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DNR/DNI: My Code Blue
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The charge nurse, Mark, headed into the empty room to make sure everything was set up properly. “What is going on with that neuro patient? 8221; “It's a dump, (on us by Neuro ICU), she is about to code.” I say. Hal concurs “It is a dump,” he says. We will need backup. 8221; We stammer, ashamed “All…All we have up here is clean tubing…”...I am pushed out...
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DNR/DNI: November 2008
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Sunday, November 30, 2008. Waiting for a Miracle. At a glance, Mrs. Brown did not look so bad. Something about her face seemed odd, but the breathing tube distracted from that. Her body had no open wounds or oozing punctures. It was not blown up with fluids and there was no foul smell. Everything looked normal, but the first touch told a different story. Friday, November 21, 2008.
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DNR/DNI: July 2008
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Saturday, July 19, 2008. Final post on Mrs. Hardy. Mrs Hardy had had three dialysis treatments over the last five days to correct her critical metabolic acidosis. This had brought her back from the brink, but she continued to decline slowly and would have required continuous dialysis. “How aggressive do we want to be, considering her condition? 8216;Go ahead and pull the plug! This we...
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DNR/DNI: August 2008
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Friday, August 22, 2008. 8220;Where is the documentation, Lori! We need the documentation! I have a tendency to speak too directly too soon. Friends have told me this. Lori continues to avoid my gaze. I had not meant to disturb her like this. I lean forward. I want to say, “Lori, it’s me Leo! Don’t you remember? We went to school together for ten years when we were kids! I ask the dau...
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DNR/DNI: December 2008
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Wednesday, December 31, 2008. My Code (final post). The code gets up to full speed. One of the nurses asks how many times we are going to do this. “Someone needs to bring the family! 8221; I call out. This time my words find purchase. Eyes turn to the fellow. The rest of the team does not know about our conversation. Will she take this as a challenge to her authority? 8221; and exits.
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DNR/DNI: January 2009
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Saturday, January 31, 2009. Visits to Saint Elizabeth's. 8221; he says through the pills. He brings his head forward and spits the pills back into the cup. “These aren’t mine, they’re Derek’s! 8221; “Well give them to Derek then! I am assigned to the room with another nursing student to observe the session. The inmates speak amongst themselves while the counselors talk to each oth...
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DNR/DNI: Another Glorious Save
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Saturday, September 12, 2009. Mrs Hardy is quite clearly doomed. She had a gastric bypass operation (she weighs more than 400 pounds). If anyone knows whether the hernias she developed afterwards had anything to do with the surgery, they are not saying. We have our suspicions. No one has said anything about brain damage! What difference did it make? Lynn was done thinking about her em...
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DNR/DNI: How to deliver bad news (not)
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Sunday, July 18, 2010. How to deliver bad news (not). 8221; Her friend starts to tease her about it lightly, but Tina does not see the humor in it. She is a good nurse. As the fellow heads out of the room a technician from bed supply comes in. “Is this the New Para? Glad to see you back in the saddle. July 19, 2010 at 7:45 PM. July 28, 2010 at 3:49 PM. I do not envy you. It takes ...
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DNR/DNI: December 2009
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. The charge nurse, Mark, headed into the empty room to make sure everything was set up properly. “What is going on with that neuro patient? 8221; “It's a dump, (on us by Neuro ICU), she is about to code.” I say. Hal concurs “It is a dump,” he says. We will need backup. 8221; We stammer, ashamed “All…All we have up here is clean tubing…”...I am pushed out...
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DNR/DNI: February 2009
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Truth, it seems, is always bashful, easily reduced to silence by the too blatent encroachment of falsehood" Solzhenitsyn. Thursday, February 19, 2009. Nursing on the High Wire cont. The respiratory therapist tried for the blood gas on the other wrist. Another RT was getting ready to try when she hit the artery and the syringe began to fill with blood. The MICU resident arrived. He examined the patient. Was this CO2 narcosis? Was the patient of clear mind when I spoke to him this morning? I turned to the ...
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