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Sep 08, 2009 02:01 PM

Enemas in the ER

by Jaloc

I just have to ask how many ER's still do enemas in the ER for constipation? We are a small hospital but we have one doctor who orders KUB's (Abd series) on every patient with a tummy ache and always orders enemas till clear.. If theres a shadow on the xray then he or she is constipated. This really ties up a room for a while. Just curious.

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No. 1
from hherrn
Old Sep 08, 2009, 02:28 PM

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We do.

Milk and molasses.
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No. 2
from Celia M
Old Sep 08, 2009, 04:19 PM

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Enemas are ordered in the ER, however because of privacy issues they are done wherever a free bed exists in the hospital, usually on an inpatient floor, tying up nurses and beds. it is a problem in aour small community hospital, especially since it interferes with ratios here in California. The last ER enema patien twe did on the M/S/T floor took 6 hours and took up most of an RN and a CNAs time.

Celia
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from CathyLew
Old Sep 08, 2009, 04:50 PM

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Heck, we admit people for consitipation... or the wonderful diagnosis that shows up on the census sheet.... FOS (Full of Sh--!)
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No. 4
from Tanzanite
Old Sep 08, 2009, 07:38 PM

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My only ER experience in nursing school, was enema's! I'm not kiding one bit. It was a real crappy rotation for me... No wonder I wanted nothing to do with ER.
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No. 5
from miss81
Old Sep 08, 2009, 08:30 PM

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yep... enemas and lactulose!
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No. 6
from bjaeram
Old Sep 08, 2009, 08:46 PM

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We actually don't do them very often. Occasionally we do and use Enemeez which are not bad to do at all, beats soap suds. Most doctors however feel it's not an ER procedure. Either they are admited, go back to the nursing home with an order for them to do it, or go home with the directions to drink mag citrate.
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from Larry77
Old Sep 08, 2009, 10:41 PM

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We try to talk the docs into ordering soap suds enema's because then we can have the tech's do it...LOL!
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from PAERRN20
Old Sep 08, 2009, 11:19 PM

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Ughhhhhh! We don't do them in my ER either. We send em home with a bottle of mag citrate.
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from MissERN
Old Sep 09, 2009, 12:11 AM

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It's actually against our policy for us to do enemas in our ER...and that's just fine with me! Funny thing is, it seems like EVERY pt I get poops anyway...and usually more than once
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