BiohazardBetty

BiohazardBetty

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  1. Is a patient out of my care if he is in another department off the floor?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The patient was there for a CT of the abdomen, history of pancreatic

  2. Is a patient out of my care if he is in another department off the floor?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, he had no monitors

  3. Metallic taste/nausea with saline flushes

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in Oncology

    Is there anything y'all can suggest to decrease the metallic taste my patients experience when their central lines are flushed? Almost all of my chemo patients say they can taste it, but today I had a...

  4. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Would y'all have any problem storing meds for your patients in your WOW with no identifying features except for a room number? Our new charge nurse has started gathering our AM meds- which is really...

  5. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, that's what I've gathered from everyone's advice. I really appreciate y'alls

  6. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    Because I never felt comfortable walking around with bags of meds that were only labeled with a room number, since a room number is never ever considered an appropriate

  7. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    To clarify, he's not pulling anything from the Pyxis, only from the patient's envelope of meds that is sent from pharmacy- & they only send exactly what is needed. He pulls them before the start...

  8. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    NO narcotics are being pulled early... Nothing is being pulled from the Pyxis early. He is only separating the 9am meds from the rest of the meds sent for a particular patient from pharmacy, he's just...

  9. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    He's an RN, we both

  10. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    Sure there are lots of things he could be doing, but this is what he chooses to do & he's not one you can tell "no" :) He's not actually removing labels from anything, he's just not using the...

  11. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    Only the actual chart stickers would scan as the armband would. The stickers that come from pharmacy are only labeled with barcodes for the particular med that's sent in that bag, but the sticker also...

  12. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    He's not a new grad :/ He's been a nurse, & even the full-in nursing supervisor, for probably 10 years or more. I don't so much have a concern about administration as I do about storage. I don't...

  13. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    Just to clarify, the meds all remain in their individual, pre-packaged blister

  14. Meds in unlabeled bags... Is it safe?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Patient Medications

    The meds do stay locked in my WOW when I'm not actively getting something out... Most of them are not pulled from the Pyxis, they are sent from pharmacy- in labeled bags or envelopes with name, room,...

  15. Metallic taste/nausea with saline flushes

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Oncology

    Thank you so much for posting this article!! I'm going to try Jolly Ranchers today & if it works, maybe we can get a budget to keep them on the unit for everyone else with the same

  16. Endorsing to the next shift.

    BiohazardBetty replied to dudette10's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The problem with her letting 6am lab draws get passed along is its most likely going to end up being YOUR problem because the results may not be posted by the time the MD rounds... He ordered them for...

  17. Polite way to document over-involved family members?

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How do you document when a family member is waaay too involved or excessively demanding?? I want to keep it professional & not look like I'm name calling, but I want my charting to reflect the...

  18. PHN: What do you REALLY do all day?

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I interviewed a public health nurse from my local county health department (in Mississippi) today for a school assignment and at the end, it honestly felt like she spent her whole day struggling to...

  19. PHN: What do you REALLY do all day?

    BiohazardBetty replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Public, Community Health

    You nailed it right there... They don't realize they need help, so they're reluctant to seek it

  20. Air Vents on IV Tubing

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    This may be a very silly question, but other than with glass bottles, what is the purpose of using air vents on IV tubing? Should I keep them open or closed? They are on our primary and secondary...

  21. What are your white board goals?

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in Patient Education

    I'm a new nurse on a busy oncology unit about to get out of orientation and be on my own on the floor for the first time...! I'm looking to improve my patient education by developing better shift...

  22. Nursing Character Names

    BiohazardBetty posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey y'all! I need help coming up with the perfect nurse-ish character names for a short story I'm writing on unit teamwork... I need one clear "bad guy" and one obviously "good guy." any ideas?? So...

  23. Unbinding books?

    BiohazardBetty replied to Jaynie_Marie's topic in General Students

    I did this to all of my books in nursing school... I had the binding of them cut, holes punched, and kept them in 3 ring binders. The main problems I ran into were: #1: finding a place that would...

  24. The "just graduating" nurse

    BiohazardBetty replied to bagface's topic in General Students

    You should feel soooo very lucky that this is your biggest concern right now! Once you're working as a nurse there will be so much backbiting & comments that you my feel are inappropriate you...

  25. Is nursing for me?

    BiohazardBetty replied to NurseR1a's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know I'm a boring rule-nerd, but are you allowed to have "nurse" in your ID if you aren't a nurse? Seems like that was part of the TOS...? To your question... You dont have to care about people to...