You Know the patient is going bad when...

[Nurseboy1]

You know the patient is going bad when their PA pressure is higher than their blood pressure (Pt quickly coded and died)

Feel free to add and keep the list going!

[kayla123]

No one can identify the rhythm.:heartbeat

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

You get that "oh heck" feeling and just HAVE to go check him one more time. Nurses' intuition.

Old lady due to be discharged starts speaking to her hubby who passed 20 years "I'm coming

home honey, see you tomorrow."

[tanthalas]

The patient doesn't wake up to you doing a trapezius squeeze.

[leslie :-D]

your pt says, "oh ****" with their face turning 10 shades of gray.

leslie

[barefootlady, ADN, RN]

the changes in vs, resp, and lung sounds are subtle then you notice complexion change, nostrils are slightly flared and ears are pinned back. Something big is going to happen.

[BluntForceTrauma]

You know the patient is going bad when their PA pressure is higher than their blood pressure (Pt quickly coded and died)

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Along with being maxed out on all available pressors!!

[shellsgogreen]

they've spent the last week ringing the call bell every five minutes for things like

"fluff my pillows"

then suddenly they stop calling:uhoh21:

[oldiebutgoodie, RN]

You get report from the ER, and they say BP is 60/40. Oh, and patient is 95.

Oldiebutgoodie

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

The patient gasps and goes from a normal Caucasian color to the color of a Smurf.

The patient says "Oh, the angels are singing! Don't you hear the angels singing?"

The patient says "I'm going to die. I'm going to die!" and looks like they mean it.

[TigerGalLE, BSN, RN]

You walk in the room.. shake your pt... and all you hear is "glug...glug"

[Penny8611]

Old lady due to be discharged starts speaking to her hubby who passed 20 years "I'm coming

home honey, see you tomorrow."

Aw. How bittersweet!