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  1. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    Yeah, have had this happen as well with PCAs and patients going outisde.
  2. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. Will be talking to my manager and will be suggesting some of these solutions that everyone has shared.
  3. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    Hey WickedRedRN, Yeah, the situation with the MD is also sticky. The orthopod who admitted her initially called the floor to find out what had happened after she left ama and had called HIM to complain about how badly we had treated her. He wanted ...
  4. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    Absolutely! Have already done so.
  5. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    That is what has happened. There are at least 3 staff nurses on the day shift and 1 on the night shift now who will not take care of her anymore because of her behavior. Our risk mgmt/DON/Legal folks are trying to see if they can refuse to admit h...
  6. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    Hi Kids... Good question! Actually she would not qualify for home care because (no surprise) she is not homebound! Other option would be outpatient infusion center but that would require a picc line, also not a good option for a known iv drug abuser...
  7. known addicted patients going out to smoke

    Thank you so much elkhorn and tewdles. The team meeting in the presence of the patient sounds like a very effective plan.
  8. I work on a busy MedSurg unit. Concerned about thorny issue of "allowing" patient going out to smoke who is a known drug addict (her own admission) with IV access. She is gone so frequently she misses her scheduled doses of vancomycin and invanz for...