1/31- Did You Know?

-IV's are not needles, they are actually plastic that's bendable. My sponsor brought this to my attention. The needles are usually used when the vein has been found as it is inserted, and then taken out.
-The difference between a Health Care Technician (HCT) and Nurse (RN) is that Nurse's have more schooling. A Health Care Technician's job is to help patients to the bathroom, order their food, help them to eat and clean them up. Versus a Nurse whose job is to ultimately carry out the orders of doctors which can include administering medication, treating patient, and working with medical equiptment. For every patient admitted at Carle Hospital a HCT, RN, and Doctor is assigned. This information, along with the "plan of care" is often present on a dry erase board in front of the patient's bed.
-A person with chronic anemia has low hemoglobin which could result in amputation of a toe, finger, foot etc. This person with this condition would need to be given blood. One bag of blood 1.0