r/nursing • u/_neutral_person RN - ICU 🍕 • Jul 24 '22

Nursing Hacks Silent Knight Pill Crusher

It sucks at crushing pills. That is all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

The old school nurse I work with puts the meds on the counter and smashes them with the pill crusher, cave man style.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

This is standard protocol in our unit

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u/sci_major BSN, RN 🍕 Jul 24 '22

Using the silent knight bag right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

Naw, not even. Just put all the single dose packets on the counter and have at it until the pills look sufficiently powdered in their individual doses. We also use the pacemaker magnet for this same purpose.

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u/HoneyBloat RN - ICU 🍕 Jul 24 '22

The pacemaker magnet has so many uses that are not for turning off pacemakers. Tempted to get one for my house I’m telling ya.

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u/SparkytheEMT RN - ER Jul 24 '22

We've used the pacemaker magnet to get magnetic objects out of kids noses in the ED. Our attending put a crocodile sticker on it at one point to get kids to "let the crocodile get their nose" to fix it cuz we were doing that more then we use it for pacemakers.

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u/TriceratopsBites RN - CVICU 🍕 Jul 25 '22

That’s brilliant

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

The only time I’ve actually used the magnet to turn off a pacemaker it didn’t fucking work lmao.

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u/CertainKaleidoscope8 Jul 24 '22

Same here.

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u/hospicenurse2445 Jul 25 '22

The magnet is to turn off the AICD. Works like a charm.

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u/WhittyO CNA 🍕 Jul 25 '22

I just got a magnet fishing kit. The warning label said keep away from pacemaker.