http://allnurses.com Nursing Issues and how they affect patient safety and care. en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:58:18 GMT vBulletin 60 http://img.an-file.info/misc/rss.jpg http://allnurses.com http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/dismissed-nursing-school-440841-new.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:18:20 GMT After almost 3 years and more of hard studying and dedication, I was dissmissed from the program. I... After almost 3 years and more of hard studying and dedication, I was dissmissed from the program. I know that it was something personal with my teacher and I would please like some imput and opinions. The reason I was dissmissed was because I was about to administer lovenox ,and I know it's an anticoagulant and a subcutaneous injection, and I was also taught that the best site to administer this medication is in the abdominal region, but I did not know it was the ONLY site like my teacher said. I gathered a couple of information from cardiology sites and from lovenox and they said that there has been no studies or evidence that administeing at any other subcutaneous site could be a harm, threat or interfere with the patient's treatment , but that the manufacturer reccomends that the preffered site for maximum absorption is the abdomen.But can this really be a motive for dissmissal? Please share your comments. Thank you. :sniff: ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety cristinb4 http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/dismissed-nursing-school-440841.html http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/dismissed-nursing-school-440839-new.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:06:43 GMT cancelled cancelled cancelled cancelled ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety karlab http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/dismissed-nursing-school-440839.html http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/increasing-med-admin-435153-new.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:01:27 GMT A good article with many specific tips on increasing medication-administration accuracy and safety,... A good article with many specific tips on increasing medication-administration accuracy and safety, without buying high tech:

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"A UCSF program to improve accuracy in administering drugs - with particular emphasis on reducing interruptions that often lead to mistakes - resulted in a nearly 88 percent drop in errors over 36 months at the nine Bay Area hospitals, according to results being released today. " ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety 3rdcareerRN http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/increasing-med-admin-435153.html http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/barcode-scanning-435150-new.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:57:56 GMT Hello everyone,

I'm working on a scholarly paper and the purpose of this paper is to prove base on evidence that using barcode scanning helps decrease medication errors. Please, if you know any websites that provide evidence-based resources regarding this topic, share them with me. Or, let me know what measures your hospital is taking to decrease medication errors and if there were any outcomes positive or negative.

Thanks ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety jacquessyndia http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/barcode-scanning-435150.html http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/two-patient-identifiers-435142-new.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:54:14 GMT Hi Everyone,

I have been doing research for a scholarly paper that I'm working on regarding two patient identifiers, and I was wondering what type of measures your hospital uses. We use armband with patient name and ID number, and compare it to the order. I look forward to your reply. Thank you. Trisha. ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety pippy48 http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/two-patient-identifiers-435142.html