Nurse prevented resident from calling code

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A nurse is unable to physically keep anyone from calling a code, however that code is defined by your various institutions. A better statement would be; the nurse didn’t want me to call the code. You’re an intern, get used to dealing with difficult, headstrong, condescending nurses. If you know a code is the right thing, call the code.

 

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My son's pain is 10/10 and the pain meds aren't working.

OMG I'm calling for a code blue!

Worked at a hospital that had a RRT button on the wall. Family would do exactly this. Sometimes would prefer this to the call light because they answered quicker lol.

 

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At my home hospital the rapid response button was on the wall. Literally anyone could call it.

Codes were different, just staff

Did this include non-clinical? I remember at my old hospital any staff could call codes via PA.

 

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A nurse is unable to physically keep anyone from calling a code, however that code is defined by your various institutions. A better statement would be; the nurse didn’t want me to call the code. You’re an intern, get used to dealing with difficult, headstrong, condescending nurses. If you know a code is the right thing, call the code.

This is the part that struck me too. I've seen EVS, dietary call codes without hesitation and later were educated about it but no-one batted an eye when they initially made the call overhead.

 

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I didn't even know nurses could do that...

If I had a quarter for every time I heard this