adclay

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1. Nurse bringing child to work

   adclay posted a topic in General Nursing

   Currently working at a hospital that seems to run by some odd rules and one that I am having an issue with is that there is a nurse that is bringing her 11 year old son to work (6p-6a) and he is staying the whole shift. He is staying in a patient roo...

2. Blood glucose and insulin

   adclay replied to adclay's topic in General Nursing

   The overnight drops is what is prompting me to look into writing a policy because it is a problem.The wall I am hitting is some nurses and techs telling me well it's not written anywhere and I want them to understand they will be held accountable. Th...

3. Blood glucose and insulin

   adclay replied to adclay's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the response I appreciate it. We have a lot of new nurses and the problem I'm running into is the techs are taking blood sugars right after the patient eats dinner and nurses are covering that value up to four and a half hours later.

4. Blood glucose and insulin

   adclay posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just wanted to to see if any hospitals or facilities that everyone works at have policies about how old a blood glucose reading can be to give insulin. Does the reading need to be no more than say an hour before or is there no difference where you wo...