Lmao this is why 2 important buttons with vastly different purposes should NOT BE THE SAME COLOR

"Who designed this shit": my stock answer for our hospital is, "The lowest bidder."

Bright and attention getting so when I'm panicky, I can see it.

In a hospital and Cardiac Cath, 30 years (on a break, by the way). In my opinion, you never screw up when you hit the Code Button. Yeah, it was a dud and I've gone to those, but what if it wasn't? I'd rather hit it and be wrong than to lose heart muscle dithering on whether to call a Code or not. No my friend, it was no trouble whatsoever calling it.

As a staff nurse I was always told “better to overreact than underreact” by my manager. If you call a code in error, well, shit happens but everyone’s okay. If you don’t call a code and you should have…well, death.

Maybe you’re a little embarrassed but everyone else probably just had a little chuckle and moved on.

Seems like you will be fine

Why do we even have that button?

She gives instructions like my wife...

W: "Take this and put it anywhere over there"
Me: "Anywhere?"
W: "Yes, anywhere"
Me: [picks a spot]
W: "OMG Anywhere but THERE"

Honestly, if you were going to make a mistake, it’s better that way than in reverse. If she had meant “that” red button, and you pushed the nurse call button, it would have meant losing vital time for the patient, i would think. I’m not in the medical profession at all.

If you get attached to characters get ready to cry. Still going strong with session 19.

I’m not even mostly American (technically I am) but I’ve worked on your bloody EHR systems. And even I know that specifying colours is generally only found in aviation and other transportation regs.

Which makes sense as even a “Code Blue” is not universal.

But even in countries where there is a unified universal health system, such as Britain’s NHS or my own Ireland’s HSE, federal/national governmental regs don’t get that specific and each Trust or Hospital Group has substantial control over these sorts of things.

[deleted]

I've often had a nap while donating blood. Once they get me hooked up I'll doze off until.yhr bag is full.

[removed]

Man... Last month I went out to line up a drill and did a dumb thing, leading to the drill being off several degrees, and we missed our target. Cost the company like $100,000. I'm still employed. I think you're going to be alright.

What level of nursing? I know RNs with their bachelors have multiple rotations. And I can’t imagine that an associate’s level RN would be able to graduate without any rotations or get a charge nurse position with only 3 mo experience.

just remember to say "this is a drill, this is a drill" when you make funny "mistakes" that are harmless - they love it so much

Don’t sweat it, this happens all the time.

I was once doing consults with my psych resident, there’s a panic button under the desk and he’s pretty tall, so he accidentally pushed the button when he crossed his legs lol.

Accidents happen, I’m 100% sure we all prefer an accidental panic/stroke/AMI button press over the real deal, everyone just laughs it off and moves on.

No one cares if you over use the button. It's if something goes wrong and you don't press it that there's a problem

I never watched the show, but was not there also a bomb threat, AND someone being driven into the Sound? Or was that the same episode?

Don't worry man, I've met plenty of oafish doctors. As long as you are humble and willing to listen and learn, you have nothing to worry about.

I would think a code blue button would be...blue.

And I’ve never seen one like that in my life, and I started nursing in ‘91.

You have to remember, the world is a big place, not everyone lives in the US.

Eh it happens, our emergency bell and the off button for the call bell are beside each other and i have accidentally hit the emergency. Everyone is well used to it

No. A rapid response team is called when your patient is going down hill. It can be called for basically anything where your patient is becoming less stable. An ICU nurse, respiratory therapy, lab, x-ray all show up. A code is when the patient is having cardiac or respiratory failure. It includes everything from the rapid team but also a critical care doctor (who can write orders, which can be VERY important when things go south).