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agreed with going to educator since nurse/preceptor on floor has a different answer for diff patient lol

thank you for your reply. I appreciate it

how to do wake up and breathe on sedated/vent patients, how to perform assessments? ;ike should I stop fentanyl and prop drip for my assessment, I don't want my patient going wild

Flying scot, sure thing , i will ping you for questions regards these needles.....thank you for your guidance....have a grt day!!!!

Flyingscot, i did put some serious thought into this, i am never gonna mess with these needles again, if its found out or pulled out by the patient i am either going to get a new one and insert it with one on one supervision of another RN, if there is no supplies in building then im going to insert a peripheral line and start fluids, and if either of this doesnt work then im going to call doctor and family and state that the patient is not drinking and eating and she is not going to get her fluids at this point till an IV team comes to insert a picc line or midline!!!!!

hello all there im back cos im not the running type...im the fighting type....i work long hours and yes i am still okay as a NURSE like some people said if it is safe for me to even be a nurse....I ADMIITED THAT I MADE A MISTAKE WITHOUT GIVING EXCUSES APART FROM MAKING MY JUSTIFICATIONS.....and like i said again and again we all have made some kinds of mistakes some small small big and some life threatening...no one is perfect... but just one mistake in my 5 years of nursing practice doesnt make me an unsafe or an unwise nurse.....just so you know guys im not a new grad.....this is my first experince with huber needles but i have worked with other types of things in the nursing field and ive done a great job as people call me the hardworking perfect nurse.....my qualifications wouldnt even fit this page.....i did the mistake since i was overwhelmed with 30 patients at night with people falling left and right, sending people out in the middle of night and dealing with psych patients so i was in a hurry and did this....I WILL ACCEPT YOUR HARSH REALISTIC REMARKS AND IM DEFINITELY NOT THE SULKING TYPE...more comments welcome and i will accept some and defend some...sorry if you are expecting me to sugarcoat your harsh comments since im not expecting you all to sugarcoat my mistake!!!!!! I HAVE KNOW PEOPLE GIVE INSULIN IN HEPARIN SYRINGES FOR GOD'S SAKE,,,,COMPARE THIS TO MINE...HAVE A GRT DAY FRIENDS

Thank you friends for all your replies. but i feel some people's comments are enough is enough okay....im not gonna kill myself thinking of this...no one of you is perfect and im sure you all have made mistakes at some point....and i very well know some of you have not admitted it...but i admitted it honestly to my supervisor.....i have nursing license insurance....and i can find another job if something would happen to this..i have a lawyer to fight if i have my license taken......and honest to god i didnt do it because the patient was dying....i only did it because i didnt want her to die...at that point she was not eating or drinking and nutrition and hydration was priority and it was not that she was immediately getting an infection okay so that wasnt my priority....my goal was to keep her comfortable, she was DNR and going to become a hospice patient......I KNOW IM WRONG PER ALL OF YOU AND PER MYSELF BUT I WILL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN AND I DONT NEED ANOTHER CHANCE TO PROVE IT.....LETS STOP WITH THAT....BYE!!!!

nurseonmotor thank you for your reply. the patient died 2 days later, she was not eating or drinking and was actively dying and we all were thinking she was going to die, I understand this could be life ending huge error what I made and would never repeat it if given another chance, hope they don't take my nursing license away for this based on what you are saying!!!

The patient was not NPO but she was unable to eat or drink and resisting care; she was like 80 yrs old fighting last stage of lung cancer...

Thank you for your replies, vanilla the patient was not immediately dying of dehydration but she was going to go with no fluids for a long time, I asked my supervisor to insert peripheral and she said oh its ok for her to wait till huber needles arrive, and IVRUS the needle was laying in bed and if it was found on the floor i would have never never reinserted, and like you said germs are everywhere!!!! thanks again

Hi all, i work as a RN in a skilled nursing facility; i made a mistake by re-inserting huber needle into patient's right chest port since she had pulled it of, i only did it since we didnt have any supplies to insert a new needle and i didnt want the patient with end stage cancer dying of dehydration, since there was delay in new huber needles coming from pharmacy; i know i am in trouble for risk of infection/ cross contamination. I should have known better not to do it but since it cleaned the area with chlorhex prep i thought it was okay.Now my ADON asked me a witness statement and stated that she was going to give it to the DON and said that she doesnt know whats going to come out of it. I am scared i am going to be fired. Any suggestions????