Death at Work

[Davey Do]

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

[Davey Do]

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:

[Davey Do]

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?"

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

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.....?

[Daisy4RN]

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??

[Davey Do]

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?

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

Humans, as you and me, Dr. Fever

[Davey Do]

just wondering if nurses can pronounce natural death in your state

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[Daisy4RN]

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!

[AJJKRN]

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...

[Davey Do]

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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[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

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.