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I'm in shock, complete shock. How tragic - how awful - my prayers and my family's prayers going out to all their family and friends.

This is Harold. He used to be a retail manager, but now he's a student nurse. Because there's a nursing shortage and nurses make really good money.

I live in FL and used to work for Baycare. Loved it! No matter where they house you in Pinellas County, you aren't more than 20 minutes from a great beach. Hospitals include: Morton Plant, Mease Countryside, Mease Dunedin, North Bay, St. Anthony's, St. Joseph's, and more, but try to get into one of those if you're a beach-lover.

conurrent review, perhaps?

Completely unethical and a huge waste of resources right there. But back to the original post - I'm not an ER nurse, but I completely understand and agree with the op's point. Even if that supposedly stable pt crashes suddenly, there are ways that iv meds can be given. Maybe your dude hasn't been checked off on them yet?

given the state of the economy and budget-cutting measures that cut programs that help low-income folks, i figured this would happen. not good. i'm also seeing the results of folks who have run out of their meds, some with dire consequences. one of the big reasons i was for obama-care.

We used to have to share the ekg machine with a sister unit. I always wanted one that would roll faster. Lightweight would be good.

another case for private rooms....

I agree, but I'll go a step further to say that the root of this problem could very well lie in staffing. No one has time to educate effectively any more because the hospital systems are geared to a "get 'em in and get 'em out" mentality. At the same time, we're trying to educate people who are under an extreme amount of stress to understand processes and procdures that took us years of education and experience to understand. Expect to see more of this type of response unless some changes are made.

Or perhaps, a warning--since the culprit is still unknown and could be an ER coworker, patient or family member.

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/pinellas/billboards-to-help-murdered-mothers-autistic-son-110310 Larsen's death is a tragic loss for her family, our profession and our community.

My opinion is that this relates to nursing in that this was a colleague, a fellow nurse, and it is a loss for the profession as well as inferential evidence of the disproportion degree of violence against nurses as opposed to other professions. It is a tragedy that affects us all. My condolences to her family.

I'm including this news story link because it has details about the trust fund for aidric. this hits especially close to home for me because i don't live far from where it happened, and it particularly disturbs me that this talented young nurse was so violently murdered when she actively tried to get the guy away from her. http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/family-copes-with-young-mothers-death-10272010

another news station's story: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/homicide-in-seminole-heights-10262010

this is so horrible, i'm outraged and heartbroken for her and her little boy. i'm definitely making a contribution to aidric's fund. another news story states that she had filed a domestic injunction against her killer last month. http://wtsp.com/news/topstories/story.aspx?storyid=153182&catid=250 larsen hunt, young mother who was murdered, was nurse at tampa general hospital hunt was a nurse in the neo-natal intensive care unit at tampa general. her co-workers are distraught. on wednesday her supervisor pam sanders called her a wonderful nurse and a beautiful person. hunt was also the mother of a 5-year-old boy. aidric is autistic and hunt's family is in the process of setting up a fund for his care.