corky1272RN

corky1272RN

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corky1272RN specializes in Med Surg, Home Health, Dialysis, Tele.


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  1. Frequent flier narc users

    The patients shouldn't be coming to the ER for a Rx refill , but if they are taking tramadol at home for back pain then they aren't going to get dilaudid in the ER . If they injure themselves that is a different story . Seekers usually don't f...
  2. Frequent flier narc users

    The hospital system where I work is starting a program called the "Super user program". It is specifically targeting frequent flier pain seekers, but can also include patients coming in to the ER frequently for other issues. The patients ar...
  3. Vital Signs Taking at ER

    Why was this relative being told anything to begin with? If they are within earshot when the VS are being communicated out loud then that is one thing, but to come and specifically ask... The patient stated he/she didn't want to know what the BP wa...
  4. IV Benadryl

    How fast did you give it? I have never had anything happen like that but it might have just been an adverse drug reaction.
  5. Different Piggyback Antibiotics, Same IV Tubing??

    Someone can backprime all you want, the spike still has the previous med on it. Are the backprimers looking up compatability or just assuming since they backprimed it is as good as new? At my facility, if I heard that someone was using the same lin...
  6. Rude nurse?

    CapeCod Mermaid, I couldn't stop laughing at your post. It sounds like something that could happen on my former unit.
  7. I had a pt that had PO and IV pain meds ordered PRN. The order comment included by the MD was "only give if pain not relieved by PO". So when the pt asked only for the IV, I informed him that the PO had to be given first then the pain would be reas...
  8. Orders to hold meds?

    To me it also depends on what the pt is in there for. I had a pt that was in the hospital for SOB, she was stable respiratory wise, but there were some other issues. She started refusing her IV solumedrol, definitely something to call the physician...
  9. Pain Medication addicts

    All the time, any nurse that has worked in the hospital has seen this time and time again. What is your question?
  10. Pain meds and low BP?

    The nurse has to rely on her/his critical thinking and assessment skills. You cannot be forced to give narcs if you think it is inappropriate. Go to your charge nurse if the pt starts hollering that she isn't getting it. If the pt is asleep when i...
  11. Refilling water pitchers

    It should be ok to take the plastic pitcher out of the pt's room to refill unless the pt is on isolation. I don't understand what people are talking about cross-contamination since it's touch-free, the mouth part shouldn't be in contact with anythin...
  12. insulin per sliding scale

    In my hospital oral anti-hyperglycemics are not held just because they are in the hospital. The pharmacy takes in account diagnostic tests that require contrast and will profile or hold based on that. The physicians keep an eye on it, the radiology...
  13. Is 7 the new 5?

    Believe me that Magnet status has nothing to do with it!
  14. Vented tubing for lipids?

    Some facilities do use filters for lipids but not all. I used to work at an LTAC that used a bigger filter for the lipids (the TPN had it's own filter seperately), but at the hospital that I work at now, the lipids are not filtered. Maybe it is th...
  15. Patients who come in with night bags packed....

    Baggage is one thing, but what am I supposed to think when the family is bringing a large box fan? The pt is definitely expecting to stay!