connieg

connieg has 37 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, mostly ER.

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1. Doctor's sharps!

   connieg posted a topic in Emergency

   Wondering what the general concensus is about ED docs leaving their sharps on the used laceration trays. A hospital I worked in had a policy that the physician could be charged with attempted assault...

2. pyxis narcotics count

   connieg replied to connieg's topic in General Nursing

   I should have clarified... Sup is helping staff to count ALL the Pyxis carts in the house and there are between 40 to 50 narcs in each one. The doors flip open, then there's a 5 to 7 second pause...

3. Pre-mixed GI cocktail

   connieg posted a topic in Patient Medications

   In a hospital I worked for in Colorado, we had a container (an emptied out NS irrigation bottle) that was kept in the refrig, containing a 3-2-1 mixture of Maalox, viscous lidocaine and Donnatal...

4. pyxis narcotics count

   connieg posted a topic in General Nursing

   My apologies if this has been discussed before...I couldn't find it anywhere. Does everyone count ALL the narcotics in the Pyxis every day? Our night supervisor is tied up from 3 to 4 hours every...

5. giving narcan, thiamine and D50

   connieg replied to ALISHAJO's topic in Emergency

   "Sugar" given before thiamine can precipitate Korsakoff's/Wernicke's encephalopathy (potentially fatal) in alcoholics. (Sources: Merck Manual and being