Comments for Infusion Nurse Blog http://infusionnurse.org All about Infusion nursing and vascular access Sun, 20 May 2012 13:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on INS 2012: Exhibit Hall Experience by Best In Nurse Blogs: Teamwork Works Edition! | The Millionaire Nurse Blog http://infusionnurse.org/2012/05/10/ins-2012-exhibit-hall-experience/#comment-645 Sun, 20 May 2012 13:01:07 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2235#comment-645 [...] New products from INS 2012  (the Infusion Nurse Society) are reviewed by Cora at Infusion Nurse.  I wonder if she went to the Heart Attack Cafe in Las Vegas? (probably not..) [...]

]]> Comment on INS 2012: Exhibit Hall Experience by jill http://infusionnurse.org/2012/05/10/ins-2012-exhibit-hall-experience/#comment-643 Sun, 20 May 2012 06:47:26 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2235#comment-643 I absolutely LOVED my Vegas experience. It was my first INS Convention, my mentor was fantastic and the learning opportunities outstanding. The exhibit hall had so much to offer. I hope to be there next year.

]]> Comment on Infection from an IV catheter… by infusionnurse http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/23/infection-from-an-iv-catheter/#comment-617 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:45:32 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2174#comment-617 Thanks Amanda! I posted on reply on your blogsite for your review.

]]> Comment on Infection from an IV catheter… by infusionnurse http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/23/infection-from-an-iv-catheter/#comment-616 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:57:57 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2174#comment-616 Lynn, thanks for your comments! Often a peripheral IV is underestimated but as you stated, it can definitely cause problems like this one. I am looking forward to your article.

Best regards,
Cora

]]> Comment on Infection from an IV catheter… by Lynn Hadaway http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/23/infection-from-an-iv-catheter/#comment-613 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:05:36 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2174#comment-613 I have served as the nurse expert on several cases involving a short peripheral IV catheter and infection. One led to so much edema that the patient developed complex regional pain syndrome. One led to septicemia and the patient’s death. It can and does happen. In an upcoming edition of the Journal of Infusion Nursing, I have a literature review of this problem and I have been giving a presentation on this problem for about 6 months now. The most recent data calculates that there can be as many as 10,028 Staph aureus bacteremias from peripheral catheters annually in the U.S.

]]> Comment on Cheaper at the Doctor’s Office by infusionnurse http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/17/cheaper-at-the-doctors-office/#comment-612 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:42:30 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2153#comment-612 There are regulations for physician’s offices-the same ones that apply to other healthcare settings. I agree that no one enforces or checks the offices for compliance (such as infection control, among others). In your state (CA), there are statements regarding medical assistants and IV therapy. Medical assistants are not allowed to perform such invasive procedures as: placing the needle or starting and disconnecting the infusion tube of an IV. administering medications or injections into the IV line. http://www.mbc.ca.gov/allied/medical_assistants_training.html

Although there are statements such as the above, there are still physicians who utilize untrained and unlicensed personnel to do IV therapy in their offices – which is a responsibility and a risk I hope they know they are taking.

Unfortunately, not all patients can identify the difference between an real”RN” and a medical assistant, who introduce themselves to patients as “nurse”.

Thank you for your comments.

]]> Comment on Infection from an IV catheter… by nurseinterupted http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/23/infection-from-an-iv-catheter/#comment-610 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:17:44 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2174#comment-610 http://nurseinterupted.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/nursing-nuisance/

]]> Comment on Cheaper at the Doctor’s Office by Darilyn Cole http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/17/cheaper-at-the-doctors-office/#comment-609 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:43:14 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2153#comment-609 One of the reasons they can contain costs is that, at least in California, physician’s offices do not have any regulation. Their practices go unchecked. Not all physician offices employ experts in the field of infusion therapy or vascular access. We see some concerning things and hear some disturbing practices from the patients that end up being hospitalized. The oncology and infusion nurses have expressed their concerns to these physicians but it seems to fall on deaf ears. I don’t know of a way for patients to decide if their treatments are being delivered safely with no regulations in place.

]]> Comment on Wouldn’t it be nice…. by Les @ LPN Salary http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/05/wouldnt-it-be-nice/#comment-597 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:50:20 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2136#comment-597 Hi Cora, First time I’ve heard of this. The manual method is still in use where I come from. Googling now. Interesting read.

]]> Comment on Wouldn’t it be nice…. by Topics for tonight’s IV chat April 11 8PM ET « @IVchat (#IVchat) http://infusionnurse.org/2012/04/05/wouldnt-it-be-nice/#comment-596 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:06:30 +0000 http://infusionnurse.org/?p=2136#comment-596 [...] click here [...]

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