I’ve been working with a new nurse who is surprisingly good; she’s got a good head on her shoulders, doesn’t get rattled easily, asks questions when she needs to but largely does it on her own. So I was shocked when she came to me, completely freaked out, practically with tears in her eyes.
“How am I supposed to do this?” she asked.
I read the order. “Continual 10 lbs cervix traction.”
Had to admit I had no idea how either — so we called the resident, and learned that she *meant* cervical. Of course, we were ‘supposed’ to know that…of course!!
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