DanielMark

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1. Termination of employment

   DanielMark replied to DanielMark's topic in Med-Surg

   UPDATE: Hey, nurses. This matter is all in God's wonderful hands now. I was finally able to turn it over to Him completely. All your comments were extremely helpful and thought-provoking. What a tremendous support group you have been. Currently,...

2. Hospitals with IV, or Vascular Access Teams

   DanielMark replied to Daniel1115's topic in Infusion

   My last place of employment utilized IV teams, about 435 bed teaching hospital. Of course, since I was a night shift supervisor I was expected and successful in starting IVs myself. Lots of times with difficult sticks we would have to page the fli...

3. Termination of employment

   DanielMark replied to DanielMark's topic in Med-Surg

   Response from "lynniepooh" was encouraging in that the SBON apparently did not pursue any disciplinary action against the nurse. Why this nurse was fired also is a mystery to me too. Hopefully my outcome will be similar. kids-r-fun reply was inform...

4. Termination of employment

   DanielMark replied to DanielMark's topic in Med-Surg

   These reponses are thought provoking. Perhaps I should have added that this particular patient was not a DNR. Therefore, according to this hospital's policy, CPR/Code Blue should have been initiated even though this patient was "stone-cold dead." T...

5. Termination of employment

   DanielMark replied to DanielMark's topic in Med-Surg

   In answer to "why a facility has this policy", I was informed if a RN fails to initiate CPR/code blue, then the RN is acting as a physician by determining that death has actually occured and this act is not in the scope of a nurse's practice. Replyin...

6. Termination of employment

   DanielMark replied to DanielMark's topic in Med-Surg

   THanks for replying. I have lots of friends praying for me already. Just a waiting game till I hear.

7. Termination of employment

   DanielMark posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I was recently terminated because I failed to initiate CPR on a patient who had been expired for about 40 minutes. Administration informed me it was "policy" or protocol even though there was not chance of reviving the patient. Has anyone experience...