Nurses General Nursing
Published Apr 5, 2008
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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RNperdiem, RN
4,592 Posts
the OR team is pushing the post-op patient's bed down the hall towards your unit at twice their usual speed.
facetiousgoddess
83 Posts
I'm surprised this one hasn't popped up...You get called in the room to help transfer a patient, in mid transfer, pt grabs left side of chest, gasps and goes slack....
Me to the aide....Hey hon pic up the phone dial 911....(while I start CPR)
Tres
SandraCVRN
597 Posts
Hey, ya'll quit talking about me...........
TigerGalLE, BSN, RN
713 Posts
This wasn't my pt but happened yesterday.... Change of shift.. pt on tube feedings... Nurse walks in room.. Pt unresponsive and limp... Lungs sound terrible... Page respiratory stat. Call rapid response.. NT suction and remove nothing but tons of light brown "secretions" or tube feeding really...... Pt died 2 hours later in ICU
aeauooo
482 Posts
The patient says "I'm going to die. I'm going to die!" and looks like they mean it.
My standard reply when someone tells me they are going to die:
"Not on my shift"
leslie :-D
11,191 Posts
even after working in hospice for 12 yrs, i'm always amazed when pts know when their time is up.
leslie
estherojin
39 Posts
when they order a rotoprone bed for your patient.
robfall
37 Posts
Any report begins; "I'm really sorry about this..."
running_nurse
50 Posts
on a terribly busy short-staffed night shift in the PICU at a level one trauma center (while I'm in charge AND the most "senior" nurse there with my 3 years of experience...)
an outside hospital calls about an intubated 7 year old with pneumonia and their helicopter (not our life flight) literally rolls up to the door with the patient with o2 sats of 76% on 100% FI02 and say "oh, yeah thats the best hes really been the whole flight.":bluecry1:
tanthalas
119 Posts
Oh, dear. lol
Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP
4 Articles; 5,259 Posts
When I was a brand-new nurse, I came on shift just after a code in which the pt (an elderly man) told his nurse, "I'm going home." She was very sweet but not known for being the brightest star in the sky; she responds, "I don't think so, Mr. X. You're going to be here for a few more days." Him: "I SAID, I'm going HOME." Couple minutes later: "SOMEBODY GET THE CRASH CART!"
Anytime a sick person talks about going home, my code radar twitches.
PageRespiratory!
237 Posts
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Or they karate kick open the door to the pacu pushing the bed at warp speed, then look around shiftily and say: "um, here you go, he's not doing so well"