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1. new charge nurse discovering bad practice on the unit

   nursindaz replied to nursindaz's topic in General Nursing

   2200 is 10 pm. for some reason there is a policy on our floor that for our ortho patients, they want the coumadin given at that time. I have talked to one of the docs and he says that it is when it is best absorbed in relation to meals, and the tim...

2. new charge nurse discovering bad practice on the unit

   nursindaz replied to nursindaz's topic in General Nursing

   theses meds were things like Cipro, which the patient recieved at 10am, then she gave it at 1600. also coumadin, which is specifically ordered for 2200 (for ortho pateints) , which she gave at 1600. I checked the accudose and it showed that she pull...

3. new charge nurse discovering bad practice on the unit

   nursindaz replied to nursindaz's topic in General Nursing

   Yes our unit is busy, but she is a relatively newer RN Yes, we are a fairly busy floor, although small. We are an acute care/ orthopedic specialty unit. on any given night (3-11pm) we will recieve 5-6 post-op total joints. We generally have three...

4. new charge nurse discovering bad practice on the unit

   nursindaz posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have recently been named as the full time charge nurse on my unit and I have come to soe unpleasant discoveries. I am not sure exactly what to do. I found out that another RN on my unit has been giving her patients their bedtime meds at 4,5,or 6...

5. Introductions

   nursindaz replied to Brian's topic in Delaware

   HI everyone, I live in Dover and work in the hospital, (KGH) and I love it. I have worked on the same unit since I got my RN in 2003. I went from CNA to LPN to RN. My specialty is Ortho, but we take Med/surg pts. as well. DTCC Terry students, don't...

6. Salary in Columbus, OH

   nursindaz posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, My family is thinking of relocating from Dover, DE to Columbus, OH (actually Dublin) and I was wondering if anyone can give me an idea of the salary an RN (ADN) makes in this area. I currently work in orthopaedics/ med-surg. Any info would b...

7. Ortho Pain Management

   nursindaz replied to mjamesRN's topic in Orthopaedic

   our most common form of analgesia is epidural for total knees, PCA for total hips and total knees and sometimes disk fusion. Or po, IV analgesics after the second P.O.D.