May 18, 2009Reader Success Story: A united communication effort among nurses
I followed a doctor in his rounds who proscribed narcotics for a chemically-dependent patient. The nurse told him,
- My training says we shouldn’t put chemically-dependent patients on narcotics. I’m concerned about patient care.
The doctor was dismissive and I didn’t think too much about it. Later in rounds he proscribed narcotics again and the second nurse said exactly the same thing. Over the week I followed this doctor, I heard several nurses raise the same objection. It was clear to me that they had collaborated to respond that way – and it worked. By the end of the week the doctor no longer routinely proscribed narcotics for chemically-dependent patients.
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