If Karen is from Kentucky, I was a nursing technician after my first year of RN school and it was within my scope to change sterile dressings less than one inch in depth.
1990 was the first year that they were "invented" since LVN?LPN's did a different type of school and we were not eligible. Robin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anna Liang Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: dressing changes and protocol/procedures for DVT in PICCArm what are the credentials of 'nursing technicians'? --- "Ratz, Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We have a line care team that is responsible for all > the dressing changes to subclavian, jugular, > arterial , Hickman and PICC lines. They are nursing > technicians that perform this task. We have 1 full > time and 2 others that are part time. They perform > the dressing change with sterile gown,sterile gloves > and the large sterile drape,chloraprep, and the > biopatch. They also wear the mask and hair bonnet. > We had 1 PICC infection last year and 0 central line > infections. The technicians also assist us with PICC > insertions if not busy with dressing changes. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Helen lazeration > Sent: Sat 2/25/2006 2:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dressing changes and protocol/procedures > for DVT in PICC Arm > > > Need some help with two items: > Just need an informal survey on how many > facilities have their IV/PICC Teams do the routine > dressing changes or if the nursing staff do the > changes and how everyone feels about the nursing > staff on the floors doing the routine dressing > changes. > > Also, if there are any facilities out there who > have physicians leave a PICC in place with a DVT and > anti-coagulate the patient to try and break down the > DVT? If so, do you have a policy/procedure in place > for this scenario that you would be willing to > share? > > Helen Lazeration, CRNI > Fairbanks Memorial Hospital > Fairbanks, Alaska > > ******************************************** > > This message and accompanying documents are covered > by the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ยงยง > 2510-2521, > and contain information intended for the specified > individual(s) only. > This information is confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient > or an agent responsible for delivering it to the > intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that you have received this > document in error and > that any review, dissemination, copying, or the > taking of any action > based on the contents of this information is > strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please > notify us immediately > by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > > ********************************************* > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
