I i,m well aware that a dni/r status does not not mean do not treat,but my experience today left me questioning the validity of some tests. i had a pt with a diagnosis of...
galfromnairobi replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing
i had a patient die yestarday. when i received report from the agency nurse,all he told me was the patient was scheduled for dialysis at 1400, all other "systems were fine". when i walked into the...
we wrote up one surgical resident last week. he had ordered a pca continous only,no boluses. when making his rounds, he found the pca button hanging on an iv pole. he yelled at the nurse,demanding to...
galfromnairobi replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical
prostate CA pt. had to go to OR to have foley placed. returned to floor peeing bloody red. pt pulled foley out. ballon fully intact.(they must have used 100 cc to inflate that ballon.it was huge,...
whoa.... i hope acuity is considered when they make the assignment coz that is a handful. back to your question. just to name a few, risk for aspiration, risk for injury, impaired airway, potential...
our charge nurse role is different. we take turns doing charge.(RN's with experience to do so) the charge nurse is there to help with sticky situations especially those that are time consuming. the...
my hospital is starting a pilot they are calling a rapid response team. it is headed by a crnp. this team would respond for any patient about who the nurse is worried or concerned about.this team does...
hi susan, my hospital need to take a lesson from your hospital.like i said,bariatric surgery is the newest thing in my hospital, management believe for word of mouth to get out there,the pts need to...
We are expected to give the royal tx to our bariatric pts. apparently they are big money makers for our hospital. they come to our med-surg floor on post op day #2 from the icu. on our floor, thats...