bstern

bstern specializes in 16 yrs Med/Surg; Cardiac, 4 yrs Psych.

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1. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   The NP would have been content to have the person warned not to do it again....but then she lied and said she did talk to him....put it in writing as well....that changed his opinion right away....now he feels as though she cannot be trusted...and wo...

2. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   I'm sorry to say your educated guess is wrong. I had no problem with this nurse. I barely know her. She is new to our facility, just came from another. I think she falls into the category of one who was given a "good reference" just to leave the f...

3. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   Thanks! I know what you mean about the bio-clock. I worked midnights for over 20 years.

4. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   WOW...someone else who gets up as early as I do? I don't leave for work until 5, but find that if I get up at 3 I have some quiet time to myself. mmmmm....it is great!

5. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   The nurse who wrote the order wrote "verbal/telephone order" in the chart. Sorry for any misunderstanding about that. I guess what I'm really questioning is, why would she such a thing in the first place?

6. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   This was a verbal/telephone order. The nurse who "took" the order did indeed write that it was a telephone order, read back and confirmed. It was documented as such in the chart. The nurse who implemented the order had no idea until the NP came in...

7. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   I'm not really sure what you mean when you say she stepped on toes before, and now it's a matter of getting even. I really am not involved directly in this at all, except as one of the staff nurses in the facility. The NP and the co-signing nurse a...

8. Verbal order

   bstern replied to bstern's topic in New York

   It has been reported to our unit manager, and we are just waiting to see what she does with the information. She has asked for documentation from the NP, and from the co-signing nurse. I'm sure telephone records will be checked to verify. This is n...

9. Verbal order

   bstern posted a topic in New York

   A nurse gives you a VO she has taken from a NP. You find out later that the NP was never actually called, and did not give the order. While the order content itself was not critical, and caused no harm, he did not give the order. What happens now?...