:)Hello everyone,
I'm posting a thread today to share a good thing I did yesterday by following my own instinct. I had a resident who is at high risk for asp.pna, everything is well the past few weeks, but the other day when I went to see him to give his regular meds, I noticed he looked a little different. His breathing was fine, his skin was warm,no cough either, all VS are good..but there is something wrong on his aura. I took my stethoscope and listened to his lungs. Crackles. Since being new, my supervisor told me not to worry since he doesn't have any fever & just order chest xray when he gets a fever. I told myself, why will I wait till he gets a fever? It's better to have him check & get a negative result than wait later. So I did not follow his instruction, I asked the MD for a chest xray and MD ordered STAT xray. He is my supervisor, he's been a nurse for quite a while, and I'm just a poor nurse for barely 3 weeks, but I am so glad that this time, I used my head really good & followed my own judgment.