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Monitoring
Reporting a Networkwide Supply Shortage
Equipment
Monitoring
Telemetry leads were on backorder, and replacement leads were being used instead.
Reporting a Problem Catches Unrecognized Systemwide Failure
Equipment
Monitoring
At around 10 p.m. on a Sunday, a registered nurse reported to her unit director that her telemetry pager was not receiving alarms for a patient with arrhythmias, although it had been working when she came on the night shift at 7 p.m
Assessing Respiratory Risk With Opioid Use
Monitoring
Nursing
Opioids
Opioid use results in decreased respiratory rate, low oxygen saturation, and sedation, a condition known as opioid-induced respiratory depression (OIRD), which may result in serious harm—including death or brain damage.
