Lost in Space

talaxandra · Dec 1, 2005

That's just disturbing. Those patients were so lucky you wre there :)

mtnmom · Dec 1, 2005

First, you need to go up the chain of command, write up an incident report to get risk management/administration's attention that the supervisor and fellow staff nurses and the doc are clueless/don't give a s***. You all are darned lucky that only the one patient died. Next time the unit might not be so lucky.

Second, i dont know the laws in your state but in GA I could lose my license for tubing someone even if I were comfortable performing the skill (i know just what I had to learn to pass ACLS). Even if it were to save someone's life!!! which brings us back to the first paragraph.

Do they realize how lucky they were to have you there?

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Dec 1, 2005

Wow, I can see why you sound so angry. I am not a nurse. Bless your heart. That patient was lucky you were on shift.

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Dec 2, 2005

Aggravating, isn't it? You can only do what you can at the time.

As I was reading your post I was thinking about what I saw people do during codes when I was a hospital supervisor. It's quite interesting. The nurse who you caught running back and forth doing nothing except moving is a far too common occurrence during codes that you would think. It's because these poor things really don't know how to be helpful during the code and they are not thinking clearly and rationally. These are people who need to be directed to do specific tasks during the code, otherwise they are basically useless.

Trauma Columnist · Dec 2, 2005

Wow - it sounds like your risk management dept is gonna be busy!