I know your out there!!! NICU nurse right here!

When I called later & learned he had passed I quit then & there.

New Life Started 07/24/12

The more I think about it' date=' the less I want to go back. My last working environment was so hostile I literally have PTSD. My last day of work there was so bad I got so upset I ended up puking in the bathroom. This man was lucid, he was only in nursing home because he was physically disabled & had no family. He was only in his 60's. He had a viral stomach flu and asked to go to E.R. well, in KS, if a ward of the state goes to er the facility eats the ambulance cost. So @ our facility we had to have DON approval to call ambulance. So, when he asked to go to hospital the DON said no. He said, please I think I'm dieing. She looked at us & said "everyone has to die sometime" sure enough he died about 9 hours later from dehydration & kidney failure, I was off shift but still felt responsible. I reported her to the state, she lost her job but had done enough burying to save her license. Everytime I think about going back I think about that & I just can't do it. I should have called then told her.

New Life Started 07/24/12[/quote']

Wow!

The more I think about it' date=' the less I want to go back. My last working environment was so hostile I literally have PTSD. My last day of work there was so bad I got so upset I ended up puking in the bathroom. This man was lucid, he was only in nursing home because he was physically disabled & had no family. He was only in his 60's. He had a viral stomach flu and asked to go to E.R. well, in KS, if a ward of the state goes to er the facility eats the ambulance cost. So @ our facility we had to have DON approval to call ambulance. So, when he asked to go to hospital the DON said no. He said, please I think I'm dieing. She looked at us & said "everyone has to die sometime" sure enough he died about 9 hours later from dehydration & kidney failure, I was off shift but still felt responsible. I reported her to the state, she lost her job but had done enough burying to save her license. Everytime I think about going back I think about that & I just can't do it. I should have called then told her.

New Life Started 07/24/12[/quote']

Wow!

Midwife and NICU nurse (previous neonatal retrieval RN)!! Nurses Rock

Ortho/ms RN here. Currently teaching LPN students while I finish my masters to teach RNs. Funny how i put off my RNY for so long cause the nurse part of me was too scared of malnutrition, dumping etc. wish I did it sooner! (2 years out now)

Ortho/ms RN here. Currently teaching LPN students while I finish my masters to teach RNs. Funny how i put off my RNY for so long cause the nurse part of me was too scared of malnutrition, dumping etc. wish I did it sooner! (2 years out now)

I'm not a nurse, but I'm very thankful for each and every nurse who has ever crossed my path... You all rock!