pyroknight RN

ER (formerly flight, ICU, home health)

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pyroknight has 21 years experience as a RN and specializes in ER (formerly flight, ICU, home health).

Registering Patients / Accepting Payments

pyroknight posted a topic in Emergency

Anyone been tasked with providing patients with a tablet to register themselves and assist with getting their payment? A LOT of things fall under "other job duties as assigned," but I am thinking I draw the line somewhere on this side of patient regi...
HALF use of needle cover

pyroknight posted a topic in General Nursing

Has anyone every been told that they should slide the protective cap on an insulin syringe up just short of the lock position during the stroll to the patient, retract the cap, administer the insulin, then slide the cap all the way to the locked posi...
FLACC vs. Wong-Baker FACES

pyroknight posted a topic in General Nursing

Does anyone NOT working in a HCA facility use the FACES scale to document the appearance of pain in adults (versus the patient's stated pain level or in non-communicative adults)? I am not talking about non-verbal patients who can point. I am talki...