Nurse's Life.

A hypertext narrative by

Sandrine Laroche

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Word count: 806

Choice count: 33

Section count: 22

Image count: 22

Error count: 0

Field Related Analysis:

Nursing : 25 matches (accident, professional, analgesic, ARM, assessment, cerebrovascular accident, delirium, depression, Doctor, dose, Health, hypertension, medicine, nose, nurse, oxygen, pain, psychiatry, respiratory, sedation, stroke, nursing, unconscious, pediatrics, treat)

Prehospital Emergency Care : 20 matches (accident, Health, oxygen, pain, respiratory, stroke, unconscious, treat, emergency, patient, depression, intervention, mask, medicine, oxygen mask, cerebrovascular accident, assessment, doctor, nurse, ARM)

Education : 20 matches (Down, P, School, assessment, choice, don, evaluate, exam, fail, failed, field, field of study, first, graduation, high school, intervention, management, school, technology, unit)

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Nurse's Life.

The day of your graduation.

Congratulations on your graduation!

You are 16 years old. You just graduated from high school. You have to choose your field of study.

Choice 1 : Accounting and Management Technology

Choice 2 : Nursing Program.

The Nursing Program.

Nursing Program.

You have chose the Nursing Program. You have been studying since three years. You are close to the end, but you have to do your OIIQ's exam.

Choice 1 : You pass the exam.

Choice 2 : You fail the exam.

Accounting and Management Technology

Accounting and Management Technology.

You choose to pursue your studies in Accounting and Management Technology. Unfortunately, you don't like this program. Budgets, loans, and finances don't interest you.

Choice 1 : Start again.

You fail your exam.

You fail the exam.

Sadly, you have failed the exam. You are motivated and you really want to be a health professional.

Choice 1 : Start the exam again.

You pass your exam.

You pass the exam.

Congratulations! You passed your exam. You are officially a nurse. You have to decide your workplace. Emergency, psychiatry, and pediatrics are interesting you.

Choice 1 : Emergency.

Choice 2 : Psychiatry.

Choice 3 : Pediatrics.

Emergency.

You choose emergency.

It's your first day in Emergency. Your first patient have different symptoms. He is not able to say complete sentences. He can't raise his left arm. His left part of is face can't move. You suspect...

Choice 1 : A cerebrovascular accident.

Choice 2 : Hypertension.

You made an error.

Hypertension.

You didn't evaluate well the symptoms... It's not hypertension! Your patient has a cerebrovascular accident. Your patient is now unconscious. Fortunately, the doctor arrived on time and saved him.

Choice 1 : Start your assessment again.

You were right!

A cerebrovascular arrest.

Effectively, it is a cerebrovascular arrest. It's a state of emergency, You are stressed. You need to intervene. What do you do?

Choice 1 : You notify the doctor.

Choice 2 : You install an oxygen mask and you lie the patient down.

The patient died.

You notify the doctor.

The doctor wasn't available. He took too long to arrive and your patient has died.

Choice 1 : Make another choice.

You saved your patient.

You install an oxygen mask and you lie the patient down.

You did the right thing. The doctor arrives and treat the stroke. Your patient is saved.

Choice 1 : Start again.

You choose Psychiatry.

Psychiatry.

You have been working on the Psychiatry Unit since a week. Your shift is at night. You hear noice. It's in the room 467. The patient has a delirium. He is violent. What do you do?

Choice 1 : You ask for help.

Choice 2 : You enter in the room.

The patient is controled.

You ask for help.

The security office and another nurse help you to control the patient. You made a good job! What intervention do you do?

Choice 1 : You install restreints.

Choice 2 : You hope he calms down.

The patient is controled.

You install restreints.

Your patient is immobilized. Everyone is in security now. You did the right thing!

Choice 1 : Start again.

You didn't make the good choice.

You hope he calms down.

The patient is violent again. He punches you on the nose. Your act was not safe.

Choice 1 : Make another choice.

You didn't make the good choice.

You enter in the room.

You are defenseless. The patient is unaware of what he is doing. He punches you on the nose. Obviously, you didn't follow the safety's rules.

Choice 1 : Make another choice.

You calculate the dose.

Pediatrics.

You chose the Pediatrics Unit. Today, you take care of Thomas. Thomas is four years old. It is 5 p.m. You have to administer three milligrams of analgesic. You don't have much time. You calculate the dose. What do you do next?

Choice 1 : You get checked by another nurse.

Choice 2 : You give the medicine.

Your calculation isn't right.

You give the medicine.

Unfortunately, you made an error in your calculation. You doubled the dose. Thomas is in respiratory depression. The doctor arrives. You are fired.

Choice 1 : Pediatrics.

You are ready to give the medicine.

You get checked by another nurse.

Luckily, the other nurse found out an error in your calculation. You correct it. You are ready to give the analgesic. What do you do?

Choice 1 : You assess Thomas's state of health.

Choice 2 : You give the medicine.

He is danger.

You give the medicine.

Thomas had a state of sedation greater than three, but you didn't assess it. He is in danger. The patient has been withdrawn from you.

Choice 1 : Pediatrics.

You assess his state of sedation.

You assess Thomas's state of health.

Thomas has a state of sedation greater than three. You don't give the analgesic. It could be harmful. What do you do instead?

Choice 1 : Administer oxygen with an oxygen mask.

Choice 2 : Administer Tylenol.

You install an oxygen mask.

Administer oxygen with an oxygen mask.

The oxygen has reduced Thomas's respiratory depression. His condition is stable. Good job!

Choice 1 : Start again.

It is not the good choice.

Administer Tylenol.

The Tylenol reduces the pain, not the respiratory depression. It doesn't help Thomas.

Choice 1 : Make another choice.

The End.