Keyley

I am a relatively new nurse, and new to cardiac nursing. I had a terrible experience this morning when an older nurse berated me during report for using a patients VAP to run amiodarone. The patient was in rapid afib and did not tolerate his cardizem gtt in the ER so when admitted to the floor there was an order for amio gtt. The previous RN ran it through the only access we had, his VAP. She later obtained a peripheral line for his antibiotics and potassium infusion. The patient had stg 4 cancer and received chemo last a week ago. When I took over, I left the lines running as they were, as I felt it made sense for the amio to run through the largest most central line possible. I did contact the doctor to get an order for ok to use the VAP for line draws. In the morning the nurse told me "oh my god, I can't believe you guys polluted his VAP with amio, you know you can't use a line again after it gets amio" she is also our nurse educator. I felt about a foot high. She said she would talk to the doctor about it. Anyways, can't stop thinking about it but I haven't been able to find any literature that says it will "pollute a port" and preclude us from continuing to use it for chemo if needed. Any input?