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1. IM Injection Tips

   netgeek posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi There, I am starting to work some immunization clinics in a few weeks. I really dislike giving IM's as I fear I am going to tap the bone. I am wondering if you have any tips for giving an IM to people with tiny arms? We use a 1 inch needle for al...

2. Flushing IV Question

   netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in Student Assist

   ic.... As far as I know this patient didnt have a PFO, but in doing reading on them I just thought back about this incident and got scared that what if the patient had it and just didnt know it? if so the air would be harmful? The patient was in thei...

3. IV air bubble compensation

   netgeek replied to JL123's topic in General Nursing

   anyone know anything about my above post about foramen ovales??? Thanks, I appreciate it :)

4. Flushing IV Question

   netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in Student Assist

   Hi, I was doing some reading in another thread about patent foramen ovales. And approx. 20% of adults have them. If air were to be injected into venous circulation on a pt with a foramen ovale couldnt it cross over into arterial circ? So now I am w...

5. IV air bubble compensation

   netgeek replied to JL123's topic in General Nursing

   One other thing. Someone in a previous post brought up something about Patent Foramen Ovale. This is something new to me, but I understand that its a hole in the heart connecting the left and ride sides. Most sources say approx. 20% of adults have t...

6. IV air bubble compensation

   netgeek replied to JL123's topic in General Nursing

   I am a nursing student and I was shadowing an RN for my first day on our surgical unit. We needed to saline lock a pt's IV so they could go for shower. I asked the nurse if I could flush it and she said yes. She was the one who drew up the saline (ap...

7. Taking Blood Pressure

   netgeek replied to astone1's topic in Student Assist

   I wonder the same thing myself sometime, sometimes I forget about the A-Marker.

8. Flushing IV Question

   netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks Daytonite!!

9. Flushing IV Question

   netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in Student Assist

   Daytonite.... you dont happen to have a link for that thread? I tried searching for it and could not find it. Thanks

10. Flushing IV Question

    netgeek posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hi! I have a question regarding flushing IV's. Today was my second day of clinical on a surgical floor. I was assisting an RN with temporarily disconnecting an IV. She drew up 2.5 cc's of saline to flush it because she said you have to flush it wh...

11. Question About Injections

    netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in Student Assist

    lol .... Thanks Daytonite

12. Question About Injections

    netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in Student Assist

    Ok... i cant believe i forgot the pinch the skin... it been awhile since I gave a subq and i was so nervous.. I gave the injection in the morning and for the rest of the shift the patient was fine, and I was on shift the next day and the patient was...

13. Question About Injections

    netgeek posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hi, I was asked to give a sub-q dose of Dalteparin to a pt. It was given once daily as a preventative measure. It was one of the very small prefilled syringes. The actual needle sharp was slightly small than that of a insulin sharp. It had been a lit...

14. Where to give Dalteparin?

    netgeek replied to netgeek's topic in General Students

    Thanks!!

15. Where to give Dalteparin?

    netgeek posted a topic in General Students

    Hi, I am completing a clinical rotation on a med-surg floor. Today my patient was to have Dalteparin sub-q in the prefilled syringe. This was my first time ever giving this medication and because it was a sub-q I assumed I could use the arm as a inj...