A nurse friend of mine passed away: A WARNING TO ALL

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

A friend of mine, someone I worked with for a few years , passed away Wednesday. She was doing home health care nursing and she was seeing a patient that day. The police/fire depts were called after a fire was reported. After they put out the fire, they discovered my friend and her patient had been shot multiple times. She was a mother and a wife, someone's daughter and someone's sister and friend. She will be missed. She was also a great nurse.

Let this be a warning to anyone who does home care, never let your guard down and always be aware of what is going on around you. Never be defenseless.

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

I am so very sorry. Condolences to you, her family, and loving colleagues.

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I would have to hear more info on this situation before I would call for a warning. I mean everyone of us let our guard down everyday, in the grocery store, sitting in a beautician's chair. What do you mean by "never let your guard down". Even if you're packing a pistol you could be shot in the back by a stranger you never saw. Sounds like you are putting a lot of responsibility for what happened on the nurse. When you think of it we could be murdered in my own home by an intruder. However, very unfortunated, my sympathy to the family.

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Oh, my goodness. My sincerest condolences.

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how tragic!

time to find a special place in hell for these genetic mutants.

(((tls))), thanks for caring enough to have our backs.:redpinkhe

leslie

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.
I would have to hear more info on this situation before I would call for a warning. I mean everyone of us let our guard down everyday, in the grocery store, sitting in a beautician's chair. What do you mean by "never let your guard down". Even if you're packing a pistol you could be shot in the back by a stranger you never saw. Sounds like you are putting a lot of responsibility for what happened on the nurse. When you think of it we could be murdered in my own home by an intruder. However, very unfortunated, my sympathy to the family.

How dare you! I am not putting a lot of responsibility on MY FRIEND FOR HER DEATH!!!!!! I am simply saying be careful. Gees, this was the last response I want to hear.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

I am so sorry for your loss. This must have been shocking to find out.

After reading some threads here on the board about home health nursing, I am learning it has some significant risks.

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How dare you! I am not putting a lot of responsibility on MY FRIEND FOR HER DEATH!!!!!! I am simply saying be careful. Gees, this was the last response I want to hear.

I am so sorry for your loss. I don't think the poster you aimed this at meant to offend but to say, she was wondering the circumstances of your friend's death. Naturally, we should be aware of our surroundings, whether at work, in the car or wherever we go, but paranoia is unwarranted and can be construed without more facts on what exactly happened in the case of your friend. We don't know if this situation involved an acquaintance, was a total stranger, a break-in robbery, or what.

Again, we are so sorry for your loss. Please forgive any offense taken at our wondering how this horrible thing came to happen to your friend and her client. My heart sincerely goes out to you.

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Are home health nurses permitted to carry a gun?

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Specializes in critical care, PACU.

that is terrible! I am very sorry for your loss and for the loss of a fellow nurse.

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

It doesn't matter. She didn't have to criticize my post. I am simply saying be careful. If I knew all the circumstances I would share but since I don't, I can't. It looked to be a possible robbery...thats all I know. And it was in a bad bad neighborhood.

Thanks to all for the condolences. Please pray for her family.

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As a hospice nurse, I've come across situations where we don't go alone to a patient's home in the middle of the night. There is just that feeling, ya know?

But if any home health or hospice care is deemed at all unsafe, we cannot go.

I'm not sure exactly where the balance is - some things are blatantly obvious and some are just a feeling.

This is an unfortunate incident but can bring some light into an area not many folks think about.

I agree with Deb - I don't think the poster meant to offend at all.

My sincere condolences to :redbeatheyou:redbeathe and to your friend's family.:redbeathe

steph

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