Death at Work

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

I knew Mr. Copier was old and broken down, but still, his death was unexpected.

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

Here's something that died at work.-an idea of mine.

I wanted to come up with a nurse character comparable to the Unknown Comic who wore a paper bag over his head with three holes cut in it on Chuck Barris' Gong Show of the 70's and would come out and say, "Chuckie Chuckie Chuckie!"

This is as far as I got:

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

Speaking of copiers...

A nurse I work with was having trouble copying something and said, "I think it needs a new... oh, what are those things called that have ink inside of them?"

A Tech spoke up and said "Squids?"

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

Not to hijack your thread, just wondering if nurses, can pronounce natural death in your state, as we can in Texas, including acute care, hospice, home health, and LTC.....?

Specializes in Travel, Home Health, Med-Surg.
Not to hijack your thread, just wondering if nurses, can pronounce natural death in your state, as we can in Texas, including acute care, hospice, home health, and LTC.....?

Are you talking about humans or copy machines??

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
Not to hijack your thread, just wondering if nurses, can pronounce natural death in your state, as we can in Texas, including acute care, hospice, home health, and LTC.....?

Are you talking about humans or copy machines??

Or vegetables?

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

Humans, as you and me, Dr. Fever

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
just wondering if nurses can pronounce natural death in your state

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Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice: Illinois | MidlevelU

Specializes in Travel, Home Health, Med-Surg.

I think you got this one wrong Davey Do, it is usually staff running around like chickens with their heads chopped off while admin are the ones "playing" dead so they don't have to help.

Or, I could be wrong, staff could be dropping dead from complete exhaustion!

Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.
Not to hijack your thread, just wondering if nurses, can pronounce natural death in your state, as we can in Texas, including acute care, hospice, home health, and LTC.....?

I live and work in the good ol state of Illinoid too. At my facility two nurses can pronounce per hospital protocol. We have to call the doc, coroner, gift of hope, etc too. The attending signs the death certificate.

Since I work at a teaching hospital, I think the protocol was developed because often residents didn't always act therapeutically to the family at the bedside. (Not intentionally, they just hadn't developed that skill set yet) Some would just come in and listen to the patient and then walk out of the room. Never saying anything to the family at the bedside leaving them to just wonder...

Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).
I think you got this one wrong Davey Do, it is usually staff running around like chickens with their heads chopped off while admin are the ones "playing" dead so they don't have to help.

Or, I could be wrong, staff could be dropping dead from complete exhaustion!

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.
Not to hijack your thread, just wondering if nurses, can pronounce natural death in your state, as we can in Texas, including acute care, hospice, home health, and LTC.....?

In Nevada, yes. I had to do it once when the doctor didn't want to come in on a Sunday morning just for that.

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