MsRehabRN

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1. Calf Measurements

   MsRehabRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Looking for some experiences nurses have had with calf measurements. I work on a rehab floor, mostly hips and knees. On nights we have 8 patients each. We are required to measure all of their calves each morning before they get out of bed and recor...

2. Calf Measurements

   MsRehabRN posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   Looking for some experiences nurses have had with calf measurements. I work on a rehab floor, mostly hips and knees. On nights we have 8 patients each. We are required to measure all of their calves each morning before they get out of bed and record ...

3. clc 2000 to clamp or to not clamp?

   MsRehabRN replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you both for taking the time to answer! That helped clarify things.

4. clc 2000 to clamp or to not clamp?

   MsRehabRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, I was wondering what your policy is regarding clamping the catheter on the CLC 2000 ports after flushing. Do you clamp or not. If you clamp, do you clamp during the flush or complete the flush then clamp? I was recently on the manufacturer...

5. needleless syringe disposal

   MsRehabRN replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   kyrshamarks - Can you show me where in the OSHA regs it states that you can get fined for putting non sharps into the sharps container? I can't seem to locate a reg backing that up. Thanks in advance

6. needleless syringe disposal

   MsRehabRN replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hearts, So what you are saying is that this is an "access" issue not an infection control issue? I am being completely serious. So we are paying all this money for disposal to prevent the VERY VERY small percentage of patients from picking through th...

7. needleless syringe disposal

   MsRehabRN replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   Klone - my point exactly. We take off dressings, 2X2's with blood from drawing blood, empty used urinals/bedpans and place them in the garbage at the bedside. In fact this is consistent regardless of the type of isolation room the patient is in. The ...

8. needleless syringe disposal

   MsRehabRN replied to MsRehabRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was the original OP. If these saline flush are a controlled substance then we have a bigger problem in our hospital because "unused, new" ones are left out all the time. Extra ones are sometimes at the bedside, on the roll around computer carts, or...

9. needleless syringe disposal

   MsRehabRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am looking for some input from other nurses's that work in hospitals. Recently our Nurse Manager sent out an e-mail to all employees stating that ALL needleless syringes were to be disposed of in the sharps disposal box. On our unit, this primarily...