Reminds me of the one time the tech was trying to use the oxemeter (sp) and no matter what she tried the numbers would be very low, too low. I looked at the thing and said "the battery is low". So she made up some numbers and put them in my chart. That's when I started to notice the medical profession was mostly BS.
I once came on to a shift (nights) and was immediately called to a Rapid Response. A Patient had coded just a bit earlier, was intubated, and placed on a ventilator. Even on an FIO2 of 100% the SPO2 was in the low 80s. The Docs were freaking about it, ordering X-Rays and moving the ET Tube, but they were unable to fix it. It looked hopeless for that individual.
They had us switch the Ventilators out, TWICE, and it did not help. Finally, hours later, somebody ordered an ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) and it turned out that the Oxygen Saturation was perfectly normal.
The reliance upon those Pulse Oxymeters was an incredible blunder. The Patient clearly had some circulation and/or perfusion problems. When in doubt get an ABG. A lot of time, equipment, and resources were wasted that night. I vowed to myself to never rely on a Pulse Ox again under such conditions. That was years ago. Those things especially the cheap ones simply cannot be trusted.
In the ICU we did not have the ‘cheap ones’ and they still failed.
That individual who falsified such an entry should have been de credentialed, terminated, and probably arrested. I suspect that it was not a Nurse at all, possibly a ‘Medical Assistant.’ A Nurse would have called for someone such as myself at the least.
I have encountered weak Nurses, but never one who would risk her/his License by falsifying such numbers. It is virtually impossible to believe.
I went to the VA for a sleep study.
They advised I use a CPAP.
I asked them to send it to me.
The instructions for assembly and usage were simple.
So I declined another visit where they were going to do a show and tell on how to use the machine.
Next thing I know, I have a report in my file how I showed up and was shown how to use the machine.
I can’t convince them that that visit didn’t happen.
And now relating this all over again, my jaws are getting tight.
I see them in a few weeks and I’ll address it.