nurse_tnb replied to nurse_tnb's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Thank you for all the helpful answers and reassurance...and yes i meant i drew the med up with the filter needle. I did not inject the med using the filter needle.
I have been in this situation many times with techs. My advice is to remember you are the RN. You have the more indepth education and training. You are trained to assess! And it sounds like you...
I gave Rocephin I'm for the first time today and I went home feeling like the world's worst nurse. I read up on the med before giving it, so I expected it would hurt, but my little old lady hollared...
Perfectly said! That pretty much sums up every shift when I go to work. Throw and admission in to the mix and then things reach another level of scary. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night,...