alreinsch

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1. ER nurses- what do they do for your staff education?

   alreinsch posted a topic in Emergency

   I am doing a nurse residency research project. I am trying to develop different scenarios for continuing education for my ED. This is supposed to be pretty informal within our department. Does your ED have continued education? Is it a monthly mee...

2. Priority NANDA

   alreinsch posted a topic in Student Assist

   I'm stuck on a priority NANDA for a module. Here's the major points. Admission after MVA with DX of spleen laceration and rib fracture. VS 37.1 124 26 100/60 and 94% on RA. pain in abdomen and side. Firm abdomen. Hbg is 6.8. K is 3.6. Sleepy ...

3. Safely discarding insulin pen needles

   alreinsch posted a topic in Medications

   Everyone knows never to recap a used needle. My med aids have expressed concern to be about discarding needles from insulin pens. I want to verify so I do not give them the wrong advice. To my knowledge, to discard the needle you place the clear o...

4. Wandergaurd

   alreinsch posted a topic in Safety

   I have a patient who is a high risk for elopement. We have a secured unit and we've tried multiple times to place our wanderguard on her ankle. However, she continues to find ways to cut it off and the family does not want us to take utensils out o...

5. Noc Ox?

   alreinsch posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just got an order do to a 'noc ox'. I'm going to take this to mean a pulse ox once at night to make sure ox sat is staying above 90% during sleep, but since it's pretty vague wanted to see if any of the other nurses had run into this.