this is what bothers me. my rationale was "it's ONLY 1 mg". i've been in similar situations with schedule acetaminophen and prn norco, antibiotics being scheduled incorrectly by pharmacy (receiving...
i'm not sure if there were adverse effects, but according to allnurses.com there might have been or was. believe it or not, the patient dropped off a daisy award nomination for
and i'd add some dilaudid for pain and benadryl for the itch. lol. believe it or not we have patients here that receive all of that. maybe it's just where i'm working. anyway. thanks everybody...
how exactly would you approach this? i am asking, not being contentious. we care of patients like these frequently, with "patient advocates" who somehow manipulate (maybe that isn't the correct...
all i wanted to do was help my patient sleep and not wig out. the patient told me "the MD ordered 1mg of xanax for me", but the orders didn't reflect this. so i took their word for it and got...
The oncoming shift charge nurse got on me about "double dosing" a patient. MD had (2) specific orders PRN: 1) xanax 0.5 mg for sleep 2) xanax 0.5 mg q8h for anxiety I gave BOTH of them because the...
it IS NOT the policy to spend time on the tele unit, prior to transferring to the ER. though it IS POLICY that I have to spend 6 months there if I do transfer... meaning I will be stuck there for 6...
Thanks in advance for reading. Just wondering if this is a good idea. I’ve made some posts regarding transferring to the emergency room, but my educator said it is necessary I spend some time on...
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she is the educator for the ENTIRE hospital. there are a number of them, but they are not department specific. my ACLS is expired. i need to renew. and i can take a basic dysrhythmia course...
been a med/surg nurse for about 5 years. i wanted to get into my critical care (ER) department. my nurse educator told me it would be necessary to get some telemetry experience before i transition....
Not sure if this is going to make any sense, but the ICU is where I (being a med/surg nurse) transfers/transferred all of my patients requiring a higher level of care...other than the telemetry....
well, i been a medical/surgical nurse for about 5 years now... looking for a change. my volunteer experience in the emergency room brought me into the nursing field, so i want to spend the rest of my...