Diploma'82

Could he have aspirated prior to admission if he did aspirate? You were in contact with Doctors the entire time. Yes, a rapid may have got them there sooner, but be nice to yourself you have learned from this and can use it to teach others. Hope the patient is OK.

The patient was OK! That gut-wrenching feeling means you have learned a lesson that you will use to teach others and that you won't make again. As the others have said...Be kind to yourself!

Amen to this!

Had 2 nurses quit at the same time right after their orientation was complete. One was because she applied for a certain job and then the manager would not let her do that job, don't blame her. The other was a new grad whose dream job came up. Was very frustrating for the staff who were pulling extra shifts already because above mentioned manager chased everyone off when she was hired, and costly for the hospital.

I say Bravo! Saving a LIFE is more important than letting someone die. If she were to lose her license I believe she could live with herself not being a nurse any longer than living her life knowing that because she did not act someone (in this case a child) died. Bravo that she has worked to get the glucagon on the list for school nurses. Also she should have the support of the parent(s) of this child and the child's doctor since they failed to have a prescription available for this BRITTLE diabetic. IMHO.

I had a back spasm once that the only way to get rid of it was to lay on the floor, but I put a bath blanket down to lay on and I did it out of sight of anyone else. I worked night shift, so not many people around and I told my co-workers what I was doing so they didn't freak out if they happened to come in where I was doing this. I agree this nurse IS disrespecting his manager.

This was the exact thing that happened prior to me quitting my job. I was the one who stood up and tried to make upper management aware and was ignored, after I quit one of my "friends"/co-worker told me that all of my co-workers knew I was going to "snap" but did nothing to support me. I was traumatized by the whole situation, and am not sure I will go back to nursing.

Ok call me dumb, What is YMMV?

In the old days art line flush bags had heparin in them but that fell out of favor several years ago. I have only flushed art lines with the bag of saline hanging.

I would tell my co-workers if they mentioned a pt's name they had to take care of them when they are admitted to our unit...80% of the time that pt would be admitted that night or the next.

You did nothing wrong...you took good care of your pt and it was her time to go.

Thanks for this article, diploma grad of 1982

Don't forget not everyone drinks coffee or tea and nurses can be diabetics too (I am).

If you say the "Q" word it will be "Q" no more!

Same thing happens at my hospital with the ICU nurses. We float to the floor and it is like it is a holiday for the med surg nurses. When we float we work as LPNs but I'm not an LPN so have to ask (I'm new to this hospital) what the heck am I suppose to be doing???