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  1. Failing to carry out a stat order in timely manner

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in General Nursing

    I made a mistake in deciding to send an admitted patient to the medical floor (from the ED) and have a stat admission order carried out there rather than seeing that it was done in the ED prior to...

  2. bladder suspension-medical necessity?

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    What do you all think?? Is bladder suspension surgery (for urinary leakage) a medically neccessary

  3. what meds do you routinely crush?

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    Wondering what meds you routinely crush at your

  4. bladder suspension-medical necessity?

    afteralltheseyears replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Correctional

    thanks janfrn. Yes, I agree if medical problems arise (like UTIs) it would become a medical necessity. How about for the nuisance of simple urinary

  5. what meds do you routinely crush?

    afteralltheseyears replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Correctional

    Thanks. Inmates are complaining about nortriptyline burning their throat and making their mouth sore. I'm thinking nearly any crushed med will do that if you just take the powder into the mouth and...

  6. OTC meds given upon request?

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    Do you give OTC meds (tylenol, ibuprofen, tums, claritin) at med call upon request or do inmates have to be seen and evaluated at Nurse Sick Call to receive them? Does anyone give them for a limited...

  7. standard med times

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    I know when I worked in the hospital there were set med times-ie q day meds were in the am, BID's were at am and hs, etc. We recently instituted standardized med times so unless the Dr orders a med...

  8. Is It Easier?

    afteralltheseyears replied to henryswife's topic in Correctional

    I agree that nurses who do well in corrections have primo assessment skills and the confidence to say so when you can't see anything there to warrant XYZ. I also love the independance of...

  9. How do you handle this one

    afteralltheseyears replied to Steristripqueen's topic in Correctional

    One thing that I have done on occasion that seems to work fairly well to prevent a situation such as this from happening again (from this staff member anyway) is to document what happened in a staff...

  10. coworkers who never say no

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    How do you deal with coworker nurses who don't say no when inmates attempt to bypass the established practices/rules?--example, an inmate cames to med window asking for a med approximately an hour...

  11. when the IM says "I want to see nurse so and so"

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    I appreciate reading the opinions of other correctional nurses on this site. Here's another question--what do you think when an inmate says to the nurses working a shift "I want to speak to nurse so...

  12. Ice bags, wam packs

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    What do you use at your facilities when an Inmate needs to apply ice/cool pack or heat to an area of their body on an ongoing basis? A facility I worked at in the past gave out the reusable bags...

  13. No Code status on inmates

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    Does anyone have experience with terminally ill inmates and their being DNR or No Code status? What are the legal ramifications? What kind of paperwork would be

  14. Any nurses here date the officers?

    afteralltheseyears replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Correctional

    My husband and I jokingly tell people "we met in prison". Actually, we did. He was in Custody Staff and I was a nurse. We've been married for 16 years now and are working in our 3rd correctional...

  15. med noncompliance

    afteralltheseyears posted a topic in Correctional

    Just wondering how your facilities handle inmates who are noncompliant with taking important meds--antihypertensives, diabetes meds, etc. We have an inmate who continually tries to be given her meds...