Our hospital has stopped using the IV pigtails used for IV thereapy due to a "lack of availability". Do any of you use these? Our manger thanks that they are...
i hate pigtails. if one more nurse tries to tell me that a pigtail = separate lines and runs incompatible meds through them just cos theyre too lazy to...
blondeoverboard@...
Jun 2, 2006 9:17 pm
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My hospital stocks BD products and offers a choice of BOTH angioset and angiocath. I have not yet heard yet there is an availability issue and I do sit on our...
C STARVAGGI
eupneic@...
Jun 3, 2006 12:19 am
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What is an angioset? You don't stop laughing because you grow old...You grow old because you stop laughing!!!!! Cindy Wright cwright@... ... From: C...
explain this pigtail. ... From: Donna Erps <Donna00696@...> To: nursebob@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:48:12 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: IV...
djverville@...
Jun 3, 2006 3:19 am
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It's a small 3-4 inch extention that you plug into the hub of the angiocath with a port (much like a saline lock) that you can use for med admnistration or...
An angioset is an IV catheter that has a single lumen that goes into a "y" and yet both sides of the "y" flow into the same path. It is what our nurses also...
C STARVAGGI
eupneic@...
Jun 3, 2006 1:38 pm
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angioset, I believe, is what we call our butterfly IV's. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
djverville@...
Jun 3, 2006 8:34 pm
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Does it have a little white filter type thing on it? I am new to ICU, and this sounds like what we use to hook up our Morphine PCA's to main lines and then...
djverville@...
Jun 3, 2006 8:35 pm
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No, that's completely different. A pigtail is used instead of a saline or heparin lock. You don't stop laughing because you grow old...You grow old because...
I don't know what a jloop is? Can you describe it to me? You don't stop laughing because you grow old...You grow old because you stop laughing!!!!! Cindy...
I am looking for some feedback on what you might be using for the medication reconciliation process that actually works. Currently what our hospital is...
Kristina Morehouse
kmorehouse@...
Jun 5, 2006 2:27 am
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Are they talking about an electronic system or some other way? I would be interested in knowing what they are talking about that you feel is detrimental to...
Terry Dover
trdover@...
Jun 5, 2006 12:59 pm
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I don't feel it is detrimental to nurses, just that the nurses felt uncomfortable signing off on a document that is really meant to be a physician tool. The...
I am well aware of the JCAHO requirements, etc. What I am speaking of
specifically is requiring nurses to make decisions on whether a medication
is to be...
Kristina Morehouse
kmorehouse@...
Jun 5, 2006 5:36 pm
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Does anyone have a standard of care for CABG that they can share with me? Thanks, Dale Saint Mary's Health System Disclaimer: The E-mail or documents attached...
Dale DeMille
Dale.DeMille@...
Jun 6, 2006 12:33 am
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My name is Debi. I am a new grad and have been hired in an ICU unit to begin in July. I believe I could benefit in my nursing practice by gleaning as much as I...
NurseBob and Group, Thankyou for admitting me to the forum. It looks very very good. I am looking forward to reviewing everything here. I have a licensure...
I moved from my origninal state of license about 11 years ago. i have not kept up my original license i dont remeber being encouraged to do so and i have not ...
Can anyone tell me information on good and not so good CRNA schools or what to look for? Particularly in Minnesota or nearby. I will not take the not so...
djverville@...
Jun 6, 2006 4:33 am
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Speaking of Standard of Care - How about COPD ?? ... From: Dale DeMille <Dale.DeMille@...> Date: Friday, June 2, 2006 6:28 pm Subject: standard of care...
ed2030@...
Jun 6, 2006 12:54 pm
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We are begining to make the 2 year transition to the "new" recommendations for CPR and ACLS with classes this month. Does anyone have experience or suggestions...
iamkimberlianne@...
Jun 6, 2006 1:08 pm
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we havent seemed to have a problem. its been presented as "the way things are is the way things are" and everyone seems to have made the transition with...
blondeoverboard@...
Jun 6, 2006 2:16 pm
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Don't know anything about Minnesota.Baylor in Houston. _____ From: nursebob@yahoogroups.com [mailto:nursebob@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of djverville@... ...
Our facility sent communications to each department for employees to read and initial with the new guidelines emphasizing the changes in BLS. We have biannual...
