I had this patient who is actively dying and basically "comfort care" meaning treatment was stopped and measures to improve comfort are placed. If the patient's O2 is dropping from a previously...
A couple of times I have had comfort care patients(meaning that treatment is stopped and only measures to improve comfort are taken such as pain medications, and repositioning) where the patients...
The infectious disease doctor put an order in for a sputum culture: tracheal aspirate and I didn't know how to obtain this(patient has a tracheostomy). No one else on my floor knew either. I thought...
Hi Everyone! Just joined this forum after being a longtime-lurker. So I started my first nursing job about three months ago on an Oncology/MedSurg floor after graduating with my BSN last May. I work...