kelliebell2002 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing
I worked on an oncology unit and we had two pts in which we were waiting on the labs to see their blood counts before they could go home. the lab came and drew their blood but got the tubes switched...
kelliebell2002 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing
that made me laugh....when i was first out of nursing school ages ago , I went in a pts room to give a supp. she was large and obese and I had her lay on her side to insert it and didnt pay close...
kelliebell2002 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing
was in the same situation.....my patient choked and was a DNR. I partially removed the obstruction but when the emts got there they re-lodged it and the man died. I had to go to court to do a...