You guys are great thank you for the words of encouragement but most importantly thank for the suggestions for improving my knowledge. About the policies, there is a binder which is a jumbled up mess...
I don't know how long they wanted him npo or why it may have been a long period of time. The orders were very brief and did not include much info. I definitely should have called the doc to clarify...
I am an rn at a small rural hospital 4 months in. I had a pediatric post op ruptured appendectomy patient. He was npo about 5 hrs of having him his bowel tones returned so I let him have ice chips he...