KTakami25

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1. Employer-sponsored EB3 visa: do you know any nurse who's gotten it?

   KTakami25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you know of any nurse who had their employer sponsor an EB3 visa so that the nurse could get permanent legal status in the US? If so, what was the process like? A bit of context: My nurse coworker friend is a DACA recipient. He worked many...

2. California to Oregon: Staffing ratios and good hospitals?

   KTakami25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Husband and I are considering moving to Oregon in order to buy a house (in the next year or so) without the California price premium. My career conflict lies with the fact that I have been a bedside nurse at my local hospital for 8 years (sinc...

3. From Ca to Oregon

   KTakami25 replied to Kassd's topic in General Nursing

   I just posted similar questions just a moment ago, too (from CA to OR). I'm curious to see other nurses' responses to our questions:)

4. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

   Thanks for your details response, areason4stars!:)

5. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

   Hi Cat365, I agree with you that individual barcodes would be a great safety feature. Thank you so much for your input!

6. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

   Hi Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN, Thank you for your input! :)

7. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

   Thank you for your input! :)

8. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

   Hi Jessy_RN, Thank you so much for your insight! That's great to hear that there is a hospital somewhere that does have patient-specific barcodes on single-use insulin pens! That is so interesting to hear that they are also locked in the pt's room ...

9. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

   KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

   Hi marienm, RN! Thank you so much for replying with very helpful specific details! My hospital is transitioning over to EPIC next year from Allscripts SCM and I am wondering if we would have patient-specific pharmacy prints for our insulin pens, t...

10. Dilemma situation! I'm not a nurse, but is this common practice??

    KTakami25 replied to Nursing617's topic in Safety

    I think EllaBella1 has a great point. I think more experienced nurses in my hospital and older doctors still say "Hep lock the patient's IV"--even for your basic peripheral IVs. In fact the other day, a surgeon entered nursing instructions" "HLIV,"...

11. How do you ensure the right INSULIN pen for the right patient?

    KTakami25 posted a topic in Safety

    Hello fellow nurses! I am in the process of reviewing literature on whether double-checking vs. single-checking subQ insulin is improving patient outcomes. If you are a nurse who administers subQ insulin via patient-specific insulin pens, could you s...

12. Double Checking subQ Insulin Requirement

    KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

    Hi kalycat, Thank you so much for the details in your input! :)

13. Double Checking subQ Insulin Requirement

    KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

    Hi Glycerine82, Thank you for your help! It definitely sounds like a busy floor you're at that there wouldn't be time to flag down another nurse.Thanks!

14. Double Checking subQ Insulin Requirement

    KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety

    Thank you for your helpful input, kataraang! :)

15. Double Checking subQ Insulin Requirement

    KTakami25 replied to KTakami25's topic in Safety