. Any...

3. I&O, UF rate, & CRRT

   nurseasia94 replied to dorimar's topic in MICU, SICU

   We started CRRT recently and one of the nurses thought that reusing effluent bags would open up the system for bacterial contamination. She suggested using new effluent bags when they're full. Any...