She got fired...

[StL_Momma27]

I was in my Ethics class today and one girl started talking about how her friend, an RN was with a patient when they started to bleed out. She said that the patient needed their vein sutured up or they would die. They called the dr and it took him over a hour to get to the room. She knew that she needed a dr in the room, but knew that if she waited the patient would be dead. She saved the patient and her and the dr both got fired.

How is it possible that she saved someone's life, but she gets fired for doing so?

[psu_213, BSN, RN]

Sorry ladies, she didn't go into detail about what happened. I wish she would have, but this is all I got out of it. I didn't mean to confuse you all, but I thought what I wrote would be sufficient enough.

All I know is that she called for the dr, he didn't get there for an hour, she wasn't supposed to do what she did, but sutured up the vein without him being present. I get what a lot of you are saying, that it doesn't all add up.

Thanks for the responses though!!

I don't mean to be rude, but I think you got taken for a ride by the person telling the story. I just cannot envision this nurse standing around for an hour and then deciding to suture it herself. (If she did suture it herself, did she perform proper prep on the site? Did she use 100% sterile technique the whole way through? Was she certain not to damage this vein? Surrounding vessels? Nerves in this area?)

If it happened exactly as you were told, then nurse should be fired for not realizing she was in way over her head, and she did not ask for help (when most every hospital has lots of help available for emergency situation). Not to mention the whole "out of her scope of practice argument."

[Lynx25, LPN]

This sounds like one of those terrible Facebook chain things... you know...

A nurze saved this pts life and was fired! Repost in .32 seconds or u will get fired 2!

[fostercatmom, ASN, BSN, RN]

Thank you people I needed a laugh today!

[AgentBeast, BSN, RN]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I can suture too.

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

i'm trying to figure out what caused a " vein to rupture"

i agree 100% with you this the reason why i stated previously there's not enough information to go on regarding this scenario to many pieces of the puzzle don't seem to fit...just saying :uhoh21:

[klone, MSN, RN]

Maybe the nurse actually stabbed the patient, and that's what caused the vein to rupture, and that's why she got fired. And then she saved him, kind of a Munchausen's by Proxy thing.

[GitanoRN, BSN, MSN, RN]

i stayed at a holiday inn express last night. i can suture too.

scotte, i just read your comment which made me lol

[IEDave, ASN, CNA, LVN]

...Sometimes it really stinks to be a nurse. We park our cars between a rock and a hard place in the parking lot, ALL THE TIME.

You mean - you were able to actually FIND a parking space?!?

----- Dave

[IEDave, ASN, CNA, LVN]

But I have a degree in Fashion. That means I can suture anything I like because I got an A+ in embroidery. Right?

Sure you can - except me!

----- Dave

[IEDave, ASN, CNA, LVN]

Thanks to all for the Apocryphal Story Of The Day.

----- Dave

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

Maybe the nurse actually stabbed the patient, and that's what caused the vein to rupture, and that's why she got fired. And then she saved him, kind of a Munchausen's by Proxy thing.

Sounds like the kid on Modern Family last week. He started a fire in the chemistry lab, put it out, then got a medal for it because the teacher thought he had innocently come upon it.

Only in this case the nurse didn't get a medal.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

nobody's gonna bleed to death from a vein outside the chest unless it's the femoral, and even then good pressure will work just fine. i think either the op is making this up, or the person who told him/her is making it up, or somebody has an exaggerated sense of danger.