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1. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Yeah, have had this happen as well with PCAs and patients going

2. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. Will be talking to my manager and will be suggesting some of these solutions that everyone has

3. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Hey WickedRedRN, Yeah, the situation with the MD is also sticky. The orthopod who admitted her initially called the floor to find out what had happened after she left ama and had called HIM to...

4. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Absolutely! Have already done

5. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   That is what has happened. There are at least 3 staff nurses on the day shift and 1 on the night shift now who will not take care of her anymore because of her behavior. Our risk mgmt/DON/Legal...

6. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Hi Kids... Good question! Actually she would not qualify for home care because (no surprise) she is not homebound! Other option would be outpatient infusion center but that would require a picc line,...

7. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 replied to pugmom3's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Thank you so much elkhorn and tewdles. The team meeting in the presence of the patient sounds like a very effective

8. known addicted patients going out to smoke

   pugmom3 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   I work on a busy MedSurg unit. Concerned about thorny issue of "allowing" patient going out to smoke who is a known drug addict (her own admission) with IV access. She is gone so frequently she...