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  1. Does anyone work in a facility that uses an electronic scanning / electronic administration system for transfusing blood or blood products? I'm looking for info on something like an electronic MAR, but one specifically used for transfusing blood, whe...
  2. LOINC mapping for lab results

    Has anyone found a good way to map lab results to LOINC codes? We are going to be undertaking this project for Meaningful Use. Some of the labs we send out to have been helpful in providing LOINCs, but to a large extent looking up the codes is a manu...
  3. Patient wristband scanning question

    thank you all for the feedback- i appreciate the input
  4. Patient wristband scanning question

    Thanks, rninformatics- yes, I'm looking into another way of addressing the flush rather than having it profiled as a med. Totally agree about the patient safety issue. We are currently trying to whittle away at our wristband scanning exception report...
  5. Patient wristband scanning question

    Hi all- looking for feedback. Can you think of any scenarios in which it would be acceptable to NOT scan a patient's wristband in the contect of medication administration? For example, a flush is ordered q8h (these appear on our eMAR as a med) but IV...
  6. ECG for patients with tremors

    Can someone please give me some advice? I had a patient today who had tremors, similar to Parkinson's. When the tech was trying to get the ECG there was a lot of artifact. I had been told by another ECG tech that in cases like this, it was ok to gent...
  7. distinguishing heart blocks EKG

    This helped me remember... If your R is far from P, then you have a 1st degree. Longer, longer, longer, drop...then you have a Wenckebach. If your Ps don't go through, then you have a Mobitz 2. If your Ps don't agree, then you have a 3rd degree.
  8. Pregnancy Dietary Practices Japanese Patients

    I have practically zero- avoid cold things like water and "cooling" foods like cucumber and seek out "warming" foods- but I don't know what falls into these categories. I'm also interested in how much preparation goes into some of the foods, and if t...
  9. Pregnancy Dietary Practices Japanese Patients

    Hi everyone- I was hoping an OB specialist with expertise with Japanese patients could help me. Are there any dietary / nutritional customs, traditions, requirements, avoidances, etc during pregnancy and the postpartum period that are specific to Ja...
  10. Pressure ulcer and donut pillows

    thank you so much. that's exactly what my notes said! because i'm just starting out, i doubt myself too much.
  11. Pressure ulcer and donut pillows

    but is the donut bad?
  12. Pressure ulcer and donut pillows

    If anyone can help ASAP, I'd appreciate it. I'm a first year nursing student. We were told very definitively in class NOT to use a donut pillow when the patient has a pressure ulcer. Our instructors stressed this. A family member is currently in the ...