moose210

I am interested in seeing ow you guys think.

I would I have to say I think I am leaning toward liking codes. At any rate codes like me. I refer to myself as the black cloud (jokingly of course). I have not made it through a year of nursing yet and have been in my fair share of codes. It was happening so often around me the lab guy thought I was on the code team. I have also started a new ritual (esp. when pulled to another floor) I look at all the charts and write down all the DNR on all the patient's on the floor not just my patients, charge nurse or not. I had been a part of codes before but the first two times I had to start the process: My charge nurse left the floor without telling me to smoke, I only had an LPN from another floor with me and a CNA. Standing in the med room beside the LPN pulling out unending meds I hear RN to room whatever and I had had the pt. the night before and thank goodness I knew he was a full code because she didn't appear to remember and took off to his room. Called the code and luckily the team was there within a blink of an eye. The guy did die, and it was disturbing because he had just been eating a popsicle and was okay, but the sad part was he had no family to call. The second most traumatizing code happened when I was pulled to work on another floor (it had not been 6 months and I was not supposed to be pulled for six months). I asked my charge nurse before I left the floor if there were other RN's up there or I was going to refuse to go. They called and assured me there were, and of course, that was no lie. There were two other RN's, however, the one in charge had been out of orientation one month longer than I had and the other one had been out three weeks. Neither of course with no code experience. I informed them of my black cloud that had seemed to be following me for about over a month and made it clear I wanted to know all their DNR's they complied thank God. On into the shift the three weeker was telling me about her pt. she thought he had had a change in mental status. I immediately made her go with me to assess him. He had a venti mask on already well it was pulled to the side and he stats were 70 before I replaced and tried to talk him into breathing better. It was apparent he was not with it and confirmed this was a change with her. I told her to go ahead call respiratory, the Dr. and to get someone to go ahead and put a bed alarm on him. Breathing better at this point. I stepped out the door to help her do these deeds. Respiratory came to his room and was standing at the door and said he was in the floor. The three weeker screamed for me, frazzled of course I went running to find the man on the floor, bleeding he had gotten up fell and hit his head I turned him over started compressions, while she was asking what to do I told her to get down there and help me. First broken ribs that is always a nice experience. (kinda makes you want to throw up) made her keep doing compressions while I jumped up and just put the venti mask on him that was all I had time for and the code team got there pretty fast and we actually got him back by the time they were there. To make this long story short, he died three days later anyways, but we did get a yellow card ( a show of appreciation at my hospital) from the doctor. Oh yeah that nurse from my regular floor heard the code and came to help me because she knew it was me and well of course she owed it to me after she abandoned me to go smoke. I thought you might appreciate that since you like codes.