An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for rehab.
An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for rehab.
The rule we use is to multiply what they said they had for alcohol consumption by 3...anyone else use this?
same goes with laxatives... no way in hell I am giving MOM to someone at 9a when it works just as will at 3 o'clock. Not just for my sake of course, I have to keep my aides happy!
ALong the line of the beer story, my first IV was during my ER rotation of school... this guy had a blood alcohol of .185 at 11 o'clock in the morning. That 18g slid right in his hand without any problem! He picked up his head, looked at me and said "That didn't hurt a bit!" WONDER WHY!!!
a graduate nurse dc's a foley the second she/he receives the order. an experienced nurse waits until the end of her shift.
Or just before the transfer. That goes for the laxative as well. The graduate nurse gives the laxative right after it's ordered. The experienced nurse gives it just before change of shift or transfer.
Ya. Running to codes was exciting for about one day, and then I found out what happened to bladder and bowel sphincter control after a code is pronounced...
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An experienced nurse will wager on how high the blood alcohol is going to be, or what the drug screen is positive for while the graduate nurse is busy trying to find someplace to send the patient for rehab.