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I can't even wrap my head around this one.
I wonder if any substances are involved with this behavior? What a crazy event to have happen, I get we have family and patients that can go a little crazy sometimes, but you would never expect it from staff!
You never know I guess. Sounds like he is just really burnt out and maybe exhausted from lack of sleep?
Annnie
AnnieOaklyRN said:I wonder if any substances are involved with this behavior? What a crazy event to have happen, I get we have family and patients that can go a little crazy sometimes, but you would never expect it from staff!You never know I guess. Sounds like he is just really burnt out and maybe exhausted from lack of sleep?
Annnie
The first thing that should be done in a case like this (after the immediate arrest) is a trip to the ER for a urine tox screen. Way more to this story and odds are, diversion is part of it.
Oh goody. He retired.
He seems quite blasé about the whole thing in the article and seems to place the blame on the nurses: "they don't seem to know the dangers of alarm fatigue ..."
There is never, ever an excuse to put your hands on someone, never mind strangling someone to the point of unconsciousness.
There needs to be more outrage. This should not be a norm.
pixierose said:Oh goody. He retired.He seems quite blasé about the whole thing in the article and seems to place the blame on the nurses: "they don't seem to know the dangers of alarm fatigue ..."
There is never, ever an excuse to put your hands on someone, never mind strangling someone to the point of unconsciousness.
There needs to be more outrage. This should not be a norm.
No one is even outraged on this thread. Nurses are our own worst enemies.
morte, LPN, LVN
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Perhaps this is why Depakote works as a "mood stabilizer"?