QUESTION For the Group: We have a bedside PICC nurse who has inserted over 3000 non tapered catheters and is now having a GREAT deal of difficulty adjusting her pratice technique to the insertion of the tapered catheters which the system has asked us to use--The "straight" catheter allowed her to gain a feel for placement that is lost with the premature dismantling of the peel away dilator to facilitate the advancement of the final 7plus cms of the tapered catheter--Any suggestions from those who might have encountered the same difficulty?
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Robbin K. George RN
Vascular Access Resource
Alexandria Hospital Virginia
Robbin K. George RN
Vascular Access Resource
Alexandria Hospital Virginia
