Case

[kellycs]

An LPN (NYS)was employed by a nurse staffing agency with a contract to provide nursing personnel for a hospital's med/surg unit. On the 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift she was assigned five patients. One had COPD. One was recovering from surgery. Another was a prenatal patient on the med/surg unit with a fetal heart monitor. All the patients were basically stable, except the prenatal patient for whom the LPN was trying to get an obstetrician to come to the unit for an exam and consult. The LPN became ill between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m. She vomited in the bathroom. She went to the nurses station and told the four other nurses on duty that she was leaving. The charge nurse told her to find the house supervisor before exiting the premises. She was to inform the supervisor she was leaving before the end of her shift. The LPN did not communicate with the nursing supervisor. She gave as her reason that she did not want to be sent to the emergency room and billed for an emergency-room visit.

Is this considered nursing abandonment ? Why or why not?

[loveofrn, BSN, RN]

What do you think it is before allnurses jumps in to help you out. we dont do homework /assignment in allnurses without you even attempting to find the answer to the question. So use Google or your textbook to tell us what you think so far about the scenario

[jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B]

There are very few LPN's who work in Med Surg units anymore.....

However, no one can just up and say "Ok, I'm outtie, see ya"

I would look at each individual component of this question--there are many things that are incorrect about it.

http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/nurse/nurseabandon-qa.htm

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

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[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Smells like homework, which we are happy to assist with, but we will not do it for you. You tell us what you think about this situation. I would say this could easily be considered abandonment by a BON.