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LFTs were off the chain. No he had been on coumadin for quite a while.

Ya, I agree, you may need to look for another place to call home, Cris

Yes, I said a 17.2 INR. AND we rechecked it. Pt had not taken coumadin in 4 days. Not on antibiotics, not drinking alcohol. Could his liver function have something to do with how he is processing his other meds to make his INR that high? Odd thing is, no bleeding anywher. Notta nothing. Thanks for your input. Cris

Me personally, I would call the Dr. and get a correct Order. Whatever fluids as your primary and then the Flagyl as your secondary. Never run fluids without a doctors order. AND thats the correct order in Nursing school and in the real world. Good Luck

Awesome it has my chemistry class I need too.

We don't stop TPN at all. You clean and flush your second port with 10ml Saline, draw and waste ten of blood, then with clean syrenge draw the amount of blood needed from lab. Then flush with 10ml of saline and then loc with 3ml of Heparin. Thats my biggest point is Hep lock after each use. These picc lines are so important but it seems as thow nurses forget to flush and hep lock. Then we have to depend on Cath flo to fix, which is crazy. We Hep Lock our Central lines with 5 of Hep. This is all part of our policy. Cris

In need of finding an online college that I can get my A & P 1 and my micro class done before January so I can get myself on track. Where do I go. I don't have thousands of dollars, actaully, do any of us? Cris