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1. NG residuals

   kbear posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   What do you do with your NG residuals? Do you discard or push them back

2. iv tigan??

   kbear replied to kbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Unfortunately, I gave the drug despite my knowing inside that I shouldn't. I trusted the other nurse's actions and let myself down. It won't ever happen again, that's for

3. iv tigan??

   kbear replied to kbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

   It just happened last night so not sure how the patient is doing now. Our unit pharmacist is going to let the first pharmacist know of his erroneous

4. iv tigan??

   kbear posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   Another nurse and I were covering patients for a nurse who was late for work. One of her patients was ordered iv Tigan . The patient was retching loudly and had already received a prn dose of zofran...

5. Promethazine IV Question

   kbear replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Our instituiton has a policy that any dose of IV phenergan has to be diluted in 50cc NS and piggybacked over 15 minutes. The Institute of Safe Medication Practice(ISMP) has a website that references...

6. New OSHA Needlestick Fact Sheet Validates Adhesive Anchors

   kbear replied to hbscott's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Our institution has PICC lines placed in interventional radiology and secured with the statlock device. We found out that they should be replaced weekly which coincides with our dressing change...