Nursing Prioritization and ABCs | How I Almost Killed My Patient
I almost killed my patient. In the days after my scary event I spent hours and hours thinking through what I had done. I knew my ABCs, I had prioritized everything I was supposed to, how could things have gone so horribly wrong… See our full lesson on Prioritization at NURSING.com. And I realized that I had overlooked a very important part of my ABCs. It wasn’t the A - airway, the B - breathing, or the C - circulation What was left, what did I miss? What I violated was Safety. That small little “s” at the end of my ABCs - Safety And I learned 3 Crucial Take-Aways ABCs are Priorities not Checklists! Don't be complacent about the s for Safety Ask for help as soon as possible See our full lesson on Prioritization at NURSING.com.