did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

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first let me say that i have no nursing experience..i do computer work for the huge local teaching hospital. 2 days ago i was told that i could become a "code" recorder. a "code" was announced yesturday for the Cardiac ICU and i had to be there to record the events. when the whole team showed up,the patient was awake,alert and breathing fine. it ended up being a false alarm. what happened was the new nurse just started her shift and she noticed on the monitor that this pt. had a severe bradycardic heart rate of 20 BPM. nurse said that she shaked the pts. shoulder and got no response,so she panicked and pushed the code button. as it turned out,this pt. is a very heavy sleeper and her baseline HR is very very low during sleep. after this false alarm was over,i noticed the team leader dr. talking with the nurse face to face and the nurse was wiping a tear from her eye. i'm guessing that the dr. was scolding her. i am a sensitive person and i felt very sorry for the nurse..i would have hated being scolded. would any of you call a "code" for a pt. with a HR of 20? and was the Dr. right in scolding this nurse??

Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

I can't imagine someone with no medical training recording a code competently and correctly, whether it's on stone tablets or a computer.

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You guys tickle me sometimes and I'm the one who is 2 - 3x your age and grew up with the stone tablets.

Get over your arrogance. You need computer specialists and the more they know about your job, the easier they can make it.

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You guys tickle me sometimes and I'm the one who is 2 - 3x your age and grew up with the stone tablets.

And somehow you never let us seem to forget it. I'm sure you could confer with nurses who are even older than you state and they will STILL tell you that someone in IT has no business participating on a code team.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
You guys tickle me sometimes and I'm the one who is 2 - 3x your age and grew up with the stone tablets.

Get over your arrogance. You need computer specialists and the more they know about your job, the easier they can make it.

Whoa...who's being arrogant? You're talking about two entirely different issues. No one ever said computer specialists weren't needed. It's how they are being utilized that's being called into question.

You're not the only experienced nurse on this thread.

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Whoa...who's being arrogant? You're talking about two entirely different issues. No one ever said computer specialists weren't needed. It's how they are being utilized that's being called into question.

You're not the only experienced nurse on this thread.

He's not a nurse, an RT who is OBSESSED with giving lengthy book answers to anything remotely respiratory related...or at least it started off that way...seems to have progressed into commenting on any thread where he can slip in a disrespectful holier-than-thou comment. People have learned to just ignore him on here.

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And somehow you never let us seem to forget it. I'm sure you could confer with nurses who are even older than you state and they will STILL tell you that someone in IT has no business participating on a code team.

Our IT people set up some of the most complex technology on the market. They are present in the patient care area to troubleshoot and make sure everything is functioning as well as to TEACH RNs and MDs how to use it. That may definitely be during a code if that is when the technology is being trialed. They or Biomed may also have to help us switch a patient off of a very delicate and expensive piece of equipment if it has failed for some reason. They also make sure we can stay up and running during an emergency such as an earthquake (West) or hurricane (East) with adequate backup. The list is endless to their importance. You may only notice them if your internet password on the computer doesn't work.

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And as useful and important as they are, they still have no business recording a code and informing staff that it's time for another epi, atropine, time for pulse check, etc. It's not in their skills set to interpret a code algorithm.

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"Sigh"

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Specializes in Pediatrics, ER.

Yawn. GreyGull has spoken. Now let the OP's topic commence.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

I'm gonna suggest the ignore feature for a couple of ya'll.

Here's how it works:

You can do it one of two ways.

#1

Go to, "My Account", found above and to the left. Click on "User Control Panel", then scroll down and click, "Settings". Then, click, "Edit Ignore List". When that loads, fill in the name of the member and click, "Save":

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#2

Go to the member's profile you wish to ignore. Click on, "User List", found under their user ID name and click, "Add to Ignore List":

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Now, if the back and forth (unnecessary) barbs continue, posts will be deleted and points issued.

It's up to you.

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Hey guys...IGNORE EACH OTHER - other staff have told you how to do that.

Let it go.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, ER.

Thank you, SirI. I didn't know AN had this!

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