Topics About 'Needle'.

I'm new to accessing ports and have a question. If you attempt access and 'miss' do you need to use a new needle for the next attempt? Always? Is the rule if you've broken the skin then you need a new needle? Help appreciated.

I tried to pushed the guard after giving my patient a heparin injection, and stuck my finger. I bled, so I squeezed as much blood out as I can and then washed it with soap and water and alcohol. I looked at pt chart, he was negative for HIV on his re...

Hi, My name is Adria and I am a student, I will be starting clinicals in August. I was wondering if anyone could explain the process of giving shots, drawing blood, and putting in IV's. Also, Can anyone tell me any tricks of the trade to make these p...

Hi my name is Rachel and I'm going into my first year of nursing at Ryerson University. I'm really excited to go into the medical field for that's all I've ever considered doing my whole life. I wouldn't consider doing anything else but nursing alt...

I am a student nurse and wary of the risk of needle stick injuries in nursing. I read an article the other day that said there were 600,000 RN's that reported needle stick injuries in 2003. Does anyone else worry about this? Do hospitals use new p...

I don't know why I was remembering this, but it sure is funny now.... I was one of those kids they would have to lay down to draw blood so they wouldn't faint. I remember once in college (before nursing school) I toured a animal behavior lab for a...

I'm fairly new to L&D, only 3 days off orientation. My 2nd night, I had my 2nd delivery at 0622. The doc stitched the lac and just left. I was a little peeved that he'd left all the instruments out on the table, even with the basket for them in t...

What is the risk for getting Hep. C after flushing a double lumen PICC line through the line that blood is not drawn through and accidentally sticking yourself with the needle you flush the PICC line with. The res. tested positive for HCV and MRSA. ...

Hi all, I just started working in an outpatient PACU and I already made a mistake =( 7 years as a nurse and the only med error I've ever made was giving 200mg IV thiamine instead of 100mg. I'm used to drawing up only the amount of a med I'm giving an...

As in filtered/non filtered and what gauge? What is your trust's policy?

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