tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post111675995241576058..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: Nice things other nurses have done for me latelyJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-87310717068885581322008-04-06T12:52:00.000-07:002008-04-06T12:52:00.000-07:00Hi Old nurse here well lets not say that lets say ...Hi Old nurse here well lets not say that lets say middle age. I have been doing this for 17 years. I just wanted to make a comment about drawing labs off of an IV catheter. <BR/>First of all drawing off a catheter should not cause the blood to hemolysie. If it would, then drawing a sample off an art line would also cause the blood to be hemolised. <BR/>In the last seven years I have drawn hundreds of labs off of already established IV catheters and have only had one that I had to redraw. If you pull back too hard or too fast it can damage the cells. The definition of Hemolysis is damaged blood cells. There for it was probably a technique problem that this nurse was having or she was drawing through a very; very small IV catheter such as a 24 ga. Drawing slowly off a 16, 18, or 20 ga should be fine.nightRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171520493730442264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1154051721301819482006-07-27T18:55:00.000-07:002006-07-27T18:55:00.000-07:00thanks for the good info-we can learn so much from...thanks for the good info-we can learn so much from one anotherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1117854569672222452005-06-03T20:09:00.000-07:002005-06-03T20:09:00.000-07:00Just a little note: Our hospital bans drawing bloo...Just a little note: Our hospital bans drawing blood out of peripheral IVs because the blood tends to hemolyze or be clotted or whatever in the lab. They noticed this after one nurse in the ER's (who always drew out of peripheral IVs I guess) blood frequently was clotted off.Feistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588817658057621974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1117542007500004212005-05-31T05:20:00.000-07:002005-05-31T05:20:00.000-07:00Hi - new nursing grad here! Thanks for the tips! ...Hi - new nursing grad here! Thanks for the tips! :) I'm definitely taking notes! Cheers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1116875653438136972005-05-23T12:14:00.000-07:002005-05-23T12:14:00.000-07:00Yeah, and Coke will also disintegrate battery acid...Yeah, and Coke will also disintegrate battery acid. Now that's scary.<BR/><BR/>W. :)Wendy, R.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01014151789704862421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1116818697274432532005-05-22T20:24:00.000-07:002005-05-22T20:24:00.000-07:00I'm a NICU nurse -- been one a very long time. I d...I'm a NICU nurse -- been one a very long time. I didn't know a few of those things. I haven't slopped iodine on myself in a while, but it's nice to know how to deal with it. I hope I don't have to cath any adults any time soon, but I hope I remember that tip if I do. The last cath I assisted with was done with a 3.5 Umbilical Arterial catheter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com