Hi all,
i just started at a new hospital and am still on orientation there I came from a smaller suburban hospital where for people in acute pain such as post op pain iv pain meds would be pushed as long as it was in accordance with hospital policy the other day at the new hospital I am training at I had a pt who was sp TLIF procedure in excruciating pain so after checking the hospitals policy for iv morphine I pushed the med into the pt's iv a bit later the nurse who was orienting me that day asked how I gave the morphine and insisted that they was its done there is to put it in a 50ml bag of NS or D5W and hang IVPB to me it seems silly! I'm wondering what your practices/ policies are in other facilities ?????
thanks!!