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1. Tag team elopement

   statcoffee replied to statcoffee's topic in Safety

   1. We have not been given any orientation specifically. Generally, it's call the hospital police, or get the doctor to order restraints. HP usually does nothing, and the staff must be put in harms way to point restraint someone. 2. Belongings were ti...

2. Tag team elopement

   statcoffee replied to statcoffee's topic in Safety

   He was on observation for lack of insight, nothing about self harm or violence. I would have surely not given the CNA any of his belongings if that were the case. He was AOx3, alert and even stated multiple times he would stay for length of treatment...

3. Patient education and documentation.

   statcoffee replied to statcoffee's topic in Education

   I tried but the patient only spoke a dialect of Slovakian. There were no interpreters at the hospital who spoke the language, and the phone interpreter I found was unable to communicate with the patient due to the patient's hearing deficit. There are...

4. Tag team elopement

   statcoffee posted a topic in Safety

   I work on a bit of Hellish unit. 10 bed holding area, patient acuity levels vary greatly, and also do a massive amount of admissions/discharges/transfers. This past week I ended up with two patients (out of 5) on watch. A 2 to 1 by psych for unpredic...

5. Patient education and documentation.

   statcoffee posted a topic in Education

   This is a long one, forgive me...I was recently called into my supervisor's office and was told that there had a been fall out regarding a patient I discharged sometime in December. I was told I did not perform Coumadin teaching for a patient who was...