Before
I became a nurse, I worked as a Medical Assistant at a local women’s clinic in
Pittsburgh, PA. I worked in the lab and drew blood on about 50-60 people a day.
It was inevitable that out of the 50-60 people, at least one of them would
start to drop their pressure and pass out.
When
I became a nurse, the same sort of thing happened but sometimes it wasn’t
because I was drawing their blood – sometimes it was because they had a massive
GI bleed, were septic, or severely dehydrated.
What would be your initial independent nursing intervention if your
patient passed out? Pick one.
