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(CBS News)   Funeral homes must remind nursing homes to be very sure that transferred residents meet admission requirements   (cbsnews.com) divider line
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Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 3:09:19 AM  
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Bungles
2023-02-03 3:14:20 AM  
The staff member notified a licensed practical nurse. The woman's family was alerted and a local funeral home was called.
A funeral director arrived shortly after 7:30 a.m., and with the assistance of another nurse, identified as "LPN D," the resident was placed in a body bag which was zipped shut. The funeral director left the facility shortly afterward. At 8:26 a.m., employees at Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory unzipped the bag.


So two nurses and a funeral director failed to noticed the care worker's mistake. It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent, but rather that the woman did indeed seem very, very dead.
 
Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-03 3:14:43 AM  
Fredric Chopin

It was a relatively common fear at the time.
 
Monkeyfark Ridiculous
2023-02-03 3:24:17 AM  

Madman drummers bummers: [Fark user image 544x306]


Yeah, I'm not saying it should've been the headline *I* submitted, but come the fark on, Fark, the cart should've been in the headline.
 
ElPrimitivo
2023-02-03 3:28:49 AM  
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Close enough.
 
jackandwater
2023-02-03 3:34:34 AM  
Another reason to stay out of nursing homes
 
drxym
2023-02-03 3:51:37 AM  
Second time was a charm though
 
Abe Vigoda's Ghost
2023-02-03 4:03:44 AM  
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Diocletian's Last Cabbage [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 4:04:34 AM  
She got better.
 
blodyholy
2023-02-03 4:14:43 AM  
Thank goodness she wasn't cremated...
 
Mr. Shabooboo
2023-02-03 5:18:13 AM  
Kinda nightmare fuel though....Like being semi-conscious but paralyzed during surgery...
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2023-02-03 6:00:51 AM  
The nursing at the beginning of life is a lot better than at the end.
 
Another Government Employee
2023-02-03 7:00:15 AM  

blodyholy: Thank goodness she wasn't cremated...


She rang the bell before they could get there.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 7:01:20 AM  

Bungles: The staff member notified a licensed practical nurse. The woman's family was alerted and a local funeral home was called.
A funeral director arrived shortly after 7:30 a.m., and with the assistance of another nurse, identified as "LPN D," the resident was placed in a body bag which was zipped shut. The funeral director left the facility shortly afterward. At 8:26 a.m., employees at Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory unzipped the bag.


So two nurses and a funeral director failed to noticed the care worker's mistake. It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent, but rather that the woman did indeed seem very, very dead.


They failed to notice a ME or coroner report
 
HighlanderRPI
2023-02-03 7:03:33 AM  
Maybe they should have done the "Dead Pope Test" and hit her with a hammer
 
DynamiteHeaddy
2023-02-03 7:14:17 AM  

vudukungfu: They failed to notice a ME


Alright Mario, quit being a diva.
 
planes
2023-02-03 7:39:40 AM  
Amazing that a "mistake" is a crime that allows the government to make some extra money.
 
BMFPitt
2023-02-03 7:43:26 AM  

Bungles: So two nurses and a funeral director failed to noticed the care worker's mistake. It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent, but rather that the woman did indeed seem very, very dead.


Really most sincerely dead?
 
MattMarcSmith
2023-02-03 7:44:27 AM  
"We care deeply for our residents and remain fully committed to supporting their end-oftheir-life care..."

FTFY
 
Monkeyfark Ridiculous
2023-02-03 7:46:45 AM  

Bungles: It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent,


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Flab [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 7:47:32 AM  

Monkeyfark Ridiculous: Madman drummers bummers: [Fark user image 544x306]

Yeah, I'm not saying it should've been the headline *I* submitted, but come the fark on, Fark, the cart should've been in the headline.


We all immediately thought about it.  It was an implied Monty Python reference.
 
Russ1642
2023-02-03 7:56:01 AM  
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houstondragon
2023-02-03 8:04:27 AM  

Madman drummers bummers: [Fark user image image 544x306]


Done in one
 
Another Government Employee
2023-02-03 8:05:33 AM  

Bungles: The staff member notified a licensed practical nurse. The woman's family was alerted and a local funeral home was called.
A funeral director arrived shortly after 7:30 a.m., and with the assistance of another nurse, identified as "LPN D," the resident was placed in a body bag which was zipped shut. The funeral director left the facility shortly afterward. At 8:26 a.m., employees at Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory unzipped the bag.


