Beanyamean

Beanyamean

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  1. Wearing scrubs to a funeral?

    Beanyamean posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small, tight knit urgent care clinic/hospital/ED. Recently, one of my favorite doctors passed away unexpectedly. Management has been thoughtful enough to close the clinic for a short...

  2. Legality of signing refill requests?

    Beanyamean posted a topic in General Nursing

    This has been bothering me, so I have decided to pick the brains of the almighty allnurses.com group. My clinic now uses an EMR system including RX refill requests. This is how it is currently set up:...

  3. Legality of signing refill requests?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in General Nursing

    I fail to see where your response is helpful in the

  4. Full sharps containers not getting emptied!?

    Beanyamean posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This has become an increasing problem at the facility I work at in the clinic, urgent care, and ER area. Our sharps containers are routinely above the "full" line, often so full that you can actually...

  5. Full sharps containers not getting emptied!?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not by any means a manager. If I was it would not be a problem. As states previously I went to "higher ups" with no avail. But we have had a lot of mgmt changes recently. I guess persistence is

  6. Full sharps containers not getting emptied!?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Here is just a quick count to put this in perspective. Of the 14 containers I was able to check during a "slow" period, 8 of them were at or above the full line. 4 of them very full. 2 of them...

  7. Tegaderm and tape dressing on VERY diaphoretic patient

    Beanyamean posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today in the ER I assisted with a patient who was extremely diaphoretic. After my coworker inserted an IV into the patients hand. They called me over for assistance as they were unable to apply any...

  8. Tegaderm and tape dressing on VERY diaphoretic patient

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in General Nursing

    I like mastisol because it is something like 10 times "stickier" than benzoin, and it comes in a perfect applicator. We do have Kling/kerlix, Coban, ect. But it seemed to work really well with...

  9. Full sharps containers not getting emptied!?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with everyone. I personally have no issues changing the containers myself. It takes just a minute or two to do it. Our containers are wall mounted in a locked container that require a key that...

  10. Full sharps containers not getting emptied!?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our hospital is small so there is no number to call. We use an online alpha paging system. Sometimes they come, sometimes not. I try to balance paging them again with understanding that they are busy...

  11. Legality of signing refill requests?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in General Nursing

    I figured with most of the maintenance meds that this is not a problem at all. There is what I consider a "shady" standing order/policy authorizing refills. Controlled substances I am still not...

  12. Legality of signing refill requests?

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I just don't see how the MD,PA,NP is involved. I will give an example. I was out of a PRN med I take. I walked over to the nurse of my PCP. I asked the nurse for a refill, The nurse said...

  13. Tegaderm and tape dressing on VERY diaphoretic patient

    Beanyamean replied to Beanyamean's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the great replies! Not sure why I would ever start an I/O just because I was having trouble dressing a perfectly patent peripheral IV... My institution does prefer that you are able to...

  14. Administered expired medication. Oh no!

    Beanyamean posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I am a pretty avid follower of the forums here but I've never really had too much of a reason to post as I have always found the answers I am looking for. However, Today at work I administered a...