selling my patient's blood for an emergency -patient and brought up to legal.

[Irwin0111]

My patient 84 years old with ongoing cystoclysis is in his day 13th under my care, the same for his 2 units of blood at the laboratory,expiring after 2 days.My nursing evaluation reveals no future use of bld transfusion. he has his meals taken well, lab results of hg was normal if he has a future use it would have been predictable.One patient on the otherhand medicine case with 3 times dialysis per week.his son is asking his physician for blood transfusion, for the patient was evidently weak, very pale, shouting in his struggles ofheadache, lab reasults shows hgb of 84 and he does not eat well enough. he has rupture of veins during his dialysis session.resident doctor is waiting confirmation of the request from the AP, and asked the son to start scouting for blood. Aware it is sunday he can't possibly buy blood anywhere for such an emergency need. So hewent to asked if i can help him and his dad.I offerred my patient blood without any approval from tha patient or his relative for that matter. Because i can't talked to my patient because he speaks a avery different language. My intention of taking the payment is to buy him blood from the other patient on my care that never gotten to use his blood. To replace his blood and to avoid expiration of his own available blood . for what I thought to be a helping gesture for an emergency need CAME OUT VERY COMPLICATED FOR ME TO HANDLE. it was brought up to legal because co nurses went on their way on exagerate things because of the money i accepted.what can be a better way to hadle the case on my part?

[oramar]

Wow, did you open my eyes. I hadn't a clue this was a problem. How sad for the desperate families looking for blood to save a loved one. How sad for the medical staff trying desperately to help. What else is for sale, hearts, lungs???