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There’s this guy whose been a frequent flier due to sepsis from infected IV sites from drug use. He has 8mg po prn dose of Dilaudid ordered. Which, of course, he starts asking for 2 hours before the next available dose. Not surprisingly, his blood pressure and heart rate have been trending downward.
Debbie, my former preceptor, came in one morning to find his pressure in the 80s. And he was on the call light for more. She went into his room and told him, “You’re going to die if you keep this up. One day you are not going to wake up.” She explained that his blood pressure and heart rate were very low and that she would not be bringing him more Dilaudid.
Later the aide came in to tell Debbie that the man had asked her if salt raises blood pressure. She told him it did. So he ate all the salt on his tray and was on the call light for more.
I love Charge Nurse, but she often says things that could be construed as racist or, at the very least, culturally obtuse. For example, she once said she didn’t think of me as being Hispanic because she considered me an American.
The other day the nurses decided that wanted pizza for lunch, and I was designated as the one to place the order. I was asking around to see what people liked or disliked for toppings. Charge Nurse turned to me and said,” Just don’t get any beans on the pizza.”
I and the others nearly died laughing, and she didn’t get it.
Because Charge Nurse thought she was telling me not to get weird healthy toppings.
