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1. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   Steph - You say you remember being taught how to waste meds in school... was it a clinical experience? Just verbal instruction? Or can I find this principle in a text book somewhere? ktwlpn - Employee was terminated, and isn't happy about it.

2. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   P_RN - A specific hospital procedure manual won't do me too much good at this point. I'm hoping to show it's a wide spread, well-known principle. Ideally, I could have found it in a nursing text book! I will ask the board of nursing, though; than...

3. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   P-RN - Nope, not a school paper. It's for a legal brief. I'm an attorney, hoping to show that throwing a pill in a trash can is not the best way to waste a narcotic...

4. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   ktwlpn - Thanks for the information. I'm actually not a nursing student either. I understand the premise of wasting in a secure receptacle. My problem is I have to prove that is common knowledge... which is hard to do when it's not written down a...

5. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   P_RN - You say "during clinicals" - I'm assuming this means it's not learned from a text book, but is learned from an instructor verbally at some point? (FYI, I am not an RN...). Have you ever seen anything in writing that provides guidelines for ...

6. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   Chttynurs - I understand the witness requirement. But how do you decide those places are proper for disposal? Is the topic dealt with at all in nursing school?

7. Wasting Procedures

   JMH replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   Redshiloh - You say down the sink... Can you explain more? Did you learn this principle in nursing school? Are there other appropriate places?

8. Wasting Procedures

   JMH posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi - I am looking for some general information on proper methods to "waste" a narcotic. I am aware that most hospitals typically require a witness to the wasting, but would like to know more about appropriate methods of wasting. Can anybody help? ...