rkealy

rkealy BSN

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  1. BP Cuff Readings vs. Arterial BP

    rkealy replied to Zee_RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not to dig up an old discussion...but I also have wondered....just tonight we had (as I find in many of our vascular patients carotids, fempops etc) a AAA Stent that had a 180 SBP ABP and 140 SBP...

  2. blood draw from PICC

    rkealy replied to littlegreenfrog's topic in General Nursing

    Taking off your caps sig increases risk of infection...I would look at changing brand of

  3. blood draw from PICC

    rkealy replied to littlegreenfrog's topic in General Nursing

    Don't change caps with blood draws....dont take off for blood draws....change caps with dressing changes as your facility states (usually every 72 hours or q7

  4. PICC Lines in Radiology

    rkealy replied to angiorn's topic in Radiology

    I know in my hospital the only people doing bedside and IR piccs are the CV RAD techs hmm...anyone else heard of

  5. PVCs and heart rate

    rkealy replied to pacnwRN's topic in General Nursing

    well ask her this if they are in bi/trigemeny is she not counting the pvcs? so your strip diagnosis could say sinus bradycardia HR 40 with bigeminal pvcs?!?! I would think it would be HR 80 bigeminal...

  6. I just suck at sticking people.

    rkealy replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Be the

  7. PVCs and heart rate

    rkealy replied to pacnwRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes....

  8. Your own PICC Company...it all seems so complicated...but I'm muddling through it

    rkealy replied to rkealy's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Company...well its not much of a company yet...I mean we have the LLC and the policies for procedures, we even have the website but I really don't want to let the name go out yet cause we just aren't...

  9. Your own PICC Company...it all seems so complicated...but I'm muddling through it

    rkealy posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    So i have the LLC, the website, the equipment and supplies picked out, the services we will be offering, protocols/policies written, but I am abit unclear on how to proceed from here. Let me start by...

  10. NICU nurse interested in placing picc lines..where do I start??

    rkealy replied to NICUmagan's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    if you can get your manager/director on board Bard or Arrow (any company really) will come to the facility and train you. But you will have to do alot of cost comparison legwork/submissions, make sure...

  11. PICC Line Clarification

    rkealy replied to JayMal's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    arrow piccs however are not trimable and to have separate exit lumens it depends on what brand you are

  12. Need to talk to Mobile PICC nurses!!!

    rkealy replied to rkealy's topic in General Nursing

    Actually with the new tech from BARD it no longer requires a chest xray for placement in 80% of patients. Only exceptions in is pacemakers or afib. Not to mention LTACs and Nursing Homes often have...

  13. Need to talk to Mobile PICC nurses!!!

    rkealy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Looking at starting a Mobile outpatient PICC business, I know and understand the demands, I would just like to speak to someone about the details. i.e. billing, what kind of services you might offer,...