PicklesRN RN

I remember paraldehyde and you are correct, it does smell bad. I also recall one New Year's Eve giving a patient an alcohol IV for drinking auto radiator coolant. That was the cure at the time. Never had such a patient since then so I don't know w...

At the hospital I worked at being going to the company I'm with now, med errors meant that you had to complete an incident report but nurses could not be reprimanded for them. If it was a problem they could be asked to have more CEs or some educatio...

This is interesting. I graduated in 84 and I am totally unaware (or I just don't remember) morphine or dig coming in tablet form for injection. Was this JUST for injection or was this an oral tablet that was used for injection? Was it the same stuf...

I do understand what you are saying, but if you will look at the post in question, there is a smiley face after the comment. I am a person with a very dry sense of humor and I often times have to use smiley's, etc. to show I am not being serious. ...

Hmmm.. I'm pretty sure the poster you quoted wasn't posting literally. They were just joking a bit and making a point. I seriously doubt the person in question would actually strike a patient. :chuckle

That is an interesting point. Gotta wonder what upper mgmt would say to that. :chuckle

Nobody has their claws out, nobody is attacking you, and nobody is accusing you of anything. The OP asked for suggestions on taking care of the baby and you started talking about being judgemental. I'm not good at reading between the lines, I take pe...

I honestly don't think I would do your job well. Really, I would be concerned that I would lose my temper with these parents. They just don't have the right to harm these little babies or older children. I don't think I would do the kids any good ...

I don't know what happened to the RPh. She is gone but I don't know if that was on her own or if she was fired. Due to the huge number of mistakes I can only assume she was fired but I am speculating. As for a med error vs. a communication error......

While what you say is true I'm not so sure it is "wrong" to be a bit judgmental. When I say that I don't mean that it is up to the nurse to go and tell Mom what a dirtball she is, I don't mean that at all. But I'm not so sure any compassionate huma...

The obvious is that the laws need to be changed. In many states (all???) you must obtain permission from the patient, or in this case the patient's parents/guardians. If nobody attempted to obtain consent from the guardian, the bitee should be pushi...

Very true. Also I think sometimes people are so intelligent they missed the boat when it comes to common sense. Some people have great IQs but very little common sense yet others have common sense but not much in the way of book smarts.

I had decided not to write of a similar story because I didn't think it would be believable but after your Morphine story I have to tell this one. I certainly didn't believe it when I was told, I had to see the paperwork for myself. An older hospita...

I have one of those. It was about 15 years ago and to this day I feel horrible about it and it still haunts me. I knew my patient was not doing well on her meds, I knew she was pretty darn stable and doing well and suddenly some bright doc decided ...

I was working ICU one night and the resident ordered Augmentin for a patient. It came up in liquid form and the resident was going to give it IV! Yes, IV! I heard the nurse all but yelling not to give it and he was the type with the attitude he wa...

Now that you mention it, yes! She did spread it out flat, then later (after it was dry???) she would fold it up and even folded it would stick to the fridge. I recall standing there looking at that thing for the longest time wondering how it stuck ...

I have yet to explain this to people who don't understand bacteria. They just don't get it. Only people in medicine opt for the plain old scrubbing bubbles vs. the disinfectant.

When I was very young I remember staying over night with some distant relative and she was an RN (a really BAD one too!) and I still have vivid memories of her washing her cap and then somehow she would stick it to the fridge. I'm not kidding, I swe...

Kevin... My Dad was complaining of severe abdominal pain. This is a man that never complained about anything. He couldn't sleep, he couldn't think, he couldn't function, he couldn't do anything. He had been previously dx'd w/colon CA but with chem...

I've always given it SQ. Is it even FDA approved for IV use?

Probably worse yet is the money they handle. Ever see those experiments where they look at all the bacteria on a dollar bill? Yikes, it's disgusting. Between the money with bacteria and a cold virus... amazing we are all still alive! :chuckle

Anyone have some good ones? We all have them. I find myself becoming more and more angry with these people. I'm referring to the drug abusers, not those who truly need narcotics to improve the quality of their lives. If I don't start laughing abou...

NurseFirst... Nobody said that, they didn't even infer it. Actually, the topic hasn't even been discussed in this thread unless I missed it. I think it's okay to give the nurses here just a *little* more credit than that.

I had one that went on vacation to CA. The fridge in her suite (this gal is on welfare, I want to know how they do that!) was too cold and it froze her Vicodin. So she called the answering service and they told her to throw the tablets out, they we...

Is there any way you would be willing to scan this page of the book and send it to me? My source doesn't show the final sentence about Diazepam and lorazepam being in that paragraph at all. Thanks!