medsurgrn00 replied to UM Review RN's topic in Medications
The only thing that really comes to mind is a critical care nurse giving Lomotil IV to a patient. Not orally, but IV. Makes you wonder what she thought about how thick it was, and how she got it to go through the line. Patient ended up okay.
AS A MEDSURG NURSE I CAN TELL YOU. IT IS NOT AN EASY FLOOR TO WORK. NO MONITERS TO TELL YOU WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS GOING BAD. 7-8 PATIENTS TO A NURSE. VERY SICK PATIENTS WHO AT TIMES DO NEED MORE MONITERING BUT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH MONITERS TO GO AROU...
WHAT PART OF KENTUCKY ARE YOU FROM . I LIVE THERE TOO. JUST WANTING TO KNOW WHAT HOSPITAL TO AVOID!! Please send me a private message (PM) with the information. Thanks!
When I Was Just Out Of Nursing School I Worked On A Busy Med Surg Floor. (still Do) One Night We Heard A Phone Drop But When We Went Looking No One Had Dropped There Phone. We Let It Go But Then We Went Looking For Our I/o Book, Where We Chart All O...