jane82

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1. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   I posted this tread to get advice for what happen, how much fault of it was my own, and insight for what I could do differently. The only thing that upset me was the person who said forget about looking for a hospital job. That is like saying I am a ...

2. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   Hahah I have no idea what happened there...no I'm not mad about that, major typo there …lol...I always give two weeks notice, even when I had crappy high school temp jobs...even though this facility sucks I know I might need them as a reference......

3. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   I know you don't need an order for suction I was answering Gardenfan’s question from a previous post. I learned that in nursing school, I unfortunately didn't think of implementing it until it was too late ...that is the dilemma here….I forgot... I d...

4. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   No, they don't have an EAP. I never got a call back before the code. Which is not unusual, they seemed more annoyed when you go to them with problems. There is one pretty good doctor there, but he doesn’t have that many patients under his care. This ...

5. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   Thank you sugarcoma I really enjoyed reading this. I hope to get to the point you speak of where you can look at someone and just know when they are about to "crump". I know I should have done more but in the moment I thought I did well. I looked at ...

6. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   Thanks, I think I may look into something like that because I feel scared now every time I work now. I have actually planned on getting my BSN even before going through the ADN program. I did it this way to save on cost and to start working sooner.In...

7. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   Want to thank you all for the support, encouragement, and most of all advice. It truly means the world to me right now. I feel the need to clarify a few details though based on your questions and comments. The patient did not have an order for suct...

8. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   I want to thank you all for the support, encouragement, and most of all advice. It truly means the world to me right now. I feel the need to clarify a detail though based on your questions and comments. The patient did not have an order for suction...

9. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

   jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

   @doppelganger The acuity level on this unit actually very high and many patients get dumped at this facility that are not ready for rehab and we send them back out quite frequently. There is a LTC unit in the facility also. This was not on the LTC un...

10. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

    jane82 replied to jane82's topic in Safety

    thank you everyone for your input and thoughts... I really do believe if I didn't have such a high patient load I would have thought about her condition more critically. I try my best daily do give good patient care but when I do decent care I fall ...

11. I feel like I caused a patient's death and I can't get over it

    jane82 posted a topic in Safety

    I am a new nurse working in a sub acute rehab facility/LTC. I am typically assigned to care for 28 to 40 patients on midnights. I have been trying to get into a hospital but not having prior experiance or a BSN forced me to accept this job for experi...