Saasy

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1. IV initiation

   Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in Safety

2. IV initiation

   Saasy posted a topic in Safety

   This is going to be a silly question probably but is it possible to leave the needle in when inserting an iv catheter? I've heard it happening with old equipment but with what we have now I can't see it happening especially with safety features to st...

3. New Nurses

   Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in New Nurse

   Haha that's a great one

4. Sick

   Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in Safety

   There was probably 600-700mls in the bag to get in 3 hours. Also I'm not familiar with diluting blood so the thought never really occurred to me and I wanted to be safe than more sorry than I already was.

5. New Nurses

   Saasy posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi all!! I'm a new nurse who graduated a year ago. There have been many ups and downs and I'm still working on my confidence and hoping to keep it together day by day like most new nurses I'm sure. Any other new nurses out there with some experiences...

6. Sick

   Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in Safety

   Thanks everyone for the comments. To answer the questions posed earlier the saline backed up into the unit if blood making the volume too large to infuse under the 4 hour time frame blood is good for. I would have risked overloading him with fluid. ...

7. Looking to the future...

   Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in General Nursing

   *Bump

8. Looking to the future...

   Saasy posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I work in long term care. I love where I work and all of the staff but have been thinking about a change for more experience and skills. I only graduated a year ago so I'm worried I won't be confident and require a lot of help at first as I haven'...

9. Sick

   Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in Safety

   Yes you're right which is why I felt so guilty because as I said in my post I should've known and figured it out. I have had plenty of opportunities with the pumps also which is why I felt ridiculous too. I guess it was partly just nerves with family...

10. Sick

    Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in Safety

    This was a filtered giving set with 2 spikes. We programmed it as a secondary line instead of a primary line and there was no secondary line so it drew in air and kept beeping. No harm done though but it was silly. I should've known better myself and...

11. Sick

    Saasy replied to Saasy's topic in Safety

    I should add the wrong line had nothing hooked up to it- so the error/stop messages were about air

12. Sick

    Saasy posted a topic in Safety

    The first time I gave a patient bloid was a few months ago and a second opportunity came about the other day so I asked a senior RN to help me get it set up. She got me to program the pump for the wrong line (I should have thought of this perhaps) ca...