nurse7272

nurse7272 has 8 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg, Psych, Addiction/Detox.

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1. Medication given against wishes

   nurse7272 replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

   I have accompanied her to her follow-up appointments to her doctor and he did admit that he investigated and found that the ativan was given and that no pain medication was given for 2 shifts when it was in fact ordered and not discontinued. He himse...

2. Medication given against wishes

   nurse7272 replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I do believe this is a legal issue and any help you can pass on to me would be greatly appreciated.

3. Medication given against wishes

   nurse7272 replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

   No hippa violations have occured. The friend is the same one who assumed care the next day and only knows what she had access to in the chart during her assigned shift. The only thing she has disclosed is that no education about this incident had hap...

4. Medication given against wishes

   nurse7272 replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

   We do have the records and it does show that it was adminitstered.

5. Medication given against wishes

   nurse7272 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recently a close relative of mine was admitted to the hospital for surgery. Post-operatively she had quite a bit of pain and had one day in particular in which the pain was uncontrolled for her. Her nurse came in and suggested a shot of IV Ativan tha...

6. Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

   nurse7272 replied to nurse7272's topic in General Nursing

   I have been told that they will be disciplined but not fired. Too many nurses have quit on our floor and they can't afford to lose anyone else.

7. Co-Workers Read My Medical Files

   nurse7272 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently found out that several of my co-workers accessed and discussed my medical records via our computer system that we use at work (I am an RN in a large area hospital). What should I do? I am being treated as an employee and not as a patient w...

8. Define Nursing in 3 words

   nurse7272 replied to FutureNurseSaga's topic in General Nursing

   Dedication Service Tough

9. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

   nurse7272 replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a Med-Surg RN for 4 years. I can count on one hand how many times I had lunch AND breaks in a 12 hour shift. As most of us know 12 hours can turn into 13 or 14 hours. I have even had patients and families that were shocked when they foun...