Understatements
A guest professor made the following comment on a recent class on shock:
"Dead is not a good outcome."
Can I use that in a care plan???
A fellow student made the comment the other day after we finished our patient simulator session, "I really don't think I could work in the ED." Huge understatement for her. The scenario was an unresponsive patient with pulseless V-tach. She was the primary RN and just stood there. No "Call a Code!", no, "Start CPR!", no "Get the AED!", etc. Just stood there. Kind of scary. We graduate in like 3 months and I'm thinking those are kind of basic skills that every nurse should know even if they don't work in the ED.
"Dead is not a good outcome."
Can I use that in a care plan???
A fellow student made the comment the other day after we finished our patient simulator session, "I really don't think I could work in the ED." Huge understatement for her. The scenario was an unresponsive patient with pulseless V-tach. She was the primary RN and just stood there. No "Call a Code!", no, "Start CPR!", no "Get the AED!", etc. Just stood there. Kind of scary. We graduate in like 3 months and I'm thinking those are kind of basic skills that every nurse should know even if they don't work in the ED.
posted by Shannon @ 7:24 PM
1 Comments:
At 12:27 AM,
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I just read your blog from beginning to end. I'm a BSN student working on finishing my third year. Your stories are very funny and I could relate to everything. I'm starting my own anonymous 'nursing student' blog now. Thanks for the great read!
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