DJ-Adia

DJ-Adia has 12 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, Forensic Science.

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1. Placebo's & Trust

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in General Nursing

   A new grad RN started on our med/surg unit approx 4 months ago. Her goal for the unit, as she stated @ at our last unit meeting, is to change the unit by reorganizing supplies as "SHE" feels would best promote efficiency on the unit. I think that th...

2. Bedside Report dillema

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in General Nursing

   At this months unit meeting, we were informed that we'd be starting Bedside Report to increase staff accountability & decrease shift "Dumping". We were told that only "abnormal" findings would be communicated to cut down on the amount of time. ...

3. Accused for having patients best interest at heart

   DJ-Adia replied to DJ-Adia's topic in Pain

   Do you feel as if I handled the situation "unprofessionally" by not Representing the hospital & in turn caused the patient & her husband unnecessary distress. ? Who is suppose to represent the patient if nurses can't. It seems to me that a ho...

4. Accused for having patients best interest at heart

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in Pain

   It wasn't until today that I got to thinking, "Am I really in the nursing profession for all the right reasons." I've been an RN for 15 years and believe that nurses are a patients best advocate until today..... I have been caring for an elderly pati...

5. Sharps Disposal

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in General Nursing

   The subject of waste/sharp disposal of IV tubing sets has recently been brought up at our facilty. I thought I'd ask if anybody had an answer. When disposing of an IV bag & IV tubing after discontinued from a patient, - what are the guidlines fo...

6. Legal Documentation

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in General Nursing

   At the hospital I currently work at, Joint comission reviewed all the Nursing documentation and sited us on not having all enteries date & timed thus making us non-compliant. Our Nursing manager is now requesting that staff go back & "time"...

7. Medication Reconcilliation- An ER responsibility?

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Our Medical/Surgical unit was informed yesterday that the Emergency Room was nolonger addressing the medication reconciliation forms seeing as though it is too time consuming. I was under the understanding that Joint Comission had enforced the Med Re...

8. PICC dressing removal w/ biopatches

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in Infusion

   Has anyone experienced difficulty when changing a PICC dressing that has a Biopatch @ the insertion site. Last evening, I spent 15 minutes just trying to remove the tegaderm transparent dressing from the biopatch which is also adhered to the PICC can...

9. Isn't a colostomy an "over kill"?

   DJ-Adia posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   :idea:Everyone has been so helpful in guiding me to make informed decisions re: my dad's medical care (the result of a MVA involving an Armoured Security Truck that ran a stop sign & broad-sided my dad's car). Currently, we are being forced to ma...

10. A Physician's disregard for families rights.

    DJ-Adia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have had an experience of a lifetime that has really put into perspective the frustrations that families encounter when a physician is too arrogant to enforce patients rights. My father is currently a patient in a local ICU & has required mecha...

11. To-Keep-open Infusion rates

    DJ-Adia posted a topic in Infusion

    Is there a standard for how fast the infusion rate should be when a physician orders "To-Keep-Open"? Currently it is up to the nurses discretion as to how fast it should run. On an average, the rate is between 10 -25 mls/hr. Inorder to clarify the po...

12. To care or not to care

    DJ-Adia posted a topic in Med-Surg

    I work in small rural hospital & recently encountered a situation involving a 18 month old child who had swallowed a chocolate covered peanut in which he was allergic to. The ER doctor was very concerned about the child having an anaphylactic rea...

13. Patient advocacy & legal liability

    DJ-Adia posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 11 years and never have I encountered a situation as I did recently. I was caring for elderly male patient, who prior to admission, was independent & enjoying life with his only complaint being that he felt "tired & weak...