jeddyl

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1. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

   jeddyl replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Calling a doctor to follow hyperglycemic protocol of noncompliant patient with blood sugar over 400...... MD: "Oh, smack her in the head with a baseball bat!" Nurse: *crickets followed by nervous laugh*

2. I think I made a med error with an antibiotic and didn't realize??

   jeddyl replied to jeddyl's topic in General Nursing

   The vanco came diluted (pharm does it for us) and I piggybacked it onto 500ml NS, yes. This patient also had IV NS with 40 of K+ ordered, so I had an entirely different set of primary tubing for that, and reconnected her after the vanco was finished...

3. I think I made a med error with an antibiotic and didn't realize??

   jeddyl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new nurse, I've been on my own for about two maybe almost three months. I work on a med/surg floor and I thought I was starting to get the hang of things (sometimes). Lately I've been a little disheartened- I had a charge nurse stop me before ...

4. Does Ineffective Tissue Perfusion r/t decreased hemoglobin sound right??

   jeddyl posted a topic in General Students

   I am trying to write one of my last care plans for this rotation and I just feel out of whack! I have a pt with liver cancer, COPD, hyperlipidemia, history of smoking and low RBC, hct, and hemoglobin. She is on 1-2L nasal cannula. The (second) best d...

5. Giving 25mg IM injection with 50mg prefilled syringe

   jeddyl replied to jeddyl's topic in Medications

   Thank you everyone! I have been googling and flipping through powerpoints and multiple textbooks all day long! Hopefully I will find out the answer tomorrow in class and be able to get back to everyone.

6. Giving 25mg IM injection with 50mg prefilled syringe

   jeddyl posted a topic in Medications

   Hello! I am a nursing student in my first semester so I do not have very much experience yet. Today, we had a question on our exam that went something like "A nursing student is giving a 25mg IM injection with a 50mg prefilled syringe. When should t...