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Old Jul 8th, 2008, 06:25 PM   #1
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I am a registered nurse who was recently asked to perform a clinically invasive and dangerous procedure ( a platelet depletion , which involves a surgeon placing a heart catheter, and I then hook up the patient to a Cobe Spectra machine.) I had never been trained or done this procedure before this emergency call. My supervisor asked me to perform the procedure with no training by speaking to a Spectra mfg. rep. on the phone. I did not do the procedure, and was subsequently told I did not have confidence in my skills and perhaps I should look for other employment by the director of nursing. If the patient had died on my machine( a real possibilty because they are on the verge of a stroke before our arrival), could I have been sued ? Would my supervisor have shared the burden for instructing me to perform the procedure?

Can anyone give me a case citation(s) for a similar situation? I need something to back my stance, this has threatened my job security.

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Old Jul 8th, 2008, 07:51 PM   #2
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No way, the super would have said you were adement you were experienced, and left you twisiting in the wind. However you left out a critical piece of info. Was the proceedure preformed? If so my whom? Or did the Surgeon shove a hose in the patients heart and say, MY job is done!
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Old Jul 8th, 2008, 09:48 PM   #3
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OMG, what hospital is this? Yikes!
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