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  1. what are chemical restraints?

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am confused by this term. If a psychiatric patient is agitated/has anxiety and gets medication, that is treating their condition = not chemical restraint. If a patient on a medical unit becomes...

  2. restraint question?

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi everyone! Quick question... I know we are always supposed to use the least restrictive measure first...for a patient who is very combative, would you need to document that you TRIED soft restraints...

  3. what are chemical restraints?

    sassyann8585 replied to sassyann8585's topic in Psychiatric

    Beckyboo- you are referring the Ativan in the second example being a chemical restraint, right? (the medical scenario d/t "is not a standard treatment or dosage for the patient's condition." But with...

  4. job offer--can I ask this?

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello all, just wanted to get some opinions on this. We all know what it's like working holidays, etc..so I thought fellow nurses would be good people to ask. I have been a nurse for 6 years. I am...

  5. is this "allowed"?

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This is in regards to an electronic medical record. Say a patient comes into the specialty office where you work. Say they are requesting a vaccine and you want to see if they already got it. You...

  6. is this "allowed"?

    sassyann8585 replied to sassyann8585's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    the pt came in for gardasil and 4 vaccines were showing up in their immunization record, so I wanted to see if under the dates administered, on that date;s visit, if it was mentioned that they got the...

  7. need words of wisdom..new job!

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi all: I am going to be working ob/gyn outpatient in an outpatient clinic. I don't have any experience with this population (just nursing school). I've very excited but a little nervous! How do you...

  8. vacation time...help!

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I will be starting a new job (just got the initial offer from HR, they are just formulating the paperwork and said it will be ready by Friday)--it's a different floor within the same hospital...

  9. IV "wide open" ??

    sassyann8585 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Patient has a 21 gauge. MD writes order for 1L "wide open." Wouldn't that blow the vein? When is it "safe" to run something wide open (in terms of gauge). This wasn't an emergent situation, patient...