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Nursing off Duty - International Nurses Association

What would you do if you were in a restaurant and saw someone choking? Or in the airport and noticed someone fall to the floor clinching their chest?  Odds are you said what every nurse did, you would jump right in and aid. ­­It is not only within your instincts, it is in the ethics code of nursing to help when necessary. Nurses in the News -           A nurse had taken her children to the local community pool. They were enjoying the day, and eating lunch at a picnic table when her daughter pointed out some kids trying to push a young man into the 12-foot area of the pool. It was obvious this boy, around 10 did not want to jump in, however the group around him were determined not to let him leave. The nurse yelled out for the life guard, however with the background noise he never heard her. Within seconds the boy was pushed into the water.The nursing instinct kicked in, she stood up to make sure he was ...