I'm writing a novella online and one of my characters has been critically wounded via stabbing. She wakes to find herself in an ICU room and presses her call button. Here's my question, and I would...
StacieRN and everyone else who commented -- Thanks! Thank you, too, StacieRN, for stopping by the site. This is a wonderful community you nurses of every ilk have created. Any other professional...
StacieRN, thank you. Of course, I know that not everybody's response would be identical, but I did make adjustments because I want everything to be fairly authentic. I won't post the whole thing here...
Thanks to all who posted replies. I was ready to publish (I'm posting it online as I write it, first draft), so I quickly took all your input and re-worked this chapter. Here it stands: Bernie felt...
CardiacRN2006 - Thanks for those details about what you would do! This also helps me decide how long I'll have her in a coma, because this isn't a story about a long rehab process. This is part 10 of...
jerzytech, it wasn't quite as simple as "Well, gee, here's a red button." But that was pretty funny. Here is the scene so far, without any expert input (I was guessing about the nurse's actions) :...
This is excellent, jerzytech! Just the type of thing I was looking for. I'm sure the scene as I have it now would have looked pretty silly to all of you experts. Thank you very much. Anybody closer...