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1. Turning pts before ORIF

   peterncarrine replied to peterncarrine's topic in Orthopaedic

   I was not on same unit with pt - on a telemetry unit; just knew student, who was tech on our unit. Anyway....apparently docs gave first dose Vit k (5 mg) ~ 40 hrs p admission, then another dose (10 ng) 24 hrs p that. Pro x's/INR were 27.0/2.6 on ...

2. Turning pts before ORIF

   peterncarrine replied to peterncarrine's topic in Orthopaedic

   Yes - they handled the coagulation problem fine (finally had to give her Vit K to get her INR and pro times WNL. It was just the skin care issue that concerned me. I am not an ortho nurse so after I said "Of course" to the student, I backed off and...

3. Turning pts before ORIF

   peterncarrine posted a topic in Orthopaedic

   Hi - Recently a student nurse asked me about turning a patient with a fx hip before her ORIF - an 81 yo woman with some cardiac instability needing resolution and on Coumadin so had to wait for INR to come down. She was on a med-surg unit for 3-4 da...