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  1. Any buretrol advice???

    canadian replied to VickyRN's topic in Pediatric

    Be very careful when 'sqeezing' buretrols. They are hard plastic and can rupture easy...trust me...I sqeezed once and chemo exploded all over my arm and the kid!!! Plus when you squeeze you allow air...

  2. sleeping staff

    canadian replied to night owl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I sleep at night for 1 1/2 hours. As does every other nurse I work with. We bust out butts on day shift and only ever take two breaks on a 12 hour day. During the night we work hard, but barring...

  3. Have you ever administered IV iron?

    canadian replied to NurseDennie's topic in General Nursing

    We give iron in our tpn all the time....it just needs to be filtered below the lipid/trav y...special filters ours are blue....lipids and iron make nasty precipitates.....I guess we use lower doses in...

  4. hearing aids and stethoscopes - HELP!

    canadian replied to NCLauree's topic in General Nursing

    I recently got an ultrascope (they are available on the web). Their thick tubing and insulated stethescope head is amazing. I find that by cutting off the cup part of the ear tips that I have found...

  5. Blood administration

    canadian replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We change our tubing q2units, but we flush between units (but not through the filter). It is the filter that needs to be changed not the tubing, but who wants to mess around changing filters (yucky...