KYGirl1976

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1. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

   KYGirl1976 replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that those addicted need specific intervention, which is not more of the very drug for which they are addicted. Doctors are becoming smarter and prescribing far fewer narcotics through the ER, and many hospitals in my area have developed new ...

2. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

   KYGirl1976 replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

   As an ER nurse I can tell you that whomever came up with the adage, "a patients pain is, whatever they say it is" never worked in an ER. Rule #1--- Pts lie. The 1-10 pain scale is so ridiculously misused that many patients arrive in triage and immedi...