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I am IV certified and pretty sure they taught us in school that we can not flush PICC lines as LPNs. the facility I work for swears that I can. I read the law on flushing PICC lines in the state of Ohio but honestly I don't understand it. Does anyone...

I work on a rehab floor in a long term care facility. I love it because there is so much to learn and your get to see a variety of patients. Patients stay anywhere from a few weeks to several months so you don't get burnt out on your assignment as ea...

Okay I am really upset about what has happened to me. I work in a LTC facility. A resident was admitted on Friday night. I worked Sunday night and found that this resident had multiple wounds that had not been addressed. The dressings were completely...

the other thing is I had my supervisor in the room and she told me I should just wait for the treatment nurse to look at the coccyx wound

No way. LPNs can flush a PICC under the supervision of an RN but can not draw blood from a PICC.

Section 4723.17 ORC does not explicitly prohibit an IV therapy certifed LPN from administering normal saline and/or Heparin through an intermittent infusion device. This section of the law does not differentiate whether or not the intermittent infusi...