Comments on: Da-dum-dum

By: catherine m coonfield

catherine m coonfield — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:37:34 +0000

I just found these blogs and have enjoyed reading them. I’m an RN supv at a rehab center.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 23:13:54 +0000

GOOD READING MATERIAL!!

By: Azygos

Azygos — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:00:37 +0000

Good story, wish my students would read more medical/nursing blogs.

I once had a 50/50 patient in the ED. The doctor said put a mask on him. I discussed my concerns that the man would stop breathing because of high levels of O2.

That’s nothing to be concerned with, the doc responded. I put the O2 mask on the patient and set up the intubation equipment. Twenty minutes later I asked the doc to come in and intubate the patient. His C02 had risen to 92 from 50.

Yea, don’t listen to the nurse, we don’t know what we’re doiong.

By: GruntDoc

GruntDoc — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 05:19:02 +0000

Excellent work. And a perfect example of how nurses can tell docs what their patients need.

By: Alwin Hawkins

Alwin Hawkins — Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:39:59 +0000

Which is a dynamite example of “treat the patient, not the numbers.”

And “be in the moment, not the future.”

And “do your utmost to keep from committing critical care on a patient unless absolutely necessary.”

Good story, Geena.