Our hospital is starting barcoding soon, we will have to scan the med, and scan the pt ID bracelet, and our badge before giving meds. Does anyone currently use this, and if so how do you like it? Any problems you've noticed with it? Any suggestions t...
I work in a pediatric hospital and as of May 1st we will have a policy in place due to the Department of Public Health that when a parent or anyone visiting is in the room with their child that is in isolation they will have to wear all of the isolat...
Glad to hear something positive! I'm glad to know that it is working where you work. I only hope the same for our hospital. Thanks for your reply.... skap
I work on a floor that has children that are in our "habilitation" program. They aren't critical enough to be in the PICU, but aren't ready to go home yet...parents have to learn care, more stabilization, gain weight, etc.... When we start we are giv...
We had ours a couple of weeks ago. When they came to our floor they took a nurse that had a certain patient, and then went through the chart with her for over an hour,then they followed that patients trips throughout the hospital, (ie: er, x-ray, pic...
Amen Cheerfuldoer!!!! Well said, I totally agree with you, and I've only been a nurse for a little over 5 years....it's like "Big Brother" is watching......
I'm surprised no one has recommend Tea Tree Oil! It works AWESOME!! My husband had warts around his fingertips for YEARS before I met him, went to the dermatologist, many many rounds of burning them off but the ALWAYS came back. He read online about ...
The hospital that I work at covers us. If we were to get our own malpractice insurance, and something happened, the hospital would not cover us, or help us out in anyway.
Boy, working with residents I see a lot, but lord knows I can't remember them now. The only one that sticks out in my mind is and is still my favorite is "pacifier to bedside" for an infant. YIKES!
Bean- I live in the suburbs of Chicago, I work at Children's in Chicago and really enjoy it. Work nights, traffic is good 35-45 min on a good day, free parking, good pt to nurse ratio. I went to school out in in the burbs...where are you going? A lot...
Curious- Anyone think it would be a good idea for it to be required in their residency to have to tag along with a nurse for 2-3 days. It would give them an idea of what we go through. So they wouldn't go in and turn the oxygen off on a patient be...
Roamin- I think it's a problem for all night shifters. We are mostly on time if not 10 minutes early..sitting in the break room. Boy do they all want to give report to us right away, early if we let them. In the morning you'll have a few who are on...
At the hospital I work at we're allowed 5 call-in's a year. It's a rolling year too. With the 6th call in we get a verbal warning, the 7th one we get a written warning, the 8th one we get a day suspension, the 9th we get terminated. I've never seen a...
I have a lot of experience with PICC lines - using them that is. All of our CF patients get PICC lines the day that they are admitted for their antibiotic therapy. They are nice and easy to use. Great for blood draws and you don't really have the ri...
We have a room on our floor that a patient passed away in. Well, now in the middle of the night when everything is Q the toilet just starts to continously flush on it's own. No one is in the bathroom and it's dark. It's the strangest thing. We just s...
I read in a chart "Pt complaining of headache. Tylenol given as ordered. Checked back with pt one hour later and head gone!" Didn't know Tylenol could take off your head! Yikes!
I work in a pediatric hospital and one night a little boy pressed his call light - we answered over the intercom and asked him "Can I help you?" He replied, "Can I please see your dessert menu?" Even kids get confused between a hospital and a hotel! ...
Ok- Maybe I should learn my lesson after last night! I usually never say the Q word or say a PIA pt name but last night our ICU was so Q and I said it, but I knocked on wood after the RT's yelled at me. Well they were looking for me later! The admiss...
PeggyOhio- I'm currently working at a hospital that is going for "Magnet" status and is putting "Best Practices" into practice. As far as I know the hospital hasn't reached it's goal, but were definately working on it! Stacy