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  1. KVO rate

    kathys76 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I was asked this morning if KVO and/or TKO rates are still acceptable abbreviations by JCAHO. I hadn't heard that they were not.....does anyone know for sure and what standard applies to this? Also,...

  2. "Felt Distress" assessment tool

    kathys76 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I need some expertise from the psych nurses please. I'm a Med-Surg CNS and have been given an assignment that involves a PI project on the Felt Distress tool used on our Behavioral Health Care unit....

  3. Orders from a PA not co-signed by MD

    kathys76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone share their hospital's policy on PAs writing orders? For years (and I've been around for 20 of those) our policy has been that the PA writes orders like they've been in direct contact with...

  4. Orders from a PA not co-signed by MD

    kathys76 replied to kathys76's topic in General Nursing

    My concern stems from (and maybe I didn't make this clear in the original post) the hospital's policy states that the PA should write the covering physician's name and then theirs on the order. If...

  5. Skechers...WE DID IT!!!

    kathys76 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Even though they FINALLY pulled the campaign, I'm still not buying any of their shoes! I still don't understand a company with a "Marketing Dept" that thought it was okay to put those kinds of ads out...

  6. "Felt Distress" assessment tool

    kathys76 replied to kathys76's topic in Psychiatric

    hi StuPer and thanks so much for some direction. Of course I got so excited that I went right to that web site and searched everything they had. It seems the only thing that they don't have is the...

  7. "Felt Distress" assessment tool

    kathys76 replied to kathys76's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for trying to help. This is a one-page assessment of "feelings" reported by the patient. They circle numbers from zero to four under a Likert scale that ranges from Not Bothered to Extremely...