Diprivan*Diva

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1. When to transition from non rebreather to bag valve mask?

   Diprivan*Diva replied to theodog's topic in MICU

   In BLS and ACLS alike, you bag a patient who does not have effective respirations. Spontaneous breaths that are shallow, too slow or too fast, have no air movement, and crappy sats are classified as aganol. Bag em! Sometimes they will resist- this ...

2. Increase of super morbidly obese patients?

   Diprivan*Diva replied to Hoozdo's topic in MICU

   For those of you who have CNA's, consider yourself lucky. We don't have any in my unit- the nurses do it ALL. Trust me, the large patients are all over the states. Talk to your manager and see about getting equipment like hoyer lifts to help out ...

3. care of patient post code

   Diprivan*Diva replied to pk1's topic in CCU

   Excellent question as this is a very sensitive situation. Big thing to remember after coding a patient is as a nurse, your focus should automatically switch from the patient to their family members. We must nurture both. Sometimes a family needs t...