We have 3 LVN's on our team which are mainly changing dressings on PICC's and Midlines and do PIV starts. They are IV certified.
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That would depend on your state board of nursing. They limit the scope of practice for CNAs, Nurse techs or whatever name you call a unlicensed assistant.
Chris Cavanaugh, CRNI
----- Original Message -----
From: Anna Liang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:52 am
Subject: RE: dressing changes and protocol/procedures for DVT in PICC Arm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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
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