Performing CPR and holding hands. Interview by Barbara Sibbald.
A while back, ER nurse Janet MacDonald was caring for an elderly woman who had suffered a small stroke. The woman was scheduled for a CT scan the next morning, but when MacDonald told her she'd have to go home she became very upset and said she was scared. Very scared. "It was like a slap in the face," says MacDonald, who realized she wasn't caring for the patient's needs, just the hospital's. The nurse in charge agreed the woman needed to stay and they found a place for her.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*