It really hurts me to hear this! I would like to know what school you are going to!! I work on a med/surg unit and at least 5 out of my 6 patients receive a narcotic pain med at least once in a day....
Heparin is ginen anywhere on the abd, but keep lovenox on the outside areas of the abd, "love handles" due to hematomas. Lovenox can be dangerous if given too close to the belly
We learned about ztrack method in school. It supposedly is less risky to the sq tissue because the med is less likely to leak out after injection. I don't think that it makes much diff with pain or...
It is important to stop a transfusion if the pt gets a temp during the transfusion because this can be a sign of a reaction. But most likely a patient in need of a transfusion is pretty sick and will...
By wasting the first 10 cc you ensure that it is clean venous blood c no contamination from the outside port. Also, it is very important to clean the port c betadine and let dry a full 60 sec before...