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1. what are chemical restraints?

   sassyann8585 replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

   Beckyboo- you are referring the Ativan in the second example being a chemical restraint, right? (the medical scenario d/t "is not a standard treatment or dosage for the patient's condition." But with a psych patient, Ativan IS a standard tx for condi...

2. what are chemical restraints?

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I am confused by this term. If a psychiatric patient is agitated/has anxiety and gets medication, that is treating their condition = not chemical restraint. If a patient on a medical unit becomes agitated/anxious and doesnt have a psych dx but is giv...

3. restraint question?

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi everyone! Quick question... I know we are always supposed to use the least restrictive measure first...for a patient who is very combative, would you need to document that you TRIED soft restraints before applying leather or vinyl restraints? I am...

4. job offer--can I ask this?

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello all, just wanted to get some opinions on this. We all know what it's like working holidays, etc..so I thought fellow nurses would be good people to ask. I have been a nurse for 6 years. I am expecting a job offer with a health system I am not c...

5. is this "allowed"?

   sassyann8585 replied to sassyann8585's topic in HIPAA

   the pt came in for gardasil and 4 vaccines were showing up in their immunization record, so I wanted to see if under the dates administered, on that date;s visit, if it was mentioned that they got the shot in the nursing documentation, or if the immu...

6. is this "allowed"?

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in HIPAA

   This is in regards to an electronic medical record. Say a patient comes into the specialty office where you work. Say they are requesting a vaccine and you want to see if they already got it. You pull up their vaccine record that pulls all of their ...

7. need words of wisdom..new job!

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi all: I am going to be working ob/gyn outpatient in an outpatient clinic. I don't have any experience with this population (just nursing school). I've very excited but a little nervous! How do you all deal with the learning curve? I don't know why,...

8. vacation time...help!

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I will be starting a new job (just got the initial offer from HR, they are just formulating the paperwork and said it will be ready by Friday)--it's a different floor within the same hospital system. So I retain my accumulated vacation days, etc. ...

9. IV "wide open" ??

   sassyann8585 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Patient has a 21 gauge. MD writes order for 1L "wide open." Wouldn't that blow the vein? When is it "safe" to run something wide open (in terms of gauge). This wasn't an emergent situation, patient just has frequent dizziness, so we had the order cha...