Peripherally inserted central catheter

Usage of a Peripherally inserted Catheter and Central Catheter Heather Welschmeyer 12/07/2015 Mrs. Stark Medication Calculation and Administration Abstract Central line care and education is important to the patient as well as the family members. Central lines need special requirements and care to maintain. Patients need to be fully educated on care and usage in order to keep the central line functional and free from infection. Since the central line involves a…

Katheria AC, Fleming SE, Kim JH. A randomized controlled trial of ultrasound-guided peripherally inserted central catheters compared with standard radiograph in neonates. Journal of Perinatology. 2013;33(10):791–794. doi:10.1038/jp.2013.58. What problem(s) did the researchers study and why? The researchers studied if real-time ultrasound (RTUS) guidance could help properly place peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) tips in infants. Researchers also wanted to see if RTUS could help…

Example 2: Revision of a Temple East Northeastern Hospital Chemotherapy Infusion Center- “SCRUB THE HUB” PROJECT Practices to Prevent Peripherally and Venous or Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) The impetus of this revision was the request from Temple T3 Transport team for a Curos protector cap on the port of a patient who was being transferred out of the outpatient chemotherapy infusion center. Unknowing what a disinfecting port protector, initiated a literature review…

Karbowski Journal Entry 2 Practicum II In this journal entry I will describe various meeting and activities that my preceptor has included within my practicum experience at the Brigham & Women’s Faulkner hospital over the past months. My project involves assisting the nursing department completing the requirements to attain Magnet status for their hospital, and I will discuss the progress made towards advancing this goal. Participation and Meetings Brigham and Women’s Faulkner hospital is…

I was working in Intensive care unit, when I noticed that one of the vented patient’s pulse oximeter (ox) pleth was showing many artifacts and the saturation was 88. The other ICU nurse who was assigned to this patient was attending to a different patient, so I decided to check on the patient. I suctioned the patient, applied a new finger pulse ox, and noticed that patient pulse ox saturation started to drop. While I was assessing the patient, I noticed that the patient’s pulse oximeter (ox)…

By obtaining accurate data from reliable experiences, the aim of a qualitative research can be investigated. Cancer patients underwent central venous access insertion and the most common catheter used is a PICC line which has become a priority to provide the safe administration of chemotherapy, fluid infusions, and blood products. For this, it is of highly important as nurses to help our patients to cope with their experience by aiming to improve quality of care and increase patient’s well being…

gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964421/ National Center for Biotechnology Information. (n.d.). Home Health Care Patients and Safety Hazards in the Home: Preliminary Findings. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK43619/ Medline plus. (2014). Peripherally inserted central catheter – flushing. Retrieved from Medline plus website:…

Transitioning from an LVN to a Registered Nurse When I was in school to become a Licensed Vocational Nurse, I had not planned to continue on to become a Registered Nurse. I felt that being a LVN was going to be enough. The truth is that I was afraid of the responsibilities that being a Registered Nurse carries. Once I started working I saw that the Registered Nurses on my unit were responsible for a set of patients just like I was. At the time I could only see small differences in what they were…

CVP represents the pressure of the right atrium (RA), which is measured using a catheter placed in the RA. CVP values can be obtained from any central line catheter placed in the internal jugular vein (IJ), subclavian vein (SC), or femoral vein, or from a peripherally inserted central catheter. During insertion of IJ or SC, the patient is placed in the Trendelenburg position to allow the neck blood vessels to fill with blood. The patient…

Associate and diploma competency vs Bachelor’s degree competency Stephanie Earl Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V 10/30/16 Associate’s Degree Competency versus Bachelor’s Degree Competency Hospitals are now requiring their nurses to have a Bachelor’s Degree in nursing and this is becoming very controversial in the field. Nurse competency is measured by the NCLEX-RN (National Council exam for Registered Nurse) licensure exam. This exam is testing for minimal competency for the nurse to work…