Lizarddp

Lizarddp has 15 years experience and specializes in Administration, Psych, Clinical Research.

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1. Bad Weather--Hospitals could care less about your safety

   Lizarddp replied to Jory's topic in General Nursing

   Being a nurse staying over from the previous shift and seeing the roads clear after several hours a team member would come in and relieve us from doing a double. Almost never see them coming in several hours late, it is just not at all. I do not wan...

2. Diagnosis permanent veg state can you donate organs

   Lizarddp replied to Lizarddp's topic in Neuro

   You nicely made that easier to understand with direction of of where else we can go. Thank you... it helps going forward with understanding the system more and a reminder of the other organs that can be donated, which was slipping my mind. I appreci...

3. Diagnosis permanent veg state can you donate organs

   Lizarddp replied to Lizarddp's topic in Neuro

   I want to clarify, I don't think he would be a living donor, as they discussed removing all vents, tubes etc.. and it could be minutes to several days of survivial without feeding etc... My question is once this is done and it everything is stopped c...

4. Diagnosis permanent veg state can you donate organs

   Lizarddp replied to Lizarddp's topic in Neuro

   Thank you so much for your guidance, your right he is not brain dead, however... not brain alive either in our book---no eye opening, response to command etc... This is difficult for the family and we want something positive out of this and we know ...

5. Diagnosis permanent veg state can you donate organs

   Lizarddp posted a topic in Neuