Locked out & a patient died
Short audio post today about being locked out and having a patient die on my watch.
Listening to: "Sweet Sangria" Tori Amos, Scarlet's Walk
posted by Jo @ 13:24
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Coffee & Conversation in a smoky room
A Clinic RN and a Single Mom blogging through the depths of sanity. My life as I know it started with coffee and conversation in a smoky room. This is where I'm at now.
Mar 24, 2006
About Me
- Name: Jo
- Location: A Big City, Texas, United States
I'm a single widowed mom of a 6 yr old girl and a RN at a clinic in a big city in TX.
2 Comments:
Good luck with the Neuro!!! I hate that stuff, it just won't stick in my head. For some reason, it just doesn't click for me.
I'm more of a renal type person :)
Anyway, thought you'd be interested to know that where I am, if death is expected, RNs can pronounce the death. If the patient is unexpected, it has to be a doctor.
Let's see - I guess you have to assume that the pt had spontaneous eye opening. They are definitely confused if only oriented x 1, and you have to assume they can move their extremities.
You have to assume an awful lot to answer that GCS question.
The urine output was a red herring.
They did not give you enough information to truly answer that question correctly. But god forbid you ever question a nursing instructor !
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