I'm an RN-BSN with a few years of nursing experience. I'm scared that I shouldn't be a nurse held in such high regard with the position I'm working. For example, tonight, a patient was found on the floor, literally sitting on his bottom on the floor found by a CNA. She yelled for me and said what she found. I immediately went to the room, saw the patient sitting on the floor and was told by the patient that he tripped while transferring himself from bed to chair. I asked him if he was in any pain and asked the CNA to check his vitals (this is a recurring prob with this patient) Then my next thought was to start the proper paperwork, contact the people I'm supposed to (family, Dr., supervisor). As I walked out of the room, the CNA asked me "Aren't you going to help me get him off the floor?"... I wanted to slap myself in the face! Of course I want the patient off of the floor. Why wasn't that my immediate reaction??? I'm disgusted with myself because I walked out with a patient still on the floor. Even though no injuries were accrued, I'm scared to know what I would have done had the patient hit their head!!!
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I'm an RN-BSN with a few years of nursing experience. I'm scared that I shouldn't be a nurse held in such high regard with the position I'm working. For example, tonight, a patient was found on the floor, literally sitting on his bottom on the floor found by a CNA. She yelled for me and said what she found. I immediately went to the room, saw the patient sitting on the floor and was told by the patient that he tripped while transferring himself from bed to chair. I asked him if he was in any pain and asked the CNA to check his vitals (this is a recurring prob with this patient) Then my next thought was to start the proper paperwork, contact the people I'm supposed to (family, Dr., supervisor). As I walked out of the room, the CNA asked me "Aren't you going to help me get him off the floor?"... I wanted to slap myself in the face! Of course I want the patient off of the floor. Why wasn't that my immediate reaction??? I'm disgusted with myself because I walked out with a patient still on the floor. Even though no injuries were accrued, I'm scared to know what I would have done had the patient hit their head!!!