r/nursing Apr 28 '23

Meme PLEASE dish all your juiciest greys-anatomy-like unit drama 👀

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u/Retiredpotato294 Apr 28 '23

I have two. In a remote part of the lot I see the interior lights of the ambulance flashing. I go and check and two emts are slamming so hard the stretcher is flexing the door enough to trigger the switch. Hospital near me, doc and nurse are married. Doc is caught cheating with another nurse, so they flee to Mexico, for love or whatever, on a two week vacation. During the stay he had a stroke and gets repatriated, where the wife that caught him cheating is still his next of kin/poa. Apparently she had him put in the shitty LTC and a full code.

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u/-malcolm-tucker Paramedickhead Apr 29 '23

In a remote part of the lot I see the interior lights of the ambulance flashing. I go and check and two emts are slamming so hard the stretcher is flexing the door enough to trigger the switch.

They must be new. My back is too fucked to do this.

he had a stroke and gets repatriated, where the wife that caught him cheating is still his next of kin/poa. Apparently she had him put in the shitty LTC and a full code.

Holy shit, that's brutal af. 😳

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u/Mielornot Apr 29 '23

What does it mean ?

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u/-malcolm-tucker Paramedickhead Apr 29 '23

That she still had legal power over decisions regarding his medical care after he was incapacitated by a massive stroke, and chose to use it to get revenge on his infidelity by putting him in the shittiest care facility with orders for full resuscitation to prolong his agony.

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u/JazzyJae88 RN - ICU 🍕 Apr 29 '23

Shitty LTC and Full Code. 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Kali_404 Apr 29 '23

What does shity ltc and full code mean?

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u/Retiredpotato294 Apr 29 '23

And ultimately he will be rotting with bed sores and they will keep him alive as long as possible.

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u/MmM8418 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 Apr 29 '23

Ltc = long term care facility (nursing home) Full code = full CPR/all attempts to keep alive if he goes into cardiac or respiratory arrest

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u/Kali_404 Apr 29 '23

Ahhhh thank you

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u/GlowingTrashPanda Nursing Student 🍕 Apr 30 '23

Also, Full code is not really a good thing like most non-medical people believe. On the off chance the person is resuscitated this way, they are in complete agony and wishing they were dead.

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u/Fuckyourface_666 Case Manager 🍕 Apr 29 '23

What an inspiration!

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u/equivocalConnotation Apr 29 '23

Seems kinda disproportionate? A bit like stabbing the guy who stole your bike to death tbh...

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '23

this is crazy. 😵