"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Really? Can a nurse start an IV, cardiovert, or give life-saving
injections
to non-family members, legally and without medical direction? Can
your
wife perform a tracheotomy? Can she perform a cut-down if she can't
find a
vein? Can she order a helicopter evac? My wife is an RN,
incidentally, so
you can't BS your way out of this.



It's hard for me to believe for a second that your wife is an RN with
the above comments. Suzanne works at St. Francis, which is also a heart
hospital. It's one of the best hospitals in NY. Starting an IV is BASIC
to her job requirements.

Right, but she cannot start one without a doctor's order. Ask her, you
dunce.

She also must be able to give injections,
administer drugs (after so ordered by an MD)

Isn't that what I said. Duh.

and so on.
Furthermore, a RN can take further measures to save a life if an MD is
not present and she deems the situation as desperate, especially in a
setting such as a sailboat.

Actually she can't, by law. IF she does, she's putting her license and
perhaps her neck on the legal line. She does so at her own risk.

By the IV comment alone I find it unlikely your wife...A: Exists and B:
Is a RN.

She's the director of the step-down unit (intermediate care, and
ICU-overflow) in the largest hospital in South Bend, IN. She's worked as a
nurse in ICU, CCU, PICU, med-surg, orthopaedics, and has taught pediatrics
in a nursing school. She's also worked as the director of nursing in two
long-term care facilities. She's published many professional periodical
articles and has co-authored two books on pediatric intensive care nursing.

Maybe she's one of those Hatian RNs.

Are you implying there is something wrong with Hatians? You're quite a
racist and a bigot for a liberal. But hypocrisy isn't anything new when
dealing with you. My wife is American, born and bred.

And FYI, nurses have performed trachs in the field and Suzanne knows
how.

How many times do I have to say this: if a nurse performs such procedures
in the field without medical approval, she does so at the peril of her
license. She can also be convicted of manslaughter if the patient dies.
Would you care to read a few legal reports on such cases? At least three of
which I'm familiar were NY cases.

She also took a special series of courses in burn care and
emergency treatment which was part of her deal in St. Francis, all part
of her Critical Care focus.

Wooo, wooo. Sounds as if she's had a fairly typical education.


Dude, WHERE is your wife a RN? Do they make her clean bed pans too?
Good lord, dude.

See above. My daughter is also an RN (BSN, MSN) in an intensive care unit
in a major Indianapolis hospital. My mother was an RN as well.

Max