Posted by Phillipa on April 9, 2006, at 11:16:36
In reply to I get frightened when I read this sort of thing, posted by Racer on April 9, 2006, at 1:34:14
Don't be surprised you have no idea how many fatal mistakes nurses pick up on as the nurses are responsible for knowing what the proper and safe doses are and the pharmacy always calls if they don't agree with what a doc orders. They work long hours and mix patients up. I've seen surgical pts go psychotic cause they were on a benzo and when a patient goes to surgery the regular orders are automatically cancelled and most of the time the surgeon is only interested in his or her postop orders for antibiotica and pain meds. The one pt had been on high does os xanax for years and ended up in leather restraints until a nurse picked up the fact that the doctor had forgotten to reorder the xanax after the surgery. The nurses picked up the mistake and the med was started again . The next day the patient was back to normal and didn't remember a thing. That's why. Love Phillipa
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