o0nurse0o

o0nurse0o specializes in Tele/Neuro/RN Super/LTC.

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1. Whose medication error is it?

   o0nurse0o replied to o0nurse0o's topic in Safety

   Should the ED Doc not have checked the bottom of the MAR to see who's name was on it, before writing for the meds?....You dont blame him?

2. Documetation Beef!

   o0nurse0o replied to Nurse424's topic in General Nursing

   This is what irritates me! They are so busy worried about our documentations and not focused on our patient care! I know I went to nursing school to NURSE my patients! Nowadays it seems I get to do everything but! Jane is worried about getting her be...

3. Whose medication error is it?

   o0nurse0o replied to o0nurse0o's topic in Safety

   Many of you feel it should be the one sending the MAR? In reverse thinking, how many times have you worked on your floor/facility and received a document that didn't belong to any of your residents/patients?! What have you done?! Called and sent it ...

4. Whose medication error is it?

   o0nurse0o replied to o0nurse0o's topic in Safety

   The patient is an elder patient and has a polypharmacy of meds, so that in mind, it is doubtful that she would be able to correctly relay the meds she was on. I can say that the nurse at the personal care home was repramanded with a 3 day suspension ...

5. Whose medication error is it?

   o0nurse0o posted a topic in Safety

   Working at a personal care home, sending a resident to the ER for chest pains... In the process of sending out a resident, the paperwork was copied and the usual routine was followed. 4 days later the resident returns from her hospital stay and upon ...