Guest1053148

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1. First Time Fall

   Guest1053148 replied to Nola504's topic in Safety

   I guess one thing I don't understand is that you had just taken over the patient and hadn't CHECKED the bed alarm, that implies it should have already been on. You are taking all of the blame on yourself but what about the previous shift? The nurse s...

2. What's your best 'Nurse Hack'?

   Guest1053148 replied to KimasaurusRex's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for re- wording. I'll have to find that thread. I truly didn't know that this wasn't the way everyone did it (one at a time) and I've been nursing a decade. It does take a very long time but they would have kittens if we did it any other wa...

3. What's your best 'Nurse Hack'?

   Guest1053148 replied to KimasaurusRex's topic in General Nursing

   I'm terrible at this, I think I may surrender. On my floor we have to account for ALL fluids - even the amount mixed into the crushed meds - the before flush - meds themselves , flushes between each med and end flush. Give all of the meds ( usually m...

4. What's your best 'Nurse Hack'?

   Guest1053148 replied to KimasaurusRex's topic in General Nursing

   So if you have a ton of meds to crush its hard to keep track of how much fluid you give, our policy is to crush and administer each med separately and flush in between. This way you don't have to fuss over how much is in each med cup, or if you need ...

5. What's your best 'Nurse Hack'?

   Guest1053148 replied to KimasaurusRex's topic in General Nursing

   1. When starting a bed bath make sure the lid to the lotion is on tight and throw it in the basin, it will be nice and warm by the end of the bath. 2. That same lotion will work really well to get that sticky impossble to remove bm off, put some loti...