mj2012

Hi. I'm dealing with a situation I have never had to deal with in over a decade of nursing. I work on an adult care unit at an acute care hospital. I had a very grumpy, irritable, elderly male patient for a couple of days who complained to me when I ...

Yes, it is definitely policy for us to document who removes IV's, whether the cathether was intact, etc. The pt never accused me personally as I was caring for him, and he even thanked me for getting him pain medicine, and thanked me one other time f...