No circle of hell would be deep enough for this woman.

If she had a DNR that's exactly what you're supposed to do. Even if you don't want to.

If the person who is dying has already made the decision you have to abide by that.

 

My grandmother had a DNR. She had a life-threatening seizure, and the emergency response team asked her if she wanted them to honor that. She chose to let them assist her that time, and everything was hunky-dory after that.

I thought that was a pretty cool way of handling it.

In this case, who are we to judge when we don't know the full story?

 

SportsJournalists.com!
We rush to knee-jerk judgement at the drop of a hat.
Bitch better recognize.

 

And one thing I've learned in my time in the news business is that the initial reports on just about every shocking and outrageous story turn out to be 90% bullshit.

So yeah, I'll wait a bit before deciding the nurse and the old lady's daughter should burn in eternal hellfire.

 

She called 911 because their policy is to contact emergency response services and secure an ambulance or help.

If the nurse starts CPR, cracks a rib or two, punctures a lung and the woman dies, the facility - which is not a medical facility; it's basically a fancy old folks' hotel - is at far greater liability. Did the nurse's efforts kill the woman? Sue their asses! They said they didn't perform health care!

Informed consent doesn't sit well with some people. Find out what the facility can or won't do before putting Granny in a home and then getting your pants in a wad.

 

Moreover, the world is overpopulated. Why should we try to prevent the deaths of those who can't survive on their own?

 

Old lady's fault for being old. Personal responsibility and such.

 

This nurse has just the right attitude. She should be hired as Obama's new health czar...stat!

 

Oh, sweet, internet vigilantes, a fine place to start for anyone trying to figure out what's wrong with the world.

 

Human nature. No one - signed DNR or no - wants to simply watch someone die.

Know a nurse who watched her husband's heart stop for about a minute. Had someone call 911 and comforted him ... but did not perform CPR. Didn't ... but his heart restarted on its own. Medics were there within five minutes ... pretty quick given the location of the residence.

It probably would still be haunting her had her husband died in her arms, even though she did the right thing. But that's honoring the DNR, no matter how seemingly inhumane the document is ... she admitted to more than one party that she was battling human nature and she admits nothing easily. Therefore, 911 was called shortly after the parties gently got the suffering party on the floor.

 

At 87, she had her whole life in front of her....

 

She died doing what she loved doing though...