jaquelynne

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1. Respiratory Acidosis?

   jaquelynne replied to jaquelynne's topic in Emergency

   THank you!!!

2. Respiratory Acidosis?

   jaquelynne posted a topic in Emergency

   I have a patient with both traumatic head injury and valium overdose. His blood gasses show respiratory acidosis. What exactly is causing this? Does an overdose of valium supress respirations? If so, how exactly?? I know head injury can supresses re...

3. Need help with my cardiac drugs

   jaquelynne replied to jaquelynne's topic in Emergency

   thanks kmoonshine! :)

4. "greener" health care?????

   jaquelynne replied to jaquelynne's topic in General Nursing

   float RN, glad you like the website...I know its a little busy, but it's a big topic!!! Northern Rose you my be my evil twin (I, of course being the good one!) because I'm the same at work. Of course at home hubby & I are both green minded....at...

5. Need help with my cardiac drugs

   jaquelynne replied to jaquelynne's topic in Emergency

   Thanks everyone....I vaguley know what they are, but I confuse them right now because I've done the theory but not yet used them a lot in practice. I'm sure once I use them and see more cardiac patients it will be clearer. What can't they call them "...

6. "greener" health care?????

   jaquelynne posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone thought about how bad the effects of health care can be in terms of public health and sustainability for the environment? It seems everthing we do as nurses has a cost and impact further on down the road! I have done a bit of research on ...

7. "How to talk to Doctors"

   jaquelynne replied to labfreak's topic in General Students

   I only looked quickly at you links, and did not see SBAR spelled out anywhere...forgive me if this is a repeat.... This is what the floors at my hospital use…it’s a pre-printed form. I don’t use it in emerg, so not sure of positive & negatives of...

8. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

   jaquelynne replied to grace90's topic in Humor

   "Trouble Me" Natalie Merchant/10,000 maniacs...beautiful song....

9. Cardiac Preload and Afterload

   jaquelynne replied to orca1's topic in CCU

   Gross analogy, but works for me.... Thing about flushing a toilet...... you flush, and then flush again right away......nothing happens right? THis is because the tank doesn't have time to fill....PRELOAD is decreased in the tank. What if the toilet...

10. Need help with my cardiac drugs

    jaquelynne posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm taking my ER certification now.....and kep getting my "A" drugs mixed up" Atropine, Amiodarone & Adenosine. Anyone have any good ways to remember these drugs/when they were used, or to tell them apart? Thanks!

11. Self inflicted

    jaquelynne replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    A glass and mercury thermometer inserted into the penis.....where it broke.

12. Lockdown in Maternity!

    jaquelynne replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    Glad you are having a better day! EMDR is eye movement desensitivation and reprocessing. Studies have found that certain movements of the eye (or even rhythmic tapping in certain spot, etc) actually triggers the brain to relax and calm emotions....th...

13. Lockdown in Maternity!

    jaquelynne replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Students

    It's amazing the amount of people suffering from post traumatic stress disorder who become nurses, so I'm not surprised at your comment about occupations. Have you ever looked into EMDR? Lots of progress in PTSD people hs been recorded. Good luck to...

14. Heart Failure

    jaquelynne replied to jaquelynne's topic in CCU

    Thanks for the info Dinith88! I have surfed around quite a bit & there is a ton of great info out there. Are the two conditions related or do they occur in abscence of each other? I know Right & Left heart faliure can be related as each side...

15. Heart Failure

    jaquelynne posted a topic in CCU

    I'm spinning my tires a little bit on the subject of heart failure and can't find a decent description in my patho text. I was hoping someone on here could help out a bit. What is the difference between diastolic heart failure and systolic? Can one ...