My patient caused her own code.

[Hailipaige]

Well said! I agree 100%. Inexcusable

[offlabel]

I find that most patients cause their own code in one way or another...btw...precedex isn't a bad way to give some sedation while weaning.

[Yuppers21]

What a nurse has available to sedate/wean with is entirely up to the physicians. Each hospital/physician has their own protocols and "comfort levels" if you will for what they do with patients needing sedation. Can a nurse ask for certain medications to assist with weaning or increased sedation? Of course! Does that mean it will just be handed to them if the physician is not accustomed to ordering those things? Consider for a moment that one might not fully understand the situation as explained and therefore doesn't have all the answers or the moral high ground.

Take the title of the thread for what (I assume) is it's intent: a little dark humor after a crappy, busy day.

We all know how ugly it can get when a patient has an undesirable outcome and lawyers get involved. No need to hash it out.

[TigerGalLE, BSN, RN]

This thread is super old. I am the OP. I actually work in the NICU now. When I reread my thread I thought I sounded a little harsh.. I actually left ICU because I was burned out and felt like I had lost compassion. I remember this day very clearly. It was a BAD day...

[CardiacDork, MSN, RN]

This thread is super old. I am the OP. I actually work in the NICU now. When I reread my thread I thought I sounded a little harsh.. I actually left ICU because I was burned out and felt like I had lost compassion. I remember this day very clearly. It was a BAD day...

We currently have a patient in my ICU that keeps biting down on his tube more so than most patients. I honestly wish I would sedate him and paralyze him sometimes. Lol. All for his own good of course