The Floor LPN tells you-"Your new admission has a po2 of 68." What do you do?
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Walk with my flowsheets to the lounge, delay my med rounds and sit and do them, and if anyone asks me later, I'll swear that 'nobody told me nuttin', while I leave the Charge nurse and Light Duty LPN to deal with the problems at hand
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Freak out completely, and race the patient to the ICU without clearance, and demand a bed.
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Acknoulage the person telling me this, and go into the room and glance at the patient, as 'the LPN has already assessed the patient', then leave the Light Duty LPN to deal with the problem, but, I'll be around if she needs anything
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Carefully listen to the report, then RE-assess the patient, starting the assessment on the LPN's concerns, then the whole patient, and then work with the LPN to stabalize the patient.