Examples Of Reaction To Josie's Story

Reaction to Josie's Story

Ernestine Lamoureux

Central Connecticut State University

Professional Values and Role Development

NRSE 485

Dr. Thomas

Running head: REACTION TO JOSIE'S STORY 1

REACTION TO JOSIE'S STORY 2

Reaction to Josie's Story

This book was enlightening and shines light on why nursing as a profession needed more education, autonomy, focus on individualized care, supportive communication and evidence based practice applied. This little girl was burned terribly by a faulty valve. We have learned in med-surge that the body experiences extreme fluid shifts and imbalance in electrolytes. The need for protein is high for repair of the tissues and pain management is key to prevent adverse effects like post traumatic distress

King she was distraught by the message received too. Her grief expressed as depression and intense anger most of the time in the book was directly linked to her perception that the staff did not understand or share in her loss. She was mistaken by the risk management attorneys involvement and the absence of the caregivers’ at Josie’s funeral. Her anger allowed her to dehumanize them and only want to see them hurt more because they were responsible for this she said on page 61. Then multiple times Mrs. King would talk to others who have lost a child and they would tell her she needed to forgive. This was just absurd to her impossible. She could not see how this would set herself free. She read many books and sought church, and then her counselor. Her first real hope at healing though is when she received the letter from the anesthesiologist who ordered the half dose of methadone on the day of her cardiac arrest opening paragraphs in chapter 16. Mrs. King was forced to see his humanity and understand his reasoning behind why. Understanding that this prescriber tried to get others to see and reassess Josie with no luck in a way allowed her to take herself off the hook for the same thing. She had shared empathy now and could look at the system and communication as a failure not the people. Once she began to ask different questions like how she began to educate herself. This opened many doors for her to understand first the existing culture that tried to cover it up and simultaneously this other push for change in patient safety and medical errors. She began to hear more and more stories of how the system failed and someone died. Mrs. King remembered John Hopkins is a hospital that does great work and strives to be one of the top hospitals in the country. By the end of chapter 16 she had found forgiveness that felt natural true