Double check insulin doses

Nurses General Nursing

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  1. What is your current practice when giving insulin to your patients?

    • 10
      Do not have a 2nd nurse check insulin dose
    • 42
      All insulin doses checked by 2nd nurse
    • 7
      Only unusually high insulin doses double checked
    • 4
      Only IV insulin doses checked by a 2nd nurse

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What is your current standard when giving insulin to patients?

Our policy is 2 nurses check and sign. I work on a rehab unit and if the patient draws their own up we still check and sign. Makes it difficult when you can't find the second nurse to check but I understand why we do it.

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