JemJ

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1. Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

   JemJ replied to JemJ's topic in MICU, SICU

   Thank you for the link! Would you be able to break it down for me, when you would or wouldn't give different blood

2. Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

   JemJ posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   Hi! On our trauma line, over the past couple of months, our docs are ordering TEGs right, left and center. Can anyone help me out with them? I have tried looking things up, but it's all mishmash to...

3. Shockingly Humbled

   JemJ replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

   OMG so what happened?????

4. August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   JemJ replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   So you needed a coffee

5. Adjunct Faculty a.k.a. 'Academic Sharecroppers'

   JemJ replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Hi! I've just finished reading this thread with great interest. I will start my MSN in education this fall and finish in 2.5 yrs (part time program). I'm now feeling scared, bc it seems as though it...

6. MSN Nurse Educator

   JemJ replied to Britrn04's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Hi! I have just been accepted for a MSN Education and I would really like to teach in the classroom as a full time gig when I am done. However, the above stories are making me nervous . . . are you...

7. Master's in Nursing Education? Why

   JemJ replied to lifein08's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Does anyone have anything else to add to this? I really enjoy getting up in front of a class and teaching and have just bee accepted to a Masters in Nursing Education program (part time). it's mostly...

8. Adenosine and COPD?

   JemJ posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hi! I was recently told that you should never give adenosine to a COPDer. We had one in SVT while I was off work, and I'm trying to understand why not. Can anyone clear this up for me?

9. Stroke volume variance

   JemJ replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

   Thank you so much aCRNAhopeful! That's much better than anything the docs like to say I get how you can get an idea of preload from your SVV on the flotrac/Vigileo. And you can use your SVR to tell...

10. Stroke volume variance

    JemJ replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi! We have only recently begun to use the Vigileo and NEVER see swans. Do your docs actually use the numbers from the Vigileo? I swear, it feels like ours just have us record them and do nothing...

11. Are swans going "out of style?"

    JemJ replied to TemperStripe's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi! We have only recently started to see the Vigileos/Vigilance machines (can anyone tell me the difference?). I work in a Burn Unit, so we don't see them as often as other ICUs, and we NEVER have...

12. Tore My ACL - need advice/experience ASAP

    JemJ posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hello all! So 2 weeks ago I tore my acl and caused a 3mm hairline fracture in my tibia when I jumped up to catch a ball and I felt it tear. So I have now been off of work for 2 weeks and 2 days. The...

13. Pericardiocentesis/Pericardial window-whats the diff?

    JemJ replied to Atrial Kick's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Lisa, I am so sorry this happened to you! I can't tell you what will happen, but the fact that you are young and yes "healthy" (no other complications prior to this) usually helps a whole lot with...

14. a question about cardiac arrest w/asystole!

    JemJ replied to YZ1911's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry -whats ROSC?

15. Why do articles say nurses are high in demand but in reality it's not?

    JemJ replied to AllNursesisCool's topic in General Students

    Just a thought, but I think it also depends on WHERE you are . . . the major cities with major medical centers don't seem to need nurses so badly - but out in podunk, USA? That may not be the case ....