maranara

maranara

neuro/trauma/surgical/medical ICU's

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About maranara

maranara has 5 years experience and specializes in neuro/trauma/surgical/medical ICU's.


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  1. Pyschotic Trauma Patients

    I agree, intubating those going through DT's is different than intubating/sedating for true pysch issues. Unfortunately, we have become the psych unit/facility, so I can't get advice from
  2. Pyschotic Trauma Patients

    How do you wean from the vent when they seem to be in a manic state for weeks? We have had people in our trauma unit for weeks on end, trach'd & peg'd; on & off the vent when they get crazy....
  3. Pyschotic Trauma Patients

    Our patients typically come in due to MVC's & shooting/stabbings. Granted, this population is no stranger to drugs; street or pharmaceuticals. A lot of times they do come in intubated. We work...
  4. Pyschotic Trauma Patients

    Hello! I'm looking for some information on how other trauma facilities deal with pyschotic(either chronically diagnosed or acute pyschotic episodes) patient populations. Our unit needs an effective...
  5. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    I hope this nurse was trying to be funny :monkeydance: Otherwise, this is REALLY
  6. Nursing 10 years ago

    It's a pandemic, not just a regional problem. What can we do? I'm not a psych nurse, I'm in the ICU. A good percentage of our pts. are purely psych pts. because they have nowhere else to
  7. Wow, I don't know what hospital your @; our ER nurses send us crashing pt's on a daily basis. I am not disagreeing with you, I do consider ER to be critical care. I am just surprised @ your...
  8. Help with Progress notes

    I would recommend starting from head to toe; using the same format with every documented assessment EVERY time you document. That way it becomes 2nd nature & (hopefully) you include everything,...