Topics About 'Etoh'.

Please no lectures, I know I made a careless mistake. I'm in a recovery and monitoring program with UDS randomly 1-2x a week. I made a stupid mistake and filled what looked like a clean water bottle up with water and when I took a sip, I tasted ...

I was talking to my farmer friend, and told him about the term ETOHer. There is other inside slang in our profession, such as Code Brown, Frequent Flyer, Drug Seeker, etc... What's your favorite? Some of these are regional of course.

I recently was placed in probation for a positive urine alcohol screen. I'm super confused about all of this. How hard is it to get a job after such things take place? How does the drug screening work?

So I am doing my capstone project for BSN on CIWA vs phenobarbital protocol for ETOH withdrawals. Since CIWA is symptom based and I find it to be a more subjective tool, alot of patients either become under or overmedicated on benzos. So I am writing...

Hello, I have just started the process of enrolling in TPAPN and was wanting some info my case worker hasn't specified. First, with the ETOH testing, they say don't use hand sanitizer/ vanilla extract/ect but looking through my daily use products i f...

I work on a med-surg/tele floor that gets a fair number of ETOH withdrawal patients. Today I took care of a woman that had been sober 9 months before starting a 2 week bender prior to admission. She was up to a liter of vodka a day prior to going to ...

Just wanted some input... There was a patient who came in and was on the alcohol withdrawal protocol, with symptom triggered PRN ativan ordered. He wasn't on a scheduled taper. No hx of seizures or anything. He was more or less scoring high enough on...

What is EtOH? EtOH may be used as a shorthand abbreviation, but it is also a way to describe the molecular formula of ethanol, C2H5OH, sometimes written as C2H6O. Breaking down the two components of EtOH: Et, short for Ethyl, indicates the ...

Someone close to us who is an alcoholic (although I don't think we realized until now the extent of it) was planning on going to 30-day inpatient rehab next month. He apparently hasn't had a drink since Sunday, and we found out today that he has been...

So besides the fact that most are absolutely charming... Drug addicts annoy me to no end. When you're just minding your business, trying to enjoy your day, a druggie will always find a way to add a negative note. Despite Ativan and Clonidine sometime...

Hey guys.. I've got a question.. Hope I don't sound too dumb... Banana Bags.. the hospital I work at always does Etoh levels first, is this a must? I just didn't know if the level of alcohol has anything to do with what goes into each bag. Also, the...

Does anyone ever bet on how high levels will be? LOL We used to do that! What's the highest you've seen? I can't remember the highest number, but it certainly was incompatible with life!

Just wondering how you guys handle your patient's who come in and are seen by the ER MD, are treated but have a condition that warrants their being held against discharge. I'm not talking about 6404 psych commitals, I'm talking about patients that fa...

Guys, It's been bugging me...last night in the ICU...I had a guy who was weaned off the ventilator on the 5th of August...he had awful Alcohol withdrawal and DTs the previous 2 weeks which made him be on an Ativan GTT...so last night he was on Alcoho...