Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

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Little things that are just bad practice.

Like looping IV tubing back into itself (against our policy, and they went to great lengths to hand out caps to carry in pockets). And not even cleaning off the port you looped it into!

Disconnecting a running IV to take a pt to the bathroom.. and just leaving the bare end hanging from the pole. Don't interrupt IVFs ! Take the blinking pump with you!

What are yours?

What about the CNA who disconnects nasal oxygen to walk the pt to the BR?? I don't know how to make them understand that the pt needs the O2 especially when up and walking!!! Yes, empty TP rolls get to me also, why do they lock them and have the extra rolls of TP somewhere we cannot get to them?? Talk about public relations---dosen't it look bad when a facility does not have toilet paper??

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What about the CNA who disconnects nasal oxygen to walk the pt to the BR?? I don't know how to make them understand that the pt needs the O2 especially when up and walking!!! Yes, empty TP rolls get to me also, why do they lock them and have the extra rolls of TP somewhere we cannot get to them?? Talk about public relations---dosen't it look bad when a facility does not have toilet paper??

Is 02 extension tubing available? If not, I'd deal with that problem in addition to educating the CNAs.

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

I often wonder why toilet paper is such a hot commodity that it has to be locked in its holder and in some far away closet when a replacement is needed. Do people walk off with extra rolls or something?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

We work with a skeleton crew at night. For the love of Heaven, if a patient is ordered a laxative at 0900, stop waiting until 1745-1800 to give it. Nine times out of ten, the NURSE will be responsible for cleaning the mess on night shift because, for some reason, it's ok if the CNA/PCT doesn't answer his or her phone. But it's a matter of national security if the nurse doesn't answer his or hers.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

Same thing goes for foleys on incontinent patients. If the doctor says to d/c it, please do it. Don't wait until the end of your shift to remove it just because you didn't want to be burdened with incontinent care. By the time we come on and the patient has not voided (when the catheter should have been removed HOURS ago), we have to drop EVERYTHING, do bladder scans, possible straight-caths, you name it, because the MD is upset that the Cather was not removed during early morning when rounds were made. You would think that they would be accepting of 'the catheter was just discontinued right before we got her so patient X has not had time to void', but that just makes matters worse when an order was ignored for the better part of a shift.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Yeah, toilet paper thievery by nurses is one of the reasons hospitals are going broke. :yes:

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health.

Oops!

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
Oops!

I 'liked' this post because I appreciate a nurse who owns up to a mistake and rectifies it!:)

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Specializes in MCH,NICU,NNsy,Educ,Village Nursing.

Wearing a pair of gloves as part,of universal precautions then opening the door/pushing a cart/getting linen/answering the telephone/you name it with that same pair pf gloves on.....then going back to said patient, or another, still with the same pair of gloves on.

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Specializes in Gerontology.
Wearing a pair of gloves as part,of universal precautions then opening the door/pushing a cart/getting linen/answering the telephone/you name it with that same pair pf gloves on.....then going back to said patient, or another, still with the same pair of gloves on.

Don't forget the part where they get mad at you because you questioned if the gloves were clean or dirty!

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Specializes in Community Health/School Nursing.

Take'n it old school!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKY8FJY0Qk

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Specializes in Peds PDN, Med-surg.
Wearing a pair of gloves as part,of universal precautions then opening the door/pushing a cart/getting linen/answering the telephone/you name it with that same pair pf gloves on.....then going back to said patient, or another, still with the same pair of gloves on.

I've never seen anyone do this but EW.

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