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1. hyponatremia question- please help!

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, Esme. My supervisors have told me that I am very thorough...I think sometimes overly so....All the more reason why I am beating myself up for not calling about

2. hyponatremia question- please help!

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

   thank you for your response, GrnTea. Is this considered an error? I feel terrible that something could have

3. hyponatremia question- please help!

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your response, wish_me_luck! Sorry, I should have clarified! I am wondering if I was wrong to give the Tolvaptan (the med to increase the sodium level). I actually called the nephrologist...

4. hyponatremia question- please help!

   OreoCookie3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I have a question related to hyponatremia. I had a patient a few days ago who came in with hyponatremia and her sodium level was 116. They started her on fluids- 0.9% normal saline-...

5. IV compatibility question

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

   thank you, IVRUS. I appreciate your

6. hyponatremia replacement

   OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Hi everyone, I have a question related to hyponatremia. I had a patient a few days ago who came in with hyponatremia and her sodium level was 116. They started her on fluids- 0.9% normal saline- and...

7. IV compatibility question?

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

   Thank you, I truly hope so. I know that someone else is now caring for the patient, I just worry that something will have happened to the patient because of me. It has been hard for me to think of...

8. IV compatibility question?

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

   Yes, you're right, I hadn't thought about that! I did not notice any crystallization, but would it usually happen immediately, and would the patient have a reaction immediately? Levaquin is yellow so...

9. IV compatibility question?

   OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Medications

   Thank you for your response. Do you think I should be worried? I don't know, I am just stressed out about this and keep looking up things...It's hard for me to leave work at work but now I feel...

10. IV compatibility question?

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hi everyone, Yesterday I had a patient who was on 3 IV antibiotics: zosyn, zyvox, and levaquin. We use micromedex to check compatibility so I found through there that zosyn and zyvox were compatible,...

11. IV compatibility question

    OreoCookie3 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hi everyone, Yesterday I had a patient who was on 3 IV antibiotics: zosyn, zyvox, and levaquin. We use micromedex to check compatibility so I found through there that zosyn and zyvox were compatible,...

12. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Carol- Sorry again for the confusion lol! When we write phone orders or the doctors write orders in the chart, the chart is placed up on a rack at the front desk for the unit clerk to put in the...

13. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    kelrn215: Sorry I forgot to mention in my original post! I had called the doctor after he left and had written other orders, because the patient pulled out her iv's and was confused. She had a hx of...

14. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :redpinkhe

15. feeling down :(

    OreoCookie3 replied to OreoCookie3's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    kelRN215: Sorry I forgot to mention in my original post! I had called the doctor after he already left the floor and had written the other orders, because the patient pulled out her iv's and I was...