ERQueen

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1. Did I participate in an unethical situation?

   ERQueen replied to defib queen's topic in Safety

   We usually move a deceased patient to an unused non-cardiac/respiratory...whatever...room before we bring the family in. This gives us a chance to make the patient look as presentable as possible, even if we can't remove tubes. This also usually prev...

2. when pts leave AMA do you..........

   ERQueen replied to l.rae's topic in Emergency

   Sometimes a physician will get a patient to sign AMA and then give them scripts anyway in our ER. I think this is for their liability. The AMA form states that the pt is leaving the hospital against the advice of a physician, and releases that physic...

3. Vasopressin vs. Epi

   ERQueen replied to neneRN's topic in Emergency

   We use a lot of amiodarone, and I've seen it do really well. I have never given vasopressin in a code yet. I think a lot of it has to do with the doctor's comfort level and knowledge base. However, in recent studies vasopressin was shown to only have...

4. Have you used code blue lavage/gavage?

   ERQueen replied to KKERRN's topic in Emergency

   It sounds like our EWOL tubes. They are usually 34 French oral tubes, although our docs have putten them in nasally before... OUCH! It comes with a bite block, but it only takes one person to do the system. We only use them if it's a big overdose. Af...

5. Have you used code blue lavage/gavage?

   ERQueen replied to KKERRN's topic in Emergency

   Are you talking about an EWOL vs. NGT?

6. Conscious Sedation & JCAH

   ERQueen replied to toolanator's topic in Safety

   Anesthesia checks q 3 min during procedures where they are administering. Our policy in the ER is to check q 5 min as minimum. We check after every drug administration sequence, which I guess would end up being ever 2-3 minutes during onset. Most of ...

7. Where would you have placed this pt?

   ERQueen replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   Isn't a mother with an STD considered an infection risk? As long as the staff does not cross-contaminate (i.e. wash hands between patients), how is there an increased risk just by this patient being on the same floor? The OB nurses in our hospital ar...