chsc

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1. pt refuses, wants med later

   chsc posted a topic in Medications

   If a QHS med is due at 2100 and the patient refuses THEN comes back and asks for it around 10:30, do I need an order for the late med administration? For example, if it was a once a day anxiolytic. Our EHR system prompts you if you give a med outsid...

2. RN New Hire - what would you expect them to do?

   chsc posted a topic in Safety

   If one of your newly hired (i.e. fresh out of training and generally overwhelmed) staff members had a hectic shift and left a sharp in a patients room, but then put it away immediately when they noticed it upon their return, would you have expected t...

3. No trach experience

   chsc posted a topic in Home Health

   I have only worked in a non-medical nursing specialty for about 5-10 years. I have started working for a company that provides home care and other things. I have been asked to care for a patient with a trach. They use a ventilator at night. I hav...