lottieloo

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1. Urine sample from incontinent pt with dementia

   lottieloo posted a topic in General Nursing

   How would you go about getting a sample from a male pt with severe dementia who is totally incontinent and wears briefs? Thanks!

2. PO haldol

   lottieloo posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Do you typically "automatically" add PO cogentin PRN along with PO Haldol PRN? Or is dystonia more an issue with IM haldol?

3. imminent risk

   lottieloo replied to lottieloo's topic in Psychiatric

   thanks so much for your answer elkpark! That makes perfect sense. My only other question is-what if a patient is forceably kicking the door saying they want out of the hospital? Technically it's a danger because they need to be in the hospital and al...

4. imminent risk

   lottieloo posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Hi all! So at a training, the trainer mentioned that if a patient got angry and started destroying property (the unit) that the pt could NOT be restrained or placed in seclusion or given a forced IM unless they then started directing the aggression A...