PO meds thru NG: pre-mix or not?

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Hey!

We learned the same thing in skills...never mix the meds. One of the big reasons is that if you mix them and some gets spilled you have no idea what meds the patient got and if they need more of one...etc. Also, in clinical on Friday someone gave all the meds mixed together and the g-tube got clogged and no one could get it unclogged. The DON had to come see what to do about it...we left before she got there, but there was the possibility that the patient would have to be sent out (this was in LTC) to get x-rays or have the tube redone by a surgeon.

Lastly, I was talking with my sister who is a nurse in a hospital. She said they used to all just mix the meds and dump them in, but then a memo went out about not doing it because there was an incident where a nurse mixed the meds and they started smoking in the cup! Crazy!

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Smoking in the cup? Wow, that's freaky! Makes you wonder what the meds do inside the pt's body!

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Smoking in the cup? Wow, that's freaky! Makes you wonder what the meds do inside the pt's body!

Have you ever put baking soda and orange juice or vinegar together? Or Menthos and soda? Homemade volcano....:lol2:

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When you swallow 10 pills together every morning what do u think happens?

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