Vascular Access RN

Vascular Access RN has 30 years experience and specializes in Oncology, Vascular Access.

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1. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   tmv73, I have not once attacked your competence at what you do, or your facility; though it is tempting, I still will not. My facility is not small, is financially stable, and receives third party...

2. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   @ tmv73: Your response would indicate that you did not read my post at all. I know for an absolute fact that the RTs I work with would run circles around me when it comes to excellent respiratory...

3. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   I've been reading over these "new" comments. Spelling, paragraphs, and grammar do reflect legibilty, which in and of itself is interesting to me. I did learn the fundamentals of ventilator settings...

4. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Then I would speak to the hospital administratores. Outpatients are their bread and butter when it comes to lines, though I would partially agree with IVRUS -- although many medications (like Vanco)...

5. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   It's not the nurses who are unwilling to step up -- it's the administrators who don't want to pay on call time or for 24 hour service. Unfortunately, it is the nurses who unfairly take the

6. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Can not say more at this time, Asystole RN...I can not identify with any institution or corporation, as doing so may have an ultimate negative affect on

7. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   "Considering that RTs are paid less AND can bill for their services we will see them expand their roles into other areas of nursing. Vascular access is simply the vanguard of the movement, the method...

8. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Thank you, Woosha RN, for being brave enough to speak

9. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

   Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   PMFB-RN: This is us too. Except that our Admin won't give us enough staff for

10. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    The fact that Lynn and others so readily make it the vascular access nurses fault that all hours aren't covered is generalizing, stereotypical, horse pucky. As I have stated much more than once, many...

11. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Not where I work, thank goodness for our

12. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    This is why I invite you to do the research for your state or any other about which you are curious. I know you cannot know anything about me personally from my posts, other than my spelling and...

13. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    This IS practice at the many facilities in AZ where RTs place and maintain lines. The RTs first aspirate every device when they check patency (during routine maintenance or troubleshooting after...

14. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I continue to be unclear, I suppose. ANy TECHNICIAN with ethics and a brain can learn to do a procedure and over repetition become successful at the procedure itself. Vascular access is more than...

15. Respiratory Therapists Inserting PICC Lines

    Vascular Access RN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I can say no more than I have; I do not wish to reveal details out of concern for institutional privacy and reprisal. What I am warning is that institutions and individuals must check with the...