RosalindaRN

RosalindaRN has 6 years experience and specializes in Acute Care RN.

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1. Disaster charting: how’s your hospital changing charting in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how do you feel about it?

   RosalindaRN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

   I know that many hospitals, including the hospital I am employed by, have moved into “disaster” or “crisis” charting. For my hospital this means charting Q12h on each patient and charting...

2. Second Guessing Myself. Did I handle this situation correctly?

   RosalindaRN replied to RosalindaRN's topic in General Nursing

   To clarify, the patient came in with altered mental status. From the orders the physician was putting in (lactic acid, abx, etc.) it seemed like they were more concerned about possible sepsis than...

3. Second Guessing Myself. Did I handle this situation correctly?

   RosalindaRN replied to RosalindaRN's topic in General Nursing

   To answer your question, yes, this is the process for activating a stroke alert at my

4. Second Guessing Myself. Did I handle this situation correctly?

   RosalindaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I recently had a situation where I noticed my patient was becoming increasingly agitated, word salad was present, and left sided weakness was present. The patient had a head CT without contrast...