tie_dye00

The LTC facilities I've ever worked at tend to be a little more lax on the narc counts than the acute facilities. Granted, I've never been in this situation exactly, but it sounds like you did what you were supposed to do based on the advice you were given. Hopfully the nurse manager will step up and explain that she/he had instructed to do exactly what you did. But I would also look up the exact policy your facility has on this issue too, just so you know how you need to handle this in the future.

#1 - When my dad had a stress test done a few years ago, Mom called to say everything was ok. She said the only thing of note was that his heart rate was a little slow. I explined that in very active people like my dad, it's common for them to have a slower pulse. Mom says, "They didn't say anything about his pulse, they said his heart rate was slow!!" #2 - A nurse I work with had a patient's son tell her that he had taken care of his father's "section 5 decub" all by himself.

day shift got popcorn and a soda, those of us on night shift got nothing. just a thank-you for working mandatory overtime for the last 5 months, always working short, and taking care of our record high inpatient census would be nice.