shiloh11

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1. Rad RN's transporting pts

   shiloh11 replied to Kristy K's topic in Radiology

   At our facility, the tech in charge of the procedure (CT, US, MRI etc) calls the floor and tells them when they are going to be ready for the pt. They also call our dept to notify the rad nurse. The rad nurse calls the floor and gets report (sometime...

2. Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

   shiloh11 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   We do this form on all pts now. For every pt type the form gets scanned to pharmacy and then is placed in the chart. 99% of the time the doctor still ends up writing whatever meds they want in their orders. They arent using the forms at all. To make ...

3. new charge nurse discovering bad practice on the unit

   shiloh11 replied to nursindaz's topic in General Nursing

   Its pretty tough to prove someone is guilty of something without hard evidence (since she's not charting the early time) even if you know you are right. I would agree that you are probably going to have to do an incident report. I would also discuss...

4. Would you go to the ER for this?

   shiloh11 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

   Having worked in both ER and in Outpatient Infusion/Procedures, I would have to agree with Lauralassie. Ideally the patient would be seen by their PMD but often times they cant get in. Our hospital has a fast track in the ED as well so that the triag...

5. What's your holiday bonus?

   shiloh11 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   We get a $25 gift certificate to the hospital gift shop. This can be exchanged to be used at local shops in the area as well. In the past, when I worked on the surgical floor, the surgeons bought all the staff on that floor $50 gift certificates whic...