Nursing Prioritization and ABCs | How I Almost Killed My Patient Nursing Podcast by NURSING.com (NRSNG) (NCLEX® Prep for Nurses and Nursing Students)

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…  
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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.