kellyanne

Unfortunately we are in a position that requires us to report to work "come hell or high water". I truly believe I have no blood in my body, but black coffee. I too walk off my symptoms. I spend a majority of my time pushing my mother into a mammogram, my father to watch his diabetes, and teaching my patients. As bad as it is, we spend a lot less time for ourselves.

From my experience with transfusions, the circulating RN's responsibility is to verifiy pt info and the blood product info with anesthesia. Two people are need to verify info. Included is pt name, ss#, blood bank armband, and blood product info. After I verified this info with anesthesia I sign my name. It is the resposibilty of anesthesia to document the rest since they are the ones who are administrating the product.