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1. Any tips on reading EKG's?

   sargent replied to nicoleinphilly's topic in Cardiac

   The book i recommend to all my students is Basic Dysrhythmias :interpretation & management by Robert Huszar. Published by Mosby. It takes you from the basics up wards and is probably all the ECG (oops sorry, EKG ) book you will ever need! It h...

2. psychosis in icu after heart surgery can someone explain what happened to me

   sargent replied to LPNstudentRNnfuture's topic in Cardiac

   The phenomena that you describe is probably something that we refer to as post-pump psychosis. It is still poorly understood but is thought to be a temporary psychosis that occurs as a result of micro air emboli that remain following a period on card...

3. The Power of Reflective Practice

   sargent replied to sargent's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, there are a lot of academic labels out there. And yes you are right, it should be just common sense. But don't you think that common sense is LEARNT? You are not born with common sense, you build it up from experience and knowledge passed on by ...

4. The Power of Reflective Practice

   sargent replied to sargent's topic in General Nursing

   When I am talking about reflective practice (it may have a different 'label' where you are) I am talking about developing one's knowledge and practice by the systematic analysis of specific incidents or on individual practice at given times. It is fa...

5. The Power of Reflective Practice

   sargent posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, Now I realise that a majority of you are across the pond from me, and that here in the UK we have a slightly different slant on nursing and healthcare. However, I wanted to know what you all felt about Reflective practice. Over the last ...

6. When does the "newness" go away?

   sargent replied to Shandy12's topic in Cardiac

   It sounds like you already have the important skills: assessment skills, the ability to ask questions when unsure and desire to learn! Moving into any speciality can be very daunting, particularly an area with high levels of technology like ICU and C...