Wound Care: Jackson-Pratt Drain (JP Drain) Care and Removal

Presented by Carrie Adkins and Clinical Procedure Manual Review Board

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Many patients in the home health setting will have a Jackson-Pratt drain or bulb drain. These provide low-pressure suction and pull fluid or air from a surgical site. In this training, we’ll review the equipment and procedures for JP drain emptying, suction reactivation, insertion site dressing, and drain removal.This course includes

- Video demonstrations of procedures
- Downloadable procedure guide PDFs
- Tips and best practices for performing these procedures in the home

It is important for nurses to be competent and confident in this skill as the goal is to teach the patient how to care for the JP drain and know when to call the physician or home care nurse with concerns. Nurses are the primary clinicians who will need to know and teach this skill.

This course was reviewed by Danielle Pierotti, RN, PhD, CENP, to ensure the content meets current professional guidelines and best evidence-based practices.

Meet your instructors

Carrie Adkins

Carrie is currently working as a care manager II wound care nurse for myNEXUS. At myNEXUS, she helps home health agencies with their authorizations for wound and ostomy skilled nursing visits, ensuring that patients are receiving proper and appropriate wound and ostomy care. Prior to working at myNEXUS, she had been an RN in…

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Clinical Procedure Manual Review Board

The MedBridge Clinical Procedure Manual Review Board ensures the development and maintenance of up-to-date and evidence-based clinical procedures. The review board is composed of leading nurse experts in the field: Danielle Pierotti, RN, PhD, CENP, and Margherita Labson, RN, BSN, MSHSA. The review board is involved in…

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Chapters & learning objectives

1. Introduction

This chapter includes an introduction to JP care and removal, information on all of the equipment needed for patients receiving this care, and recommended infection control policies.

2. Procedure: JP Drain Care

This chapter will provide a step-by-step procedure guide and video demonstration of JP drain care.

3. Procedure: Drain Removal

This chapter will provide a step-by-step procedure guide and video demonstration of drain removal.

4. Tips, Precautions, and FAQ

This chapter provides tips and considerations for performing these skills in the home. It also covers related procedures.

5. Documentation Guidelines

This chapter provides recommendations on what to note when documenting for patients receiving wound care.

6. Patient Education

This chapter provides information on what education the patient needs to support self-management of their care.

7. Conclusion

This chapter includes learning assessment questions to assess the learner's knowledge of skills covered in this course. A bibliography of referenced material is also included.