MickeyMarieRN

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1. Advice for the Transition from Med Surge to Telemetry / Stepdown Units

   MickeyMarieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm preparing to transfer to a new hospital and will be joining the float team. I do not have any telemetry experience, but will become Tele / ACLS certified as part of my training on the float team. I will orient to all of the tele floors, including...

2. Giving Narcan to Your Own Patient

   MickeyMarieRN replied to MickeyMarieRN's topic in General Nursing

   I feel that this is exactly why the night shift RN who admitted the patient from the ER should have called the ortho doc and had the dose changed and then asked for a hospitalist instead of passing it on to me. Only to repeat administration and have ...

3. Giving Narcan to Your Own Patient

   MickeyMarieRN replied to MickeyMarieRN's topic in General Nursing

4. Giving Narcan to Your Own Patient

   MickeyMarieRN replied to MickeyMarieRN's topic in General Nursing

   *I gave him NARCAN because I felt his airway was compromised and he had AMS s/p dilaudid administration. Sorry for the typo.

5. Giving Narcan to Your Own Patient

   MickeyMarieRN replied to MickeyMarieRN's topic in General Nursing

   I feel that had I known he had an AKI i would have given him a lower dose. Perhaps the AKI played into his ability to clear the dilaudid, which may have been why he was "snowed all night long" according to the night shift nurse. I gave the dilaudid p...

6. Giving Narcan to Your Own Patient

   MickeyMarieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Have you ever done this? How could I have had better judgement. I I was assigned a new admit that came to my unit, an ortho floor, from the ER the previous shift. The patient had a fractured tibia that was awaiting placement of an external fixator. ...