Mistynurse

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1. Charting Bloopers

   Mistynurse replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   I saw this one on a long-term care note: Patient is pleasantly psychotic. :chuckle

2. Telemetry staff ratios

   Mistynurse replied to lee1's topic in Cardiac

   Hi, I work at a large teaching hospital. Our telemetry units are divided into postop CABG, med-surg telemetry and a unit that does the majority R/0 MI, post-op cardiac cath. I work on the med-surg telemetry, 22 beds, all tele, days ratio 4-5/1 nurs...

3. Morphine and respirations

   Mistynurse replied to Mistynurse's topic in General Nursing

   This was not an actual patient scenerio. I just gave an overview and jumped ahead to a 6mg/hr rate. I wanted some input on when to titrate down or actually turn off the gtt. Sorry if it confused anyone. I wish they would cover some of these situat...

4. Morphine and respirations

   Mistynurse replied to Mistynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all the info. We are going to try to get a policy written with some sort of protocol. I work at a teaching hospital so the docs that order the mso4 drips are always changing. There really is no continuity at their end. The nurses that we...

5. Morphine and respirations

   Mistynurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I have a question for any nurses who care for "comfort measures only" patients. These patients are not cancer patients or have pain issues. These patients are generally CVA, pneumonia etc, elderly patients in an acute care setting with high res...