October 9, 2012

Nursing Tuesday

 
 
 I haven't experienced an actual fall during any of my clinical shifts (thank GOD!). But I did have a near miss incident and it was my first clinical back at school this year, about 3 weeks ago. 
 
My patient had surgery and, according to the day nurse, had experienced a syncopal episode about an hour before I came onto the floor. 
 
So, of course, I had the actual nurse with me when getting her out of bed, just to be safe. And I am so glad that I did that. We were getting her off the commode and back into bed when she said she wasn't feeling good and totally PASSED OUT ON US MID TRANSFER!
 
Luckily she was the tiniest women alive and we could just pick her up and place her on the bed. But, being that this was the first time it happened to me, I was kind of freaked out. Having to yell into the hall to get another nurse to get a set of vitals and make sure everything was okay. Scary stuff people. 
But my clinical instructor said she was super proud of how I handled myself in that intense situation. And I am too. :)
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5 comments:

  1. Renee AriannaOctober 9, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    I haven't had a patient pass out mid-transfer ever! I would hate to think had it been a larger patient and not one that you could just lift back to bed. Thanks for linking up, Breanna!

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  2. UnknownOctober 9, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    Yay! Good for you! :)

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  3. ChatterBlossomOctober 9, 2012 at 1:24 PM

    I would be scared too!! Yikes!! Glad they had you there to help though cause I would definitely be useless in that situation! ;-)

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  4. BeccaOctober 9, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    Yikes, so glad she was small and you could just put her right back in bed! Good training for one day when you're working solo. I've had so many near misses but only one real fall, and that was when my patient weighed 300 lbs and I was still in nursing school on my first clinical rotation ever. Maybe if you learn early you can avoid it down the road...?

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  5. AnnaOctober 16, 2012 at 1:01 PM

    Oh my gosh, nice work! i've had patients pass out in their chairs and THEN we've had to hoist them into their beds! that's amazing though, you were there at exactly the right time. :) (thanks for linking up!)

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