toby60

toby60 has 10 years experience and specializes in MedSurg.

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1. Why is there blood loss?

   toby60 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Why are patients frequently anemic when they come in with a hip fracture? They frequently need a transfusion even before they have surgery to repair the fracture. Would someone please refresh me in the physiology of this? Thank-you:)

2. nursing publications

   toby60 replied to dixiebelleRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've subscribed to Nursing 2010 ever since it was Nursing 1998. I've always found the articles to be very informative and help me to brush up on information I've learned in the past, but may not have used recently.:)

3. My patient died

   toby60 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   A couple of weeks ago I had a patient in respiratory distress that went bad very quickly. Looking back, I still feel bad about it and of course wonder if there was something more I could have done for her. I can't give many details of course, but I'm...