Blood and Triage

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In most hospitals, the decision to transfuse is different from the nursing  
protocols written for uniform blood transfusion.  Not everyone receiving  blood 
(outside of the trauma bay) has unstable vitals.but there needs to be a  
specific nursing protocol to protect both the patient and nurse from either  
careless behaviors or inexperienced practitioners .  IN the trauma  bay, there 
should be a standard of care for VS whether the patient is being  tranfused or 
not.  A good and experienced nurse does not need a protocol to  care for those 
unstable patients. Hope this helps to answer your question  of redundancy.
 
Sue G.
Trauma NP
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