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1. Chloraprep used for facial surgery

   coleeliza replied to coleeliza's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you.

2. Chloraprep used for facial surgery

   coleeliza replied to coleeliza's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you for your input! I am now wondering if it is against best practice for an OR RN to call a patient at home in order to check up on them? I just want to make sure she can hear out of that ear now! The nurse in ambulatory said that the patient ...

3. Chloraprep used for facial surgery

   coleeliza posted a topic in Operating Room

   I am a newer (2.5 years) nurse currently working in the operating room for the past year and a half. I have been circulating in ENT for awhile and like to think I had a pretty good idea of ENT standards of perioperative practice. However, today we di...

4. DuraPrep use in pt with mild iodine allergy

   coleeliza posted a topic in Safety

   Hi all. I have been a nurse for almost a year and a half now. I am 5 months New to the OR. Currently I am training in spine surgery (fusions, microdiscs and such). Recently I have been on my own circulating. I seem to continue to work with the same s...

5. Protonix in GI bleed

   coleeliza replied to coleeliza's topic in Safety

   I'm sure it's pharmacologically OK to run anything with .9, if the Pts medical condition warrants it (no CHF). However, on our floor, any drip (gtt) med must be running by itself, separately, as a primary on its own pump. Hard locked. However, when I...

6. Protonix in GI bleed

   coleeliza replied to coleeliza's topic in Safety

   Pt had no history of HTN. BP's were low in ER, 101/60 to 70 ish. Only history was dementia and UTI. It does make sense that the BP could have been in the 120s systolic at the start of my shift because she was sort of agitated/confused. So it is possi...

7. Protonix in GI bleed

   coleeliza posted a topic in Safety

   Hello all! Wanted to find some insight into this case. Have been a nurse for 6 months now. Had a patient last night who came in with a GI bleed. Pt had 1 bloody BM for me, but that's it. Blood pressures were stable when I had come on for my shift. 12...