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So last night I'm on call in the SICU. Things are slow, I'm chilling out, catching up on some reading, when the charge nurse (a good friend of mine) gets called to a Rapid Response (basically a pre-code vs. "Damn the Floor Nurses are Stupid!").
About 20 minutes later, she and two of the other SI nurses come rolling a patient into the room across from where I was sitting, calling out for my help as they came. Mindy, the charge nurse was position astride the patient, giving chest compressions while her assistants are bagging and running for supplies.
Naturally,I get up and run to the bedside, sending someone to get airway supplies and drugs. The room is dark, patient is covered... and when I reach for arm to check pulse.... there is no patient. Everyone laughs.
I'm a good sport, and appreciate the effort put into such a great burn. That does not mean that I let it go. This is a slippery slope, people. If these nurses think they are funnier than me, what is my role in the SICU?
Anyone have any ideas on how to get them back in the last couple of nights here?
About 20 minutes later, she and two of the other SI nurses come rolling a patient into the room across from where I was sitting, calling out for my help as they came. Mindy, the charge nurse was position astride the patient, giving chest compressions while her assistants are bagging and running for supplies.
Naturally,I get up and run to the bedside, sending someone to get airway supplies and drugs. The room is dark, patient is covered... and when I reach for arm to check pulse.... there is no patient. Everyone laughs.
I'm a good sport, and appreciate the effort put into such a great burn. That does not mean that I let it go. This is a slippery slope, people. If these nurses think they are funnier than me, what is my role in the SICU?
Anyone have any ideas on how to get them back in the last couple of nights here?