Hello Nurses,
I'm asking for help and possible similar situations.
I am a first year nurse in Med Surg and just had my first patient pass. The patient was fine according to my assessment. The patient also did not have an underlying history As they were admitted for something minor though they had mental instability. Out of nowhere, the patient stopped breathing and a code was called in which they could not be saved. The doctor said it may have been a PE..
Im wondering, is this something you have ever seen happen? Just sudden and unexpected?
i worry will this come back to me in any way if I missed something? I honestly don't know what I could have done, what I could have missed, as there were no signs of respiratory distress or history..
some insight would really help as I am losing sleep over this