Roboapple

Roboapple has 15 years experience and specializes in Long term mechanical ventilation.

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1. Long term mechanical ventilation

   Roboapple replied to Roboapple's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a 27 bed unit taking care of people on long term ventilation in a long term care setting. Most of the people I take care of have neuromuscular diseases or spinal cord injuries. I'm an RN. There don't seem to be very many of these places ...

2. Quadriplegics bowel routine current practice

   Roboapple replied to Roboapple's topic in Rehabilitation

   Are the meds better off being given every day or every 2nd or 3rd day? if enemas or supps are given, is manual disimpaction necessary?

3. Long term mechanical ventilation

   Roboapple posted a topic in General Nursing

   This is the area that I have been working in for the last few years. It's very specialized and not very common. Does anyone else work in this area?

4. Quadriplegics bowel routine current practice

   Roboapple posted a topic in Rehabilitation

   Not being the most glamorous subject to research, there's not a wealth of information out there about this subject. Is manual disempaction a necessary evil or is it old school. Just to be clear, theses are people who lack the necessary motility to e...

5. Do I work on a LTAC unit?

   Roboapple posted a topic in LTAC

   So I work in a place that defies description, mostly because there don't seem to be any more places like it or people who relate to it. I work in a 25 bed long term care unit that takes care of the complex needs of people on ventilators. They live t...

6. Want to be a nurse but have a weak stomach!

   Roboapple replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

   you get over it. I used to gag at the sight of phlegm, now I work up to my elbows in it on a respiratory unit.