Space and August, do you remember learning in nursing school how the nurse was SUPPOSED to be the patient's advocate and that we were often the last line of defense? Just insane how that was inverted during Covid.
Space and August, do you remember learning in nursing school how the nurse was SUPPOSED to be the patient's advocate and that we were often the last line of defense? Just insane how that was inverted during Covid.
NAB, for real!! I look to examples like the nurse arrested for refusing to let a law enforcement officer bully her into drawing a tox screen (on a patient who was unable to provide informed consent). She was the patient's last line of defense (not condoning the patient drinking or doing drugs, but...) THAT is patient advocacy!
We were taught much the same in medical school, actually - our patient, our (I would say 'sacred,' but while they implied it was at that level, never said it) duty, our assessment (and rely on no one else's).
I certainly appreciated the nurse during the birth of my first child 45 years ago - Dr had no clue what to do when they realized the cord was wrapped around her little neck and I wasn’t ready to deliver.
Space and August, do you remember learning in nursing school how the nurse was SUPPOSED to be the patient's advocate and that we were often the last line of defense? Just insane how that was inverted during Covid.
NAB, for real!! I look to examples like the nurse arrested for refusing to let a law enforcement officer bully her into drawing a tox screen (on a patient who was unable to provide informed consent). She was the patient's last line of defense (not condoning the patient drinking or doing drugs, but...) THAT is patient advocacy!
I remember that case from Utah.
We were taught much the same in medical school, actually - our patient, our (I would say 'sacred,' but while they implied it was at that level, never said it) duty, our assessment (and rely on no one else's).
I certainly appreciated the nurse during the birth of my first child 45 years ago - Dr had no clue what to do when they realized the cord was wrapped around her little neck and I wasn’t ready to deliver.