Hi, I wasn't sure how to title this. And, yes, this is a non-clinical knowledge topic.
Once in a while I'll read a really good, nitty-gritty topic here about pathophysiology, informative evidence based facts on the latest research about medications, fluid management, best practices in the clinical setting. I'm not talking about the latest and greatest in how to make patients and families perceive that we're doing a great job here, but the hardcore clinical stuff.
There's a great thread in the ER section now about hypotension in the septic patient who has received antibiotics, fluid resuscitation vs starting pressors, and the latest research. I also enjoyed, very much, the case study thread. It really got me thinking. But, threads like those are rarities here.
If we are truly professionals, why is it that most of the threads here are related to how much our co-workers and patients annoy us, how bad hospital administrations are, how to get unemployment if we are fired, etc. I'm not saying those topics lack merit. This is a social site and I'm certainly interested in all sorts of topics as well. It's just disproportionate.
Shouldn't we be exchanging more knowledge here at All Nurses?
