charmayn05

well thank you all for your input. i received a call saying i would return to work next week. im not sure what has happened to the other nurse involved. by the way, i am planning to get liability insurance asap.

the pt's nurse isnt blaming me. i was only told of my own suspension. i would assume she has been suspended as well.

We have a new DON, i dont think she wants to make any exceptions. The only way I wouldve known the code status is by looking in the chart. There arent any symbols in the room nor anything on the armbands.I feel like a fool simply because I have no control over whats going on. I have no idea how this is going to affect my job or my license. And honestly, I worked to damn hard for this to just blow up in my face.

the pt was transferred to the bathroom by wheelchair to use the toilet by his aide. he was transferred back to bed using the wheelchair. i went to get a manual blood pressure cuff & glucometer. later i found out the pt had diabetes, chf,hypotension, & cancer (everywhere). he was not expected to pass, he was there for therapy.

no cpr.

Ive been working prn at a ltc/snf for 6 months as a new nurse. This week I went in to assist an aide who said she needed help. (this was not my assigned hallway) The pt was unresponsive, but still breathing & had a pulse. I left the pt with the aide to get the VS machine & his nurse. Later, I leave the room several times to get things his nurse asks for. The last return, was during the transfer of the pt out of the bathroom & to his bed. He passed while doing so. His nurse tells the aides to prepare the body & I leave the room to begin my morning med pass. Later, the nurse says to me the pt was a full code.FULL CODE! I trusted her & her judgement & I was a fool. Now, I have been suspended, pending an investigation. I just got my license & I feel like its about to be snatched out of my hands. Please offer any advice.

Im thinking of attending Galen's lpn to rn program. A little background: my husband is in the army & preparing to deploy for a year next month. This is the perfect time for me to head back to school, so we can finally have some babies when he returns. However, there are some complications. He will not return to tampa as he has been reassigned to another duty station (Ive just decided to stay in tampa til he returns) so I do not want a program that will keep me from being close to him when he gets back. And you may ask why not go to school where he'll be stationed: theres no guarantee he will be at that base very long, he may receive orders again. Galen's program is 15 months, which i dont mind. My concerns are whether graduates are having difficulty finding jobs based on the school not being accredited by the nln or ccne? Please fill me in. I really want to accomplish my rn while the hubby is gone, if anyone else has other suggestions let me know.

Im thinking of attending Galen's lpn to rn program. A little background: my husband is in the army & preparing to deploy for a year next month. This is the perfect time for me to head back to school, so we can finally have some babies when he returns. However, there are some complications. He will not return to tampa as he has been reassigned to another duty station (Ive just decided to stay in tampa til he returns) so I do not want a program that will keep me from being close to him when he gets back. And you may ask why not go to school where he'll be stationed: theres no guarantee he will be at that base very long, he may receive orders again. Galen's program is 15 months, which i dont mind. My concerns are whether graduates are having difficulty finding jobs based on the school not being accredited by the nln or ccne? Please fill me in. I really want to accomplish my rn while the hubby is gone, if anyone else has other suggestions let me know.