Luke Peterson
May 2025
Luke
Peterson
,
BSN, RN
Emergency Department
Layton Hospital
Layton
,
UT
United States
One notable initiative he led was the administration of antibiotics within 60 minutes for long bone fractures. Luke ensured that the very first qualifying patient received antibiotics in just 18 minutes, setting a high standard for us all.
Luke has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to safety during my entire tenure. As our sepsis champion, Luke meets bi-weekly with Dr. Clark to review all sepsis cases, ensuring they are thoroughly adjudicated and submitted to the service line. His commitment doesn't stop there; he also conducts BCX contamination reviews, as well as sedation and restraint reviews, always making sure to email all caregivers about compliance with standards. Luke is diligent in providing feedback when standards are not met and recognizes successes when they occur. One notable initiative he led was the administration of antibiotics within 60 minutes for long bone fractures. Luke ensured that the very first qualifying patient received antibiotics in just 18 minutes, setting a high standard for us all. Additionally, Luke represents the practice team as the ER trauma service line Chair for practice and has been instrumental in supporting the falls bundle. Thanks to his efforts, our unit was recognized for having one of the highest documentation rates of the TUG Test, and he was able to share our engagement with the process in the service line. Luke's contributions have been invaluable, and I believe his hard work and dedication make him a perfect candidate for the DAISY Award.
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A couple of shifts ago, Luke, J, and I were taking care of a patient with a PE who needed heparin. While the three of us were working together, Luke was my preceptor for the day. It was my first time giving heparin, and we were getting ready to give the patient a bolus dose. Luke was setting up the maintenance dose on the pump, while J scanned the bolus medication vials in. After they were scanned, J gave them to me so that I could draw them up. I hadn't looked at the dose on the MAR, since he had scanned them in, but figured I was supposed to fully draw up both vials into the syringe. For all the other medications I had administered, like Toradol and Zofran, the dose had always been the entire vial, so I figured this was the same. After drawing up both vials, I was getting ready to administer them to the patient when Luke asked me if I had verified the correct amount to draw up. I hadn't since I figured it was both of the vials. He instructed me to double-check, and it turned out that the patient's dose was 7,000 units, whereas I had drawn up 10,000 units. Thankfully, Luke's diligence caught this, so I hadn't given the patient an improper dose. While the patient required a heavy dose of heparin due to his condition, giving him a higher bolus may not have been critical, but would have required us to monitor him to a greater extent, giving us less time to care for our other patients.
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A couple of shifts ago, Luke, J, and I were taking care of a patient with a PE who needed heparin. While the three of us were working together, Luke was my preceptor for the day. It was my first time giving heparin, and we were getting ready to give the patient a bolus dose. Luke was setting up the maintenance dose on the pump, while J scanned the bolus medication vials in. After they were scanned, J gave them to me so that I could draw them up. I hadn't looked at the dose on the MAR, since he had scanned them in, but figured I was supposed to fully draw up both vials into the syringe. For all the other medications I had administered, like Toradol and Zofran, the dose had always been the entire vial, so I figured this was the same. After drawing up both vials, I was getting ready to administer them to the patient when Luke asked me if I had verified the correct amount to draw up. I hadn't since I figured it was both of the vials. He instructed me to double-check, and it turned out that the patient's dose was 7,000 units, whereas I had drawn up 10,000 units. Thankfully, Luke's diligence caught this, so I hadn't given the patient an improper dose. While the patient required a heavy dose of heparin due to his condition, giving him a higher bolus may not have been critical, but would have required us to monitor him to a greater extent, giving us less time to care for our other patients.