cuppwk01

cuppwk01 specializes in Neuro Floor & now Surg/Trauma/Neuro ICU.

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1. Stroke patient blood pressure

   cuppwk01 replied to ReeseW's topic in MICU

   Right, with infarction, you want the blood to get pushed into all the nooks and crannies of the brain, through the blockages, so you need some force behind it. In hemorrhage, you basically have a leaky dam, too much pressure is going to blow it out.

2. University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne

   cuppwk01 replied to IndianaRN2011's topic in Indiana

   IPFW (Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne) has a very high caliber nursing program with passing rates in the high 90's to 100 percent. It's difficult to get into the program, though.

3. trying to decide between Neuro ICU and general med/surg ICU

   cuppwk01 replied to AUB-RN's topic in Neuro

   I have worked on a Neuro-Med/Surg floor for six months now, and I know that in the ICU they were on vents, especially the TBI patients, and blood pressure management is very important, especially in patients with cerebral hemorrhaging. Also, stroke ...

4. Should the Title Nurse be Changed ? ? ?

   cuppwk01 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I am a male RN and I admit that the title "Nurse" was one obstacle I had to entering the field, and is one of the few things I don't like about it. I'm much more likely to tell people I'm an RN than that I'm a nurse. Over time I have adjusted to it...

5. 60 Second Tube Feed Stop********

   cuppwk01 replied to Kymmi's topic in General Nursing

   I think you are all missing the point. The OP did not say that it is wrong to stop the TF. The point was that stopping it at the time you put the patient in a supine position to reposition leaves him with a full stomach of tube feeding to aspirate....