Did i do the right thing?

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Hi everybody im gonna start off by saying iv been a cna for 3 months now and i ran into my first situation where i have no idea if i did the right thing or not. here is the situation my supervisor asked me to get one of my residents vitals so i grabbed the machine and went to it his bp came out to be 201/103 or something close to that. my supervisor and the house supervisor was standing right there recorded his vitals and told me to come back and check it again after a few hours. well second time coming around to check it my supervisor and the house supervisor were both present before i started and while i was getting his bp again my floor supervisor left leaving just the house supervisor and myself there. i get his bp it was higher than the check from earlier the house supervisor recorded it and started talking to the nurse on the hall about his prn meds or something like that(im not sure what that is but i know for sure she said "prn" and the resident being looked at) well at the end of my shift my unit manager pulled me aside and asked me who i reported it to i told her the house supervisor. then my unit manager asked me if i reported it to any of the nurses on my floor i said no because i reported it to the house supervisor. now that my long story is over i ask you nurses with your knowledge and experience did i do the right thing or did i make a mistake in thinking that reporting it to the house supervisor was enough?

yeah you read right. after the house supervisor recorded the numbers i got she almost instantly started talking to the nurse on the hall about his prns and the hall nurse said he couldnt have anymore till 3:30(i think thats what i heard anyway) because he had gotten some bp meds from the first check this morning. i think the issue was his bp was high and the doctor wasnt notified. i had figured since the house supervisor recorded his bp earlier that morning she was the one i was supposed to tell seeing how she was standing there waiting for me to get his bp again. but at the end of the day everyone wanted to know why i only reported it to her. and it freaks me right the **** out that my lack of judgement in the situation caused so much confusion and questioning

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Don't be so hard on yourself. You learned a lesson, but honestly, I can totally see why you reported it to this supervisor. Not to mention, I would sure hope as the supervisor, this person was connecting with the assigned nurse re: the situation. Next time, you know what to do! :-)

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I wanted to add just so you know, PRN means "as needed". PRN meds are meds that arent taken on a regular basis, they are only taken as needed such as a tylenol for pain.

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ya you shoulda told the nurse but remember some of these nurses are dumb i worked with a few that dont no what there doing so i wuold tell ur superviser just in case

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lol my supervisor is one of those nurse that "dont know what there doing" because she walked off knowing that this guys bp was more than likely high and decided getting the other residents to the activity floor was more important. :smackingf

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that reginachanana2660 & CNA Dinky are the same person. Both seems to think that nurses are dumb and don't know what they're doing. Hmmm.

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lol my supervisor is one of those nurse that "dont know what there doing" because she walked off knowing that this guys bp was more than likely high and decided getting the other residents to the activity floor was more important. :smackingf

the nurses discussed the patient's prn meds, which i am assuming were for his high bp. they stated he could not have anymore because he had some recently. they placed a call into the doctor. the nurses knew exactly what they were doing, and seemed to follow the standard protocol for this situation. the nurse cannot do anything more without an order from the dr.

CNA dinky and reginachanana2660, please refrain from insulting nurse's judgments and actions when it is clear that you lack the knowledge to evaluate their decisions as appropriate or not.

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

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100:1 on 4, any takers

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.
lol my supervisor is one of those nurse that "dont know what there doing" because she walked off knowing that this guys bp was more than likely high and decided getting the other residents to the activity floor was more important. :smackingf

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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that reginachanana2660 & CNA Dinky are the same person. Both seems to think that nurses are dumb and don't know what they're doing. Hmmm.

any concerns should be reported or, you can write to admin help desk...

since it should be one username per member only.

anything above/beyond that, is against tos...

which i know all you guys have read.;)

leslie

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wow lol some of these recent answers are funny XD. no im not reginachanana2660 and i dont think all nurses dont know what they are doing just the ones who decide to walk away from a resident who is known to have very high blood pressure to go see about taking other residents to the activity floor when getting the bp is only going to take a minute at most. and the nurses that knew what they were doing was the house supervisor and the nurse on the floor. my floor supervisor was the one that just walked off. and the doctor was never called by any of the nurses so.........

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