Why do RNs fail to press TAKE in the PYXIS supply?

1 I am just venting here, but really come on folks!

If you don't press "take" each time you pull out a bag of IVF or other supply how does distribution
know to come up and refill it when it's empty?

Thanks. now I have to hang 4 bags of NS 250ml to make a liter bolus.

Why do you keep NS in the pyxis?

Muno, I'm pretty sure OP meant a supply pyxis. Supply pyxis is different than med pyxis. We keep all our fluids in a supply pyxis. Ours has an annoying voice that asks "did you forget to press a button?!" as a reminder.

op: change the supply level if the supply is low. otherwise, call for more supplies. yes, i know that this is a vent, but it is a waste of brain cells to think that anything will change. nurses do this everywhere. there was only one floor i worked on where this did not happen because there were aids fired for not "clicking" the button when he/she removed supplies. the nurses were warned through the firings that he/she would be next, so it was taken seriously. no other place did i see this happen. in fact, i think this is too harsh of a punishment so i doubt i will see it happen again.

The system we used required us to scan our supplies out. We had a wand, much like those at Walmart, and you scanned a bar code. If the supply wasn't a charge item it didn't matter if you scanned/entered the pt ID number, but if it was say IV fluid then you needed to enter pt ID number. Well, if my patient was crashing and I needed IV fluid fast or a non-rebreather mask I wasn't standing around to scan anything. Once my patient was stable I'd try to remember what I took and scan it under their ID, but I'll admit, sometimes I would forget.

We have the talking supply pyxis too. "Thank you" "Did you forget to press a button" This is not new, I recall 20 yrs ago, the charge nurse running around because some didn't pull the orange charge stickers off of items and manually put it in the sticker book.

LMAO! The point of the pyxis is that when supplies are low you don't have to call centralto get a refill. They know automatically the counts in the machine based on if the nurses have been hiting the take button.I don't think NS should be in pxyis at all. dont you just hate that annoying voice? "Did you remember to hit the ...."This post was just a recognition of the near universal failure of nurses to hit the take button and a self indulgent vent too. Sometimes you justgot to let it go and laugh! Thank you allnurses!I can't believe they fired someone over failing to hit the "take" button. Guess they didnt like having empty supplies in pyxis either.

Quote from MunoRNWhy do you keep NS in the pyxis?

Im glad all I gotta do is open a door and get my NS....

Our omni requires us to put in our own individual password to get in and if you don't charge for something it records it as a "null transaction" and at your review they sum up all your null transactions for the review period. If they're over a certain amount... no raise for you, try again next time.

Quote from LegzRNOur omni requires us to put in our own individual password to get in and if you don't charge for something it records it as a "null transaction" and at your review they sum up all your null transactions for the review period. If they're over a certain amount... no raise for you, try again next time.