demo24
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Thank you all for your responses well appreciated..
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It was the primary dr who prescribed the meds and the primary doc just told me to call the gi. He stated not to give anything via piv and if the bp went up to do a nitro 2 inch patch and that should help it. But I did not even see an order for anti hypertensives.
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Hi, They were pretty much all basic meds.
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I did try the warm water and milking the peg a bit.
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Hi all. Thank you so much for responding. I did tell my manager about the peg and the response was to check the patency and call back the GI doctor which i did. The peg was in fact clogged. I felt I had no other choice, I even contacted the house dr which told me to call the GI. I am a little nervous as to the legality of having to omit the meds due to the clogged peg. I did put on the mar the meds could not be adm due to the clogging of the peg though, so i was unsure of how to go about the situation, and I thank you all for your responses again. Is this is a good enough reason to hold meds without being held liable at some point giving that I did everything I could have?
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Hi all, I was just curious about the legality of a particular situation. One morning I come into work and the night shift nurse leaves a note stating that the pts peg tube was clogged and to call for a GI consult which I did. The problem being is that i was unable to pass meds that were to be administered via peg due to the clogging of the peg tube. I called the GI dr twice to come and hopefully look at it in hopes of fixing it, but no response all day. I at some point had to state that meds and feeding were held due to no access pretty much all day. The pt still remained stable and i was able to give iv meds, but in the mar i had no choice but to put med not given via peg due to no access. I also wrote in my notes that the dr was notified twice, and no response. Is this a red flag and considered a med error and will and can there be legality issues because of this? I guess what im asking is did i chart properly? Thank you