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1. Delegation question

   blueskyy replied to blueskyy's topic in Safety

   I guess delegation was the incorrect choice of words, that term seemed to keep coming up in my research because I'm just baffled over the whole situation. The other nurse and I had a conversation and when I explained that I needed to help another pat...

2. Delegation question

   blueskyy replied to blueskyy's topic in Safety

   The only thing I can think is the Rn I asked to help me must have went and complained. I had no other choice I couldn't leave the first patient alone and on the other hand I couldn't let the other patient's sugar drop any lower so I did the best thin...

3. Delegation question

   blueskyy posted a topic in Safety

   Can one Rn delegate another Rn? I had a patient that was stable awaiting for ems to arrive, while tending to this patient I was notified that a second patient needed my immediate attention. I delegated another Rn to stay in the room with the first pa...

4. Was I wrong?

   blueskyy replied to blueskyy's topic in Geriatric

   Can a Rn delegate to another Rn to remain with a stable patient? I had another patient that needed assessed when I finished my assessment I immediately went back to the first patient.

5. Was I wrong?

   blueskyy replied to blueskyy's topic in Geriatric

   This is an update from my other post, today I got the call and was terminated due to failure to remain in the patient room. I'm frustrated because I had another patient at the same time that needed help because of blood sugar. I'm only one person and...

6. Was I wrong?

   blueskyy replied to blueskyy's topic in Geriatric

   Sorry my post is a little difficult to follow it's been on my mind non stop for days now and it's exhausting me. The patient I had to attend to was having major problems with their blood sugar. I did go back in the room prior to the patient leaving a...

7. Was I wrong?

   blueskyy posted a topic in Geriatric

   Just to give a little background I work in a ltc facility and my daily patient assignment is taking care of roughly 22 patient's. A few days ago I was dealing with a patient who is known to be a very brittle diabetic when I was alerted that another p...