cannulator

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1. How do dementia patients process grief?

   cannulator posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

   My mom has been on hospice with advancing alzheimers. She had an incidence of aspiration pneumonia in 11/2010, which was quite severe and resulted in her physician suggesting hospice. She was eating...

2. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

   cannulator replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

   I do not have any statistics regarding nursing salaries in countries with a universal healthcare system, but I do have personal experience. I worked in the NHS in England, and my salary was much less...

3. Stupid question...why can't we start IV's in PICC arm?

   cannulator replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

   Even though you have had 4 cases using the affected arm, I might suggest that as an ER nurse, you may not have known about lymphedema that occurs as a subsequent result of an action. The pt may be...

4. Stupid question...why can't we start IV's in PICC arm?

   cannulator replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

   Roy,Would never use an arm from a bilateral mastectomy for BP or venous access....I have seen a lymphedema twelve years out from mastectomy. We always use the calf for BP and foot vein for blood draw....

5. IVIG question

   cannulator replied to hemenurse's topic in Patient Medications

   I've seen it done both ways...it doesn't matter. But if you do have a primary line running, just be sure your solution is compatible with the brand of IVIG that you are

6. Therapeutic Phlebotomy Equipment

   cannulator posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   To those infusion nurses and Hem-Onc nurses who perform therapeutic phlebotomy for p.vera or hemachromatosis.... In your organization, what sort of equipment do you use.. here are 2 choices: (1) an...

7. My nightmarish experience

   cannulator replied to Anona's topic in General Nursing

   He noticed that the port on the patient's CENTRAL LINE was off. Sorry, even though I have been working with central lines and ports for years, I have no idea what the above sentence means.....could...

8. "The Jesus Factor"

   cannulator replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Skrawberri- "although God says we are all destined for hell without Jesus"..... could you please cite the exact Bible location of this quote?

9. Come, All You Nurse Detectives

   cannulator replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

   biaxin....

10. Having a hard time with boundaries

    cannulator replied to wonderbee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What is

11. How are you spending your retirement?

    cannulator replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

    I love your quote - "nursing served me well, I served it well"....helps to put in perspective the difficulty of leaving/retiring from a profession which calls on our "duty to serve". I have the...

12. central lines to gravity

    cannulator replied to mosjes's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    cannot think of any prohibition against running a central line to gravity . We always try to run platelets to gravity, and it's often through a port, PICC or hickman. However, often it doesn't work...

13. Pulmonary Embolism

    cannulator replied to cannulator's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for your replies. I am sorry if I implied that telling a pt he/she would die a "horrible death" would ever be appropriate..no,no,no! But to prepare them for an event that may not pass as...

14. Pulmonary Embolism

    cannulator posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I wonder if I may ask for some input from experienced Hospice Nurses... I am a chemo nurse in an outpt university infusion center, and as a result, see many people who become Hospice pts at a point...

15. Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    cannulator replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    I had the same thought when I first read the subject line- the word "subordinate" is, in itself, demeaning - almost