Can’t a nurse be fired?

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Can’t a nurse be fired if she didn’t initiate CPR on a full code that looked to have been dead for awhile

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.
1 hour ago, ArmyRntoMD said:

God no. That’s probably the most task oriented nursing job there is. “Alright let’s pull these pills for 60 people.”

Jeebus, the definition of tone deaf

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Is it inaccurate? What’s a more task oriented nursing specialty?

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Specializes in Critical Care.
3 minutes ago, ArmyRntoMD said:

Is it inaccurate? What’s a more task oriented nursing specialty?

I didn't take it to be derogatory towards nursing home nurses, I think maybe there's some crossed signals.

I work ICU and as a result believe there's a special place in heaven for floor nurses, and an even more special place for nursing home nurses.

When the floors are full and we're not, we take overflow medical patients, but we max out at three because 6 patients, no effin way even they're just medical patients. The general view amongst the ICU nurses I work with is that we'd rather have 3 ICU patients instead of 3 medical patients, so no, we don't think what floor nurses do much less what nursing home nurses do is easy.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

With you on floor nurses. No way I would take on 8 patients. Talk about run your *** off. I did that at LTAC for a year and a half and never again.

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Yes it was in a nursing home. The nurses that were suspended just started their shift. The day shift nurses didn't get suspended

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It is unclear why anyone was suspended at this point.

What is the allegation?

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12 hours ago, MunoRN said:

Anoxic brain injury begins about 3 minutes after the loss of a pulse, and by 10-15 minutes the most tragic thing that could happen would be to get a pulse back.

Absolutely, and mgt should know this. I'm wondering if the firings are a dog-n-pony show for patient's family.

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Specializes in School Nursing.
23 hours ago, hppygr8ful said:

We used to get patients from acute hospital's and ICUs all the time with advanced Hospital Acquired pressure ulcers - the hospital's shoved them out to nursing homes immediately as Medicare/CMS stops payment for the care of any acute patient who develops a PU. The nursing home then had the job to heal that wound for which we did get paid.

https://www.todayshospitalist.com/The-pressure-is-on-to-treat-pressure-ulcers/

Saw this all the time working on a long term vent floor, people would come in with awful stage 4 pressure ulcers from the hospital. We would spend months treating them, they would go back to the hospital and we would have to start over.

I had a man who was quadriplegic, had a catheter and ostomy. He was in a long term care facility and they just neglected to turn him. His entire back was a giant pressure ulcer, it was the worst one I have ever seen. Took 3 rolls of gauze to pack it. They taped so many ABDs together to cover his entire back and sides. After about 6 months it was down to only taking 1 roll of gauze.

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@adventure_rn do you happen to work at the NICU/PICU at Rady's in San Diego? I used to work there and I remember a RT there saying the same thing.

@adventure_rn do you happen to work at the NICU/PICU at Rady's in San Diego? I used to work there and I remember a RT there saying the same thing.

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5 minutes ago, ADbeamo said:

@adventure_rn do you happen to work at the NICU/PICU at Rady's in San Diego? I used to work there and I remember a RT there saying the same thing.

Lol, nope, but that would be amazing if it were the same RT. Or perhaps it's a common enough phenomenon that it's a running joke to a lot of people...

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On 1/9/2020 at 8:48 PM, Barbara Fouch Lentz said:

yes it was in a nursing home. The nurses that were suspended just started their shift. The day shift nurses didn't get suspended

So-what is your take on this situation?

A lot of people have shared their thoughts, but you are obviously more connected.

What are your thoughts?

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You are a VA nurse.

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