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  1. Capnography

    we have been using capnography now for about 3 years and it is another tool. it works great for watching ventilations and is a great predictor of hypoventilation and apnea. i think it is better in the arena of propofol rather than versed/fentanyl. i ...
  2. Fecal Transplant

    i am glad your hospital is interested in this procedure it is saving lives. if you write to [email protected] i will send you the protocol and procedure. we are very proud of our results. to date we have done 45 fecal transplants 43 successf...
  3. Fecal Transplant

    Yes there are GI Docs that do Fecal Transplants in OR, CA, NV. Dr Schleinitz Medford OR. Dr Stollman San Francisco, CA. Dr Gao Carson City NV. If you can find a GI Doc that will do this procedure in your area I can send them our hospital protocol and...
  4. Fecal Transplant

    I am happy to report that we have done 10 fecal transplants. All 10 have been successful 100%. Unfortunately I’m becoming the "king of poop”.
  5. Fecal Transplant

    We are on our way to doing fecal transplants for c-diff patients. Our protocol is in place and the IRB (instructional Review Board) has given us the OK. Stool transplants still remain the definitive care in patients with recurrent C-diff.
  6. Fecal Transplant

    We have done a fecal transplant with great success. However our hospital has subsequently asked that we never do this in the future. As we have no protocal for the procedure. Does anyone know of protocals or best practice articles that I could presen...
  7. Propofol

    To become paralyzed by the thought of what might occur, is equivalent to doing nothing toward better patient care. I applaud the hospitals that are willing to exercise, and support, the best practice of their nurses. Recently our hospitals insurance...
  8. Propofol

    For continued updates on our progress and more about sedation with propofol, get the facts. Don't rely on outdated opinions or professional biases. Visit Dr. John Walker's web site http://www.drnaps.org. Dr. Walker has spent exhaustive research an...
  9. Anesthetist for all procedures?

    Thursday 2-9-06, the Oregon Board of Nursing Unanimously agreed that sedation with propofol is both safe and effective when given by RN's in the procedural arena. I would like to extend my thanks to all those who supported us during this turbulent t...
  10. Propofol

    Thursday 2-9-06, the Oregon Board of Nursing unanimously agreed that sedation with propofol is both safe and effective when given by RN's in the procedural arena. I would like to extend my thanks to all those who supported us during this turbulent t...
  11. Propofol

    If you are interested in a very good prospective study of nurses giving propofol for sedation. Check out Gastroenterology November 2005, volume 129 Number 5. I would also like to suggest contacting Dr. John A. Walker director of NAPS (Nurse Administ...
  12. Propofol

    Regarding nurses administering propofol. I seem to be reading a lot about economics, turf battles, and archaic philosophies. Such as nurses should not give propofol because nurses never have. Rarely do I read about patient outcomes, patient satisfa...
  13. We use propofol for sedation and our MD's guarantee a painless procedure. To this date we have had no complaints, from our patients. We start with 30 to 50 milligrams of propofol then give incremental doses of 10 to 20 milligrams depending on the p...
  14. anyone's husband also a nurse?

    I know of 6 couples that are both RN's that work in the same hospital some in the same unit. With about 70 years of marriage between them. A few couples have traveled together and they loved it. The couples I know seem well adjusted to each other's...
  15. how may procedures per day

    I work in a lab where we see 10 to 15 patients per day. We have another hospital that sees 8 to 10 per day. In addition to the hospitals we have a Surgi-center that sees 10 to 15 patients per day. Our population base is about 120,000 6 MD's that a...