sarahbeth2006

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1. bolus w/o order....yes or no?

   sarahbeth2006 replied to sarahbeth2006's topic in General Nursing

   It really isn't spying on her patient care at all when you work in an area as small as we do. I assisted her in bringing her patient back to the chair after using the restroom and then went back to my charting about 25 feet away. I fully understand...

2. bolus w/o order....yes or no?

   sarahbeth2006 replied to sarahbeth2006's topic in General Nursing

   she is relatively new to the area....perhaps about 4 months there vs myself and everyone there being there for a year or so.....and this isn't something the MD would have ordered. can almost guarantee it.

3. bolus w/o order....yes or no?

   sarahbeth2006 replied to sarahbeth2006's topic in General Nursing

   thanks to the two of you. i told my supervisor and he wasn't concerned about it at all. he said the pt was a healthy, young man so the bolus wouldn't have affected him and that it wasn't a patient safety issue. while yes patient safety was a thoug...

4. bolus w/o order....yes or no?

   sarahbeth2006 posted a topic in General Nursing

   greetings all!! bolusing without an order....yes or no? background story to the question: i work same day surgery and we had a patient, male, late 30's, in phase 2 recovery s/p knee scope. he got 5 of versed and 200 of fentanyl total, on top of gen a...