mosjes
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hi, i am an onc RN, and we do central lines up the yang. so, groshong is 10ccNS only w/ exeption to post blood draw, which is then 20cc NS only. mediports and powerports and non-groshong piccs are 10ccNS and 5cc/ 100u hepranized saline (20ccNS/5cc hep post blood). hickmans are the 20ccNS. you have to totally look at your institutions protocols though. good luck!
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so, i am hearing from our CNE that they are not to be put to gravity. do you guys have any rationale or links for the "okay to gravity" arguement? sorry to be tenacious, i am just a best practice freak. thanks for the posts, jes
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hi, i started out as a nurse tech on an oncology unit in a teaching hospital. i loved it and was hired when i graduated. it can be wicked hard sometimes, what with getting to know your patients and watching them suffer or conquer. it's good though if you have the heart for it, because the patients need someone to give them everything and they are insanely grateful for it. another thing i would reccomend is finding out when your oncology unit would send you to your chemo certification classes. i would reccomend that you work on the unit full time for at least 6-9 months prior to administering chemo secondary to the fact that you need to get a grasp of side effect management and the basics. hope this helps. jes
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hey all- so we just merged with another group of rn's to form a new partnership, and we are finding many many many many differences. one of the most frustrating is that our rn's (through the harpings of myself) are instructed to not let central lines run to gravity. the other rn's are running many lines to gravity. i was under the impression that this is a bit of a no-no. unfortunately, i am a bit of a harper when it comes to process and best practice, so i am annoying myself with "i swear it's supposed to be like this, i just don't know how i know". so, could someone please help me out with a little rationale or possibly a link to somwhere where i may print out something official for my new friends? or, let me know that i was mistaken? thanks in advance.