Both sides: We are currently required to do a shift to shift brief bedside report and not wake a patient if they are sleeping. The point is to double check things like IVs, patient condition etc. It is also to improve accountability for things not do...
deminurse replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing
A nurse I worked with stayed overtime said she didn't feel well. Based on her color charg nurse whisked her into a wheelchair and to ED. She had an dissecting aortic aneurysm and did well.
deminurse replied to diamondp17's topic in Relations
I once had a patient yell out, "Nurse, nurse when I die I'm going to haunt you!" In a very eerie voice. I'd have taken multiple calls on the call light over that!