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Bakersfield nurse refuses CPR, elderly patient dies
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 583172" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The problem the nurse faces is that she has a duty to her employer, but as a nurse she also has a duty set by the board that licenses her and often they can take your license for not doing all you can in a situation like that regardless of corporate policy. My godmother was a senior nursing supervisor for years in Cincy and she had fits with the licensing boards on behalf of some of the nurses when she worked iwth homebound patients or coordinating care with assisted living facilities. Sometimes the licensing board said that even with a DNR the nurse should have done CPR, etc.... and wanted to suspend, fine, or take other punitive measures.</p><p></p><p>It is a tough situation to be in, and one of the hard things about working with the elderly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 583172, member: 1233"] The problem the nurse faces is that she has a duty to her employer, but as a nurse she also has a duty set by the board that licenses her and often they can take your license for not doing all you can in a situation like that regardless of corporate policy. My godmother was a senior nursing supervisor for years in Cincy and she had fits with the licensing boards on behalf of some of the nurses when she worked iwth homebound patients or coordinating care with assisted living facilities. Sometimes the licensing board said that even with a DNR the nurse should have done CPR, etc.... and wanted to suspend, fine, or take other punitive measures. It is a tough situation to be in, and one of the hard things about working with the elderly. [/QUOTE]
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