anilas

Thanks for your reply! I am not uncomfortable with any part of mixing IVs. I don't have a problem with it but my employer takes advantage of LPNs all the time. I guess I was feeling a little vindictive! I know I shouldn't be that way and today I don't feel it but sometimes it is so exasperating. As far as my employers' policy is concerned, they probably don't even know! LOL Thanks so much for your help!

Hello all! I have been working at this hospital for almost a year now. I graduated from school a few years ago and I thought I remembered that we (as LPN'S) could not mix IV bags...example...40kcl in a bag of 1/2NS to run as primary or actually taking 60mg of gent and injecting it into a 50cc bag to hang as secondary. In the hospital where I worked before, this wasn't an issue as we had a 24hr pharmacy and everything came premixed anyway. This is a MUCH smaller facility and I'm not sure if mixing like this is in my scope of practice. Just needing a little information! Forgive me if this post is rambling...I just got off three 12 hour nightshifts!! YAY NURSING! LOL:lol2: