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Hello- has anyone gone through the process of certifying an in-house developed hospital EHR with CCHIT or another certification entity? If so, I'm trying to figure out how much documentation you...

Does anyone work in a facility that uses an electronic scanning / electronic administration system for transfusing blood or blood products? I'm looking for info on something like an electronic MAR,...

Has anyone found a good way to map lab results to LOINC codes? We are going to be undertaking this project for Meaningful Use. Some of the labs we send out to have been helpful in providing LOINCs,...

thank you all for the feedback- i appreciate the input

Thanks, rninformatics- yes, I'm looking into another way of addressing the flush rather than having it profiled as a med. Totally agree about the patient safety issue. We are currently trying to...

Hi all- looking for feedback. Can you think of any scenarios in which it would be acceptable to NOT scan a patient's wristband in the contect of medication administration? For example, a flush is...

Can someone please give me some advice? I had a patient today who had tremors, similar to Parkinson's. When the tech was trying to get the ECG there was a lot of artifact. I had been told by another...

This helped me remember... If your R is far from P, then you have a 1st degree. Longer, longer, longer, drop...then you have a Wenckebach. If your Ps don't go through, then you have a Mobitz 2....

I have practically zero- avoid cold things like water and "cooling" foods like cucumber and seek out "warming" foods- but I don't know what falls into these categories. I'm also interested in how...

Hi everyone- I was hoping an OB specialist with expertise with Japanese patients could help me. Are there any dietary / nutritional customs, traditions, requirements, avoidances, etc during...

thank you so much. that's exactly what my notes said! because i'm just starting out, i doubt myself too much.

but is the donut bad?

If anyone can help ASAP, I'd appreciate it. I'm a first year nursing student. We were told very definitively in class NOT to use a donut pillow when the patient has a pressure ulcer. Our instructors...

Hello all- I'm a first year nursing student studying for a medication admin test. Can someone help answer this question for me? Does a PRN order HAVE TO specify the parameter necessary to administer?...