JLevinsRNHH

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1. Nursing Students and Substance Abuse

   JLevinsRNHH replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I wish you the best of luck, I crashed and burned and crashed HARD!! Been five months in treatment with an additional visit with an addictions counselor along with two group meetings and a celebrate...

2. PICC Line Occlusion

   JLevinsRNHH replied to JLevinsRNHH's topic in Home Health

   If I was in a hospital setting I would agree 100%. I went out there today and changed the PICC line dressing and just decided to flush the line with saline and see if I could draw back blood......

3. PICC Line Occlusion

   JLevinsRNHH posted a topic in Home Health

   I have a VA patient who was admitted last week, upon admission he was taught to administrate his Vancomycin and to flush the line using the SASH method. It was a double lumen and he was advised to...

4. Point of care labs (PT/INR & glucose)

   JLevinsRNHH replied to paddler's topic in Home Health

   I do many point of care fingersticks for PT/INR's and call results to Coumadin Clinic to determine orders and when pT/INR sticks are to be done. There are very few doctors in our county that refuse to...