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No worries I don't expect you to remember all the details. I just wonder what the protocol was for vent check....at my hospital RT does vent check every 2 hours and suctions the patient. In between it is the nurses responsibility to suction the pt if needed. I've seen scenarios like you mentioned where the nurse would ignore the alarms and not even think to call RT for help but just wait until they happened to drop by or came around for vent check.

It could have been a mucus plug. Maybe the pt was not suctioned as he should have been. Ambu bagging the pt and then saline lavage prior to suction would get the plug.

Thanks for all the comments. I really appreciate all the feedback. I know I have to get over it but we were friendly with each other and I genuinely don't like to make others feel bad. I think she was embarrassed that she cheated and since we were friendly didn't think I would be bothered by her cheating. @ kgh31386 she really did cheat. I saw her do it and she actually told me about it twice, right after the exam and then when we received our grades. I was annoyed by it both times and slightly more after she got an almost perfect score. When she told me about it the first time I was just surprised by her cheating because she was so against it in the past and talked about turning in those cheaters.

Thank you all for the comments. I don't think what I said in the text was all that bad against her. It was obviously a rant more about grades than her personally. I do feel that she is playing the victim and while I don't feel that I did anything wrong I can understand how she might feel. Maybe she thinks I've had something against her the whole time. I just feel as if I'm back in high school; we're both in are 30s btw. I was just hoping that since I apologized we could get past this. I know we won't be having lunch together but I was hoping for something at least civil. We are in a very small group and there arn't even hellos exchanged between us. When I happen to look in her direction she turns away. Well, I will just do my thing and not let this bother me. Thanks again.

I'm new here and this is my first post. I have enjoyed reading the board in the past and thought I'd seek some advice. I feel really uncomfortable with a classmate. It is my own fault as I made a very stupid emotional mistake. She refuses to talk to me and it's become obvious to other classmates. Clinical starts soon and I'm worried about instructors and hospital staff noticing the tension between us. I don't want to come off unprofessional and this is causing me unwanted stress and anxiety. This all came about because I sent a text to my classmate that was meant for my sister. In it I called her annoying because she cheated on an exam and received almost a perfect score. I only scored a 75 and was a bit down about it. She noticed this and told me "if it makes you feel any better I cheated." Well, it didn't make me feel any better, I was actually just really annoyed by it. So in the moment I fired off a text to my sister just to vent but sent it to the classmate instead. I apologized to her and explained that I had no harsh feelings towards her. I told her I was not satisfied with my low score and should not have lashed out at her. She accepted but then later said that she could no longer speak to me. I apologized again and told her I understand where she is coming from. I thought I could move on and just focus on what I need to do but that is proving to be hard. I feel that she is trying to ruin my reputation with others, but I know that could just be paranoia on my part. Would you switch groups if you were in this situation? Even If I asked I'm not sure If I could at this point. I need to find a way to deal with this and perform my best at clinical.