CrohnieToo

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  1. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    CrohnieToo replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    I was surprised to learn that toradol is an injectable NSAID. It would seem to me that it would therefore be contraindicated in a patient known to have Crohn's disease. I'm surprised that the ER...

  2. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    CrohnieToo replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    Journal of Infusion Nursing - Fulltext: Volume 28(3S) May/June 2005 Infiltration of peripheral catheters is another area of nursing malpractice. ... Promethazine, an antihistamine, is an irritant and...

  3. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    CrohnieToo replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    Thank you very much, all of you, for your comments, sympathy and links to further debate on this issue. They are very much appreciated. It has been long enough I don't remember the size of the syringe...

  4. IV Phenergan and Toradol "Push"

    CrohnieToo replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Emergency

    Thank you, but I hope that you will reconsider giving IV phenergan close to the site and via heplock or with just a flush if there is burning. There is quite a discussion about this on another nursing...

  5. Staff to Patient Ratio in GI Units

    CrohnieToo replied to sadiej's topic in Gastroenterology

    At our hospital we have volunteers who do the wheelchair discharges, man the family waiting room, bring patients' family down to recovery to sit with the patient and assemble the chart kits....

  6. Protocols for discharging patients who have sedation

    CrohnieToo replied to chrisf1969's topic in Gastroenterology

    Hey, Mike. Talk to your gastro about having your colonoscopy w/o sedation. Also: check out these two abstracts and give your gastro a copy. A Study of Pain During Colonoscopy...

  7. Extremely embarrassing question..please don't laugh...k?

    CrohnieToo replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in Gastroenterology

    I totally understand your embarassment and reluctance to discuss your "probing" and resulting question. However, I want you to know you are NOT the only who has had to resort to "probing" to get the...