YngAnabaptistRadical replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing
We use an AccuDose where I work, and the meds kept in their are either the controlled substances (those ones will come up as a narc discrepency), emergency meds like Nitro (no count discrepencies, but...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical
The last night I worked, I walked into a room, and my patient with a trach had no suction catheters or Yankaur at the bedside. Her tube feeding was empty (and alarming). Is it that difficult to...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing
I'm very sorry for this, morte, but I have to admit that reading these words caused me to choke on my tea. It also reminded me that I haven't had applesauce in a long time, and Musselman's is good...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to 86toronado's topic in General Nursing
I don't think this applies in this case. The OP says that it wasn't yet 7 PM...which I gather is the earliest the nurses could have clocked out...no one was staying over his or her time. I guess I...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing
What I understood fromt he original post was that the other nurse had been in the room with the OP when she tried to get the Oxycodone out of the Pyxis to begin with (and told the OP that she needed...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing
The thing about MedSurg nurses, we have SKILLS! Last night, I had quite the variety - a trach/peg tube pt. who was nonverbal and a complete care, a pt on BiPap admitted with hypertensive crisis and...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to Chewie_123's topic in General Nursing
Sadly I have no advice. But I am appalled! I'm pretty sure this is all to save a few bucks. Everyone here is awesome, so I'm sure you'll receive some great advice. I just wanted to let you know that...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to mehart2001's topic in General Nursing
I am guilty of your ex's travesties as well. In fact, after I read this I decided to see what meds I had in my "nurse box" (my mom has a box for the express purpose of me emptying out my pockets...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing
I am thanking God for this thread right now, I need it! You see...I am right now going through withdrawal from Geodon. I have Bipolar Spectrum d/o, and since my diagnosis nine months ago, I have been...
YngAnabaptistRadical replied to YngAnabaptistRadical's topic in General Nursing
Thanks for your input, everyone! I actually don't think hourly rounding is silly; if nothing else, it's a reminder to check on your patients who aren't "ringers." And we do our rounding! Management...
Let me preface this by saying that I am boy-crazy! I develop crushes on men from all walks of life! So naturally, being a nurse and working around doctors, I would develop a few on them! I spent an...
i work in an adult medical inpatient setting. we have 35 beds, which is a small fraction of the approximately 1100 in our organization. for the month of september, we experienced ten falls. that is...