Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 7, 2013
Hey boss,
My pt keeps disconnecting herself from the vent, can I get some mittens?
Boss says, "no, we are a no restraint facility, just take a sheet, wrap it around her arms and then loop it around the mattress so she cant move"
Brilliant
edmia, BSN, RN
827 Posts
Mitts are very definitely a restraint. I have set up an a so that I refuse all restraints for any purpose. If that means not having life saving treatment - so be it.
This is what I thought about when I read the OP. It reminds me of a patient whose vent kept popping off for apparently no reason, every 30 mins or so, until we saw that she was doing it herself. When asked, she finally said: "I'm done with this. I want to die."
She was so clear about it.
In the end, after family meeting, it was decided that she wanted off the vent she'd be forever dependent on and was transferred to hospice where she passed peacefully.
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mindlor
1,341 Posts
75 percent of the patients at my facility should be under the care of hospice.
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 20,908 Posts
I have an interview at a traditional acute care hospital tomm at 10:00am. Wish me luck. I have to get out of this hellhole. Every moment I am on the floor my license is at risk. Other are leaving in droves and quite honestly I am not sure how they will keep the doors open.......we shall see. Soon, the senior RN on the floor will be a new grad with experience measured in weeks.....at least I have 6 months lol
Yesterday I was offered and accepted the job at the "Real" hospital :) Med/Surg/Tele. I took a 12 cent per hour pay cut but hey, sometimes one must take a step back to take two steps forward.
Wish me luck. After shadowing on my new unit my only concern is that I will be bored. I felt like the entire unit was in slow motion relative to my old job lol.......
sapphire18
1,082 Posts
Yesterday I was offered and accepted the job at the "Real" hospital :) Med/Surg/Tele. I took a 12 cent per hour pay cut but hey, sometimes one must take a step back to take two steps forward.Wish me luck. After shadowing on my new unit my only concern is that I will be bored. I felt like the entire unit was in slow motion relative to my old job lol.......
Congrats!!
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth!!!! get in the door and see if ICU or Ed suits you! Some tele units can be very busy it depends on what gtts are allowed
noyesno, MSN, APRN, NP
834 Posts
That's awesome mindlor! Slow motion>mass chaos.