Turning a patient: a nurse’s act of duty and compassion
I met a fellow nurse at a wedding recently who, upon hearing that I worked at a long-term acute care hospital (LTAC), shrugged his shoulders and said, “Oh, sure. A lot of turns.”
I shrugged, too. He had belittled my work, but in a way, he was right. We do execute “a lot of turns” at my hospital. We complete at least one turn every 2 hours per patient. With an …
