I am a LPN in CT. Tonight I was working the 3-11 shift. At my facility our floor has 2 units, with 22 patients on each unit. At 5p the nurse on the other unit asked me if she could go home at 9pm. I...
I work in a long term care facility. Last night I had a resident who has sleep apnea and is non-compliant with her bi-pap and also has a history of acute respiratory hypercapnia and hypoxia. Around...
There was a page in the patient's chart that said DNR/DNI and nothing else. Usually we just look at that one page because it's a quick way to find someone's code status instead of reading their whole...