So two nurses and a funeral director failed to noticed the care worker's mistake. It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent, but rather that the woman did indeed seem very, very dead.


This is why in most states, a doctor is usually required to declare death.

/ I wonder if the Nurse ever checked for an actual heartbeat
 
budrojr
2023-02-03 8:13:44 AM  
Hospice nurse here.  Had no idea LPNs were allowed to do assessments pronouncing death.  They're generally not licensed to do full assessments of that nature, at least in my state.  Where I'm at, that's strictly an RN thing.  And the assessment includes a lot more than simply checking a pulse and looking for breathing.  Generally speaking, in a medical facility, the highest level provider should be the one to pronounce death.  If that's an LPN, someone is staffed improperly.  There should be a supervising RN in the house.

As far as the funeral director goes, they generally don't check because it's not their job.  They're not medical, and that's the medical people's job.  Patient probably did look pretty dead, which is about the extent of their interaction with the person (yup, looks dead).  This is why you have a qualified licensed professional do the assessment and pronounce.  That being said, LPNs are usually pretty darned good and a huge help.  Just seems like these two weren't.
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 8:18:21 AM  
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Madison_Smiled [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:28:31 AM  

budrojr: Hospice nurse here.  Had no idea LPNs were allowed to do assessments pronouncing death.  They're generally not licensed to do full assessments of that nature, at least in my state.  Where I'm at, that's strictly an RN thing.  And the assessment includes a lot more than simply checking a pulse and looking for breathing.  Generally speaking, in a medical facility, the highest level provider should be the one to pronounce death.  If that's an LPN, someone is staffed improperly.  There should be a supervising RN in the house.

As far as the funeral director goes, they generally don't check because it's not their job.  They're not medical, and that's the medical people's job.  Patient probably did look pretty dead, which is about the extent of their interaction with the person (yup, looks dead).  This is why you have a qualified licensed professional do the assessment and pronounce.  That being said, LPNs are usually pretty darned good and a huge help.  Just seems like these two weren't.


CT here, worked in a nursing home for 20+ years and still work in a related field. The LPN thing jumped out at me, too. "RN may pronounce" is a very common standing order.
 
Geoff Peterson [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 8:38:39 AM  
I, for one, thought that was a damn good headline, subby.Coulda used more parrot though.
 
NathanAllen
2023-02-03 8:53:05 AM  
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lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 9:06:02 AM  

vudukungfu: Bungles: The staff member notified a licensed practical nurse. The woman's family was alerted and a local funeral home was called.
A funeral director arrived shortly after 7:30 a.m., and with the assistance of another nurse, identified as "LPN D," the resident was placed in a body bag which was zipped shut. The funeral director left the facility shortly afterward. At 8:26 a.m., employees at Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory unzipped the bag.


So two nurses and a funeral director failed to noticed the care worker's mistake. It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent, but rather that the woman did indeed seem very, very dead.

They failed to notice a ME or coroner report


RNs can call deaths in nursing homes, hospices, and in some other situations these days.
 
lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 9:10:17 AM  

Another Government Employee: Bungles: The staff member notified a licensed practical nurse. The woman's family was alerted and a local funeral home was called.
A funeral director arrived shortly after 7:30 a.m., and with the assistance of another nurse, identified as "LPN D," the resident was placed in a body bag which was zipped shut. The funeral director left the facility shortly afterward. At 8:26 a.m., employees at Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory unzipped the bag.


So two nurses and a funeral director failed to noticed the care worker's mistake. It seems unlikely all 4 were incompetent, but rather that the woman did indeed seem very, very dead.

This is why in most states, a doctor is usually required to declare death.

/ I wonder if the Nurse ever checked for an actual heartbeat


That's not true in most cases these days.
 
MathProf [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:14:21 AM  

drxym: Second time was a charm though


"Unzip her carefully this time. This where things went wrong last time."
 
jtown
2023-02-03 1:23:31 PM  
She'll be stone dead in a minute.
 
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