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  1. Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    First, don't say that I said status epilepticus was benign...because I certainly said nothing of the sort. Period. Here. Early stages of propofol infusion syndrome in paediatric cardiac surgery: two cases in adolescent girls | BJA: British Journal of...
  2. Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    The problem in this case wasn't that nothing was effective, it's just that propofol was MORE effective. Peds is a different beast. Brains are much more elastic and can tolerate much more hypoxia and insults than the adult brain. Having mostly reduced...
  3. Messed up bad.....

    Anytime!
  4. Messed up bad.....

    OP, look at this link. It's a document of the actual statute and will help you I'm sure. It's looks like the program does exist but does have a lengthy list of criteria one must meet to qualify. The timing looks quite important. I would start here......
  5. I've personally never heard of a paid externship or reimbursement for housing. None of mine were paid on any level at least when I was a student. I did one in NICU, PACU, and ICU. Mine weren't paid. I can't imagine that anything would be paid, housi...
  6. Messed up bad.....

    Egads! That is truly a shame.
  7. Messed up bad.....

    Be very careful about going inactive! In VA, you have to have an ACTIVE nursing license to be eligible for the recovery program!! Please, please check the requirements of your state's program before you do that! You could be easily shooting yourself ...
  8. Best way into ICU

    Many PACUs require a year of some sort of ICU experience as well.
  9. Code Blue

    A 15 year old girl...she had been on our unit as a frequent flyer. First she had infectious cardiomyopathy of unknown origins, in and out of heart failure. She eventually had a CVA that landed her back with us. She stepped down only to come back to ...
  10. Old Dog, New Tricks

    I recently switched specialities and I look forward to the day when it feels like a bit of a rut! In my younger years, I spent several years in a specialty, would get bored, and then bounce to something new. I liked that and it served me well. That b...
  11. Nursing notes & legal stuff

    I don't use that phrase in my notes, although some of my peers do. I'm of the school of thought that my exact job is to monitor the patient on an ongoing basis. Why state the absolute obvious? To be sure, it is a generic filler, unless you caveat wh...
  12. Per Diem Agency Interview

    If they drug tested you and had you fill out paperwork, that all sounds very good. For big organizations, a week isn't any time at all. I would let your email do it's work. If you haven't heard back in another week since the email, then calling woul...
  13. Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    The etiology is poorly understood; it's thought to be related to direct mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibition and/or impaired mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism. Acute neurological injury is a predisposing risk factor, so that didn't help my pa...
  14. Propofol Infusion syndrome?

    I don't know how it works in adults, but the risk of this is sky-high in pediatrics. We NEVER EVER EVER EVER use it for more than 24 hours. Ever. Adults I believe is no high dose therapy (4 mg/kg/hr) longer than 48 hours. We will move earth, wind, an...
  15. How do I survive this schedule?

    I would drop the second job before abandoning nursing all together. Abandoning your profession is drastic; it seems like losing one job first would be the less drastic option. Even if you need the money, working one job with OT would seem less stres...