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1. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Absolutely agree with you KelRN215 and thanks for taking the time to respond (as well as everyone else who has responded). Patient did not have a DNR order in place. From what my friend told me, the nurse who attended as well as the manager who gave...

2. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Thanks for your reply JerseyBSN. The patient did not have a DNR order in place. I, like you, was also surprised hat the manager did not direct the nurse to call an ambulance, but instead organised for 2 nurses to go together at a later time.

3. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Hi Union-Jack, Thanks for your reply, I am not asking you to judge the RN for the call which they made. I am just wanting to know what other people would do in this situation if they were confronted with it. I should have worded my initial post bette...

4. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Hi KelRN215. The nurse who visited the patient was familiar with the patient and has visited this patient many times in the past. The patient normally left the door open for the nurses and because the patient didnt answer the door they became concern...

5. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Yes, it has always been drilled into me that we never leave a patient in a scenario like this. And I am also surprised about the advice which was given by the manager.

6. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Hi amoLucia, I do not think you should assume that because I am a first time poster on this forum, then that also means that I am new to nursing. When my best friend told me of this situation which occurred in his workplace, I was actually quite shoc...

7. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   My response would be to call the ambulance STAT as time may be of the essence. And am just wanting to know what other people would do in this situation who come from a wide spectrum with different levels of experience.

8. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   Hi Wuzzie, Was just wanting everyone's opinions on what other people (opinions from a spectrum of different nurses with different levels of experience) would do in the situation and what our responsibilities would be relating to duty of care.

9. Duty of care? Opinions please

   sharpie12 replied to sharpie12's topic in Safety

   [The manager told the nurse that they would organize for another nurse to go along with them at a later time. Like after the patient died?] Sorry, what I meant by 'later time' was several hours later that day, as the first nurse did not feel comforta...

10. Duty of care? Opinions please

    sharpie12 posted a topic in Safety

    Hi, I work in a hospital and my best friend who works as a home visiting nurse was recently telling me about something he had heard about in his workplace. A nurse went to visit a patient at home and they did not answer their door, the door was unloc...