Nursing Improving Patient Outcomes

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

You guys would be proud of me. Dr. B who is on consult says to Dr. A the primary "your patient really has improved in one day you cured him! His lungs sound so clear today" Dr. A says "No it's your help with the antibiodics that helped." "No, my antibiodics couldn't have helped that fast."

I shut them both up and interupt "It's my diligent nursing care that improved him. If I hand't been on top of his low urine output, if I hadn't been diligent about turning and nasotrach suctioning him, his lungs would still be sounding crappy. (No one NT suctions like me, I have a gift there). So it's nurses that cured him."

They both looked dumbfounded, laughed and acknowledged that I was indeed correct, that it was the nursing care that made a difference.

Every now and then I need to be reminded, as burned out and fried as I am right now, that I do make a difference. We all do. :balloons:

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

wooooooooooooooooooot !!!appl.gif bis.gif good for you!!!

never hurts to woot.. uh, i mean toot your own horn now and then ! 45.gif

(if we don't... who will?)

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Tweety, if I ever get sick, I wanna make sure I'm on your floor! :D

Good for you!

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Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

AWESOME!!!!

:balloons: :balloons:

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Good for you Tweety!!! I too have made these comments to my ICU docs when I've been frustrated by their 'mutual admiration' conversations that exclude excellent nursing care as the reason for the patient'

s improvement and survival.! :)

I feel we should ALL do this FREQUENTLY!!!

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You are totally cool!! What awesom timing!!

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:balloons: Kudos, Tweety!!!! :balloons:

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

YOU ROCK IN MY BOOK tweety.....

all nurses do. Thank you for reminding us what a difference NURSING makes in the outcomes of our patient's care.

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You can suction my nose any day guy!

Thanks for sticking up for us.

JacelRN :p

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.
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Tweety....

You absolutely, 100%, ROCK!!!!!!!! Sometimes..these doc's just have to be put in their place!!! That was a wonderful thing for you to say to them!!! I think sometimes doc's get soooo wrapped up in their own stuff....that they forget that we literally are their ears, eyes, nose, etc...when they aren't around. It is soooooo true that nurses play probably the biggest role in patient outcome. Once again Tweet....you rock!! :balloons:

Luv,

Snoop'

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Go Tweety! That was for all nurses who don't get the appreciation they deserve!

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