patsyh11

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1. Nursing Hx:Share Oldtime Ineffective tx's?

   patsyh11 replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

   How about Paraldehyde for DT's? The patients could either drink it (and they reeked of the awful smell) or you could give it to them IM with a glass syringe. And God help you if you dropped it-the nurses station/med room would stink for days......

2. ice vs no ice with cardiac outputs

   patsyh11 replied to gpip's topic in MICU

   Haven't used ice in about 15 years-

3. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

   patsyh11 replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   ETOH,Ativan, and insulin drips are not allowed on the med-surg floors in the hospital I work in. We use ETOH drips in the SICU in alcoholic pts that will probably go into DT's post op-it's more of a surgeon preference than a policy-oftentimes, w...