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I'll admit that I don't know much about how hospitals work. But shouldn't the info about Dr. Nick being assigned to Gem have been available to those on the morning shift?
Anyway this proves how good you are at writing, I'm totally absorbed by the story and Icare about the characters.
Anyway this proves how good you are at writing, I'm totally absorbed by the story and Icare about the characters.
Oh wow, and I thought the last page was a bit of a cliffhanger. At least I'm somewhere where there's basically no internet for the next few days, so I can't spend all my time obsessively refreshing the page for updates :P
You're doing a great job on the story, Star.
You're doing a great job on the story, Star.
Even if the chart was tampered with, that nurse needs to be dragged out of the hospital in cuffs and her medical license permanently revoked.. Not only did she ignore a patient's concerns since obviously "she's too crazy to know better", but she administered an unknown dosage of an experimental drug she had no idea about. It's a wonder she hasn't killed anyone yet!
If Gem never wakes up, that's possible negligent manslaughter to boot.
If Gem never wakes up, that's possible negligent manslaughter to boot.
The chart on page 344 says shes paranoid, psychotic and hypermanic. Basically that she cant distinguish reality vs fantasy, so I doubt a nurse is going to pay much attention to what someone with that diagnosis says. She administerd a dosage detailed by an experienced doctor. As far as im concerned she basically was just doing her job
Nope, the nurse is NOT at fault. Here's why.
She is on a different shift than Dr. Nick, probably doesn't work with him that often. It is not unknown for different doctors to work on the same patient.
A patient in a mental health facility, as Gem is in, may manifest all sorts of paranoia and delusional ideation. Hence, while they may sound totally sane, they may not be able to 'connect all the dots', and nurses are trained to ignore that. There is no way that the nurse would know, or could know, that what Gem said might be truthful. If I was in her position, I would read what the doctor wrote, and follow the orders. Especially if the new trial drug may be listed for delusions and such.
The nurse was only doing her job, and doing it correctly. There is NO WAY she could have known why the chart was written as it was.
She is on a different shift than Dr. Nick, probably doesn't work with him that often. It is not unknown for different doctors to work on the same patient.
A patient in a mental health facility, as Gem is in, may manifest all sorts of paranoia and delusional ideation. Hence, while they may sound totally sane, they may not be able to 'connect all the dots', and nurses are trained to ignore that. There is no way that the nurse would know, or could know, that what Gem said might be truthful. If I was in her position, I would read what the doctor wrote, and follow the orders. Especially if the new trial drug may be listed for delusions and such.
The nurse was only doing her job, and doing it correctly. There is NO WAY she could have known why the chart was written as it was.
Well, here is where this falls apart though. We health care providers are trained very specifically to prevent this kind of thing from actually happening. Everyone in the chain from the highest doctor to the lowliest care provider is required to know what a drug does, how much of it to give, side effects, etc. So, in this case the nurse is negligent. She should have known all the potential effects of that drug including how much is an overdose, regardless of if it is experimental or not. In any case where something looks amiss, the it isn't even the perscriber who is asked, it is the pharmacist who is required to have a complete listing of every drug they hand out, to whom, what for, and when.
Now, I'm not saying this is impossible, it does very very rarely happen, though usually when an old drug has been discontinued and someone too used to routine administers it anyway. Also, it is a story! I don't expect a writer to know all the intricacies of medical law and training anymore than I know anything about construction workers training and law, further, as it is a story, it is Gem's world, who can dictate differences between real life and her world. Perhaps there has yet to be a case where the administrating nurse was brought to trial for negligence, perhaps up until this point it has always just been the perscriber who wrote the order and/or the pharmacist who handed out the drug.
Now, I'm not saying this is impossible, it does very very rarely happen, though usually when an old drug has been discontinued and someone too used to routine administers it anyway. Also, it is a story! I don't expect a writer to know all the intricacies of medical law and training anymore than I know anything about construction workers training and law, further, as it is a story, it is Gem's world, who can dictate differences between real life and her world. Perhaps there has yet to be a case where the administrating nurse was brought to trial for negligence, perhaps up until this point it has always just been the perscriber who wrote the order and/or the pharmacist who handed out the drug.
Okay, so Gem says Jack was there, Paul sees Souffle, Dr. Nick finds that Gem has been OD'd on something or other.
Paul is going to have to mention to Dr. Nick that he saw someone coming out of her room. SInce Dr. Nick isn't questioning who a Dr. Murdock is, he must know who he is.
I'm so confused any more, and I just don't know what is what.
I DO know that our scribe and artist mentioned on Friday that she was not happy with the page that she had been drawing, and wanted to do it over again, which is why she has changed the order. I'm not sure if this change makes any difference, though. The story should continue either way.
But, if I were Paul, I would be on my phone to my friends over at the Constabulary. As a prosecutor, he's got to have a lot of friends over in the Police Force, and if I were him, I'd have them over immediately to find and talk to this Dr. Murdock about why he is trying to kill Gem, if indeed that is what's going on.
If Souffle is infact Gem's father, and Jack is nothing but a figment of her imagination, and Souffle was responsible for being injected with some sort of anti-senility drug at an early age, this may be the cure for that, even in such a large dosage. But, Sammy is such a consummate writer that I'm beyond guessing any more, since I'm usually wrong.
I'm glad there is a new page up, though.
Yay Squig. Oh, BTW, you going to be streaming today?
Paul is going to have to mention to Dr. Nick that he saw someone coming out of her room. SInce Dr. Nick isn't questioning who a Dr. Murdock is, he must know who he is.
I'm so confused any more, and I just don't know what is what.
I DO know that our scribe and artist mentioned on Friday that she was not happy with the page that she had been drawing, and wanted to do it over again, which is why she has changed the order. I'm not sure if this change makes any difference, though. The story should continue either way.
But, if I were Paul, I would be on my phone to my friends over at the Constabulary. As a prosecutor, he's got to have a lot of friends over in the Police Force, and if I were him, I'd have them over immediately to find and talk to this Dr. Murdock about why he is trying to kill Gem, if indeed that is what's going on.
If Souffle is infact Gem's father, and Jack is nothing but a figment of her imagination, and Souffle was responsible for being injected with some sort of anti-senility drug at an early age, this may be the cure for that, even in such a large dosage. But, Sammy is such a consummate writer that I'm beyond guessing any more, since I'm usually wrong.
I'm glad there is a new page up, though.
Yay Squig. Oh, BTW, you going to be streaming today?
One other thing that bothers me, and maybe this hospital isn't equipped to handle it. In large overdoses of medication, you can put the patient on dialysis, which would clean the blood. It could be possible to remove whatever was injected into her, or at least dilute it so that Gemma doesn't die, or at least go comatose forever.
I think if I was Dr. Nick, looking at that, I would order that sort of treatment, or even have her removed to a regular hospital to attempt it there.
But, not my story, so I'll shut up now.
I think if I was Dr. Nick, looking at that, I would order that sort of treatment, or even have her removed to a regular hospital to attempt it there.
But, not my story, so I'll shut up now.
Murdoc? That's awfully close to... Murder!
*THUNDER CRASHES OUTSIDE*
Also, say hello to Dr. Nick, everybody!
https://youtu.be/Rnpy3cC673o
*THUNDER CRASHES OUTSIDE*
Also, say hello to Dr. Nick, everybody!
https://youtu.be/Rnpy3cC673o
I think what is most distressing about this is the fact we the audience are very attached to the character Gemma because we associate her with you the author. So when we see her in a bad situation we are sad and wish her to be safe because we care about you. You are quite talented to make us feel such emotions while reading a story. I actually teared up a bit because I want her to be okay now that she finally has Paul but now she can't be with him :(
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