broke my patient's arm!!!

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:crying2: Very upset, broke a homecare client's R humerus doing PROM. He's a C-4 quad with brittle bones (many, many broken in past) but still. I feel terrible about this. I feel like I ruined his summer. Waiting to hear what my supervisor will say.
Specializes in Peds (previous psyc/SA briefly).

Wow - I'm so sorry that happened. What a total bummer. And after the squirm, want to reiterate what I know you already know... this is a reflection of his health status and has nothing to do with you. I know if I were in your shoes, that fact is what I'd need to remind myself for a while.

Best of luck! Glad there are no hard feelings...

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