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We ran out of Fentanyl drips in the entire hospital a couple of days ago. With 24 patients in my unit alone on Fentanyl drips, mostly for vent sedation, I heard more vent alarms going off at once than I ever have because all of the patients were waking up simultaneously and feeling very uncomfortable. It was ridiculous. I now have to pose this question to the crowd...
What is the dumbest thing your unit has ever run out of? Did you cry, laugh hysterically, or both?
NS, isolation gowns, droplet masks, hot packs, cups, spoons, and my personal favorite, med cups.
They brought substitute med cups to the nursing station. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be condiment cups from the kitchen - you know, the little paper cup you get ketchup or mustard in? Gotta love ingenuity, but I'd love accurate Central Processing even better.
The worst was when there were NO isolation gowns in the entire hospital.Of course, we're still expected to care for the patients. Honestly, I think this may be a violation of a federal safety/OSHA law - failure to provide employees with proper PPE.
They asked us to "conserve" them. How one conserves gowns I haven't a clue ... allow one trip into the patient's room each hour, and just throw any requested items to the pt from the door way?
We took pictures of us conserving gowns - three nurses fit into one but it's a close call!
We also took to saving droplet masks by just wearing it through the whole shift.
lovinglife2015
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@Nibbles I wouldn't call that running out but rather, serious neglect and the administration needs need to be fired from the top down. Is there no budget or what?