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Table 4 Nursing/treatments

From: The pitfalls of electronic health orders: development of an enhanced institutional protocol after a preventable patient death

Order name

Frequency

Additional information

☒ Titrate fluid to keep urine clear

PRN

WARNING:

☒ Irrigate/aspirate every 4 hours as needed with 60 ml normal saline. Repeat as needed.

Q 4 hours PRN

Notify HO and Urology if unable to aspirate/irrigate or if frequency is less than every 4 hours.

☒ Do not let irrigation fluid run out establish and maintain supply of fluid through communication with pharmacy

Continuous through treatment

Establish supply of irrigation fluid from pharmacy using communication order.

☒ If urine clear for 24 hours, notify physicians for possible discontinuation of CBI

PRN

CALL UROLOGY!

  1. PRN = as needed, HO = house officer, CBI = continuous bladder irrigation.