Note: This might seem like a strange topic, but seeing as how that is nothing new coming from the source, I'll go ahead anyway.
As nurses, we are trained to do everything we can to save someone until it's no longer feasible or unless doing so would go against a patient's wishes, such as performing CPR for a patient with a a DNR/DNI.
However, theoretically, anyone of us could "code" at anytime--and this includes at work.
For those who are full codes, this wouldn't create any ethical issues. You would simply perform CPR on your coworker as you would anyone else.
However, for those who have DNR/DNIs, issues could come up if coworkers are unaware such orders exist. How do we ensure that these coworkers have their wishes respected should the need come up?
For example, I am legally a Full Code but am wanting to pursue a DNR/DNI. Based on my age and no apparent health issues, I have a feeling most of my coworkers would automatically assume I am a Full Code should circumstances arise, however.
What is the best way to inform my coworkers that under no circumstances should anyone provide CPR to me?
For the rest of you, how do you ensure your coworkers' wishes for CPR or no CPR are ensured? Have you ever experienced such an ethical dilemma at work?
And yet, in cases of mental health concerns/ unhealthy and concerning behaviors, you believe that intervening to provide relief, or at least prevent things from getting worse, is necessary and worthwhile.
What has led you to believe that it is worthwhile to prevent worsening health in an unmarried senior citizen who is finished raising children (if they ever had kids), but that it is not worthwhile to address mental and physical health concerns in a 30-something employed as an essential worker who, with appropriate support, can adopt a child one day even if she chooses not to marry?
No good reason other than I've always seen myself as different from everyone else.
21 minutes ago, Davey Do said:
Okay, I need to confess to something here, and please believe me, I apologize profusely for my actions, but...
I am SilverBells.
I know it's against the TOS for having multiple accounts, but I'm a rogue narcissist who wanted to liven things up a bit here on allnurses.
You and SilverBells both responded to me at the exact same time. What's up with that? Why does your inner woman seem so much less settled in their real-life relationships than you are? This thread and its side conversations are both confusing and fascinating.
Davey Do
10,666 Posts
Okay, I need to confess to something here, and please believe me, I apologize profusely for my actions, but...
I am SilverBells.
I know it's against the TOS for having multiple accounts, but I'm a rogue narcissist who wanted to liven things up a bit here on allnurses.
Please, please forgive me.