IV regular insulin administration for hyperkalemia for adult hospitals

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Terry Bosen
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IV regular insulin administration for hyperkalemia for adult hospitals

I'm interested in receiving current practice information on preparation of regular insulin for IV administration for hyperkalemia for adult hospitals. Are you allowing RNs to draw this up and administer IV or do these syringes come from the pharmacy patient specific?

Thank you for your insight.

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