S Hall ADN, BSN, RN

S Hall is a ADN, BSN, RN and specializes in CCRN.

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1. Surgical NP

   S Hall replied to Alicia777's topic in NP

   Any insights into how to find a preceptor?

2. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I do love neuro imaging, I just assumed that the patient was ready to scan before injection. As a CCU RN, I would still not inject Versed and leave.

3. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   PET/CT has been replaced by PET/MRI in some settings.

4. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   We rarely ever allowed medications for anxiety even on inpatients. If we did, it was given on the scanner immediately before scanning. I misunderstood because of the long uptake period required. Why would they inject the "sedative" so early? It would...

5. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   An anoxic injury could easily be mistaken for a brain bleed when a patient lays flat for 30 minutes (why I worry during MRI scans) when the RN never documented the administration of the paralytic...

6. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I must include that I did not know the difference between Versed and vec as a Nuc Med/PET technologist and would not have understood what the RN was giving, but the patient is visualized during the entire scan because the table is moving through the ...

7. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   It said that she never documented it anywhere.

8. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   S Hall replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a registered RT®, CNMT, PET technologist, and RN. The PET scans usually run for 3 minutes to cover a small area and then moves down. The reconstruction the images must go through takes at least another 3-5 minutes on most cameras. A quiet environ...

9. Antibiotics and cultures

   S Hall replied to Amandawoolums's topic in General Nursing

   I was wondering something similar. If the ED gives a 2 L bolus of NS and broad-spectrum IV antibiotics 6-12 hours before the ICU inserts a foley catheter and sends urine cultures to lab, will the cultures be altered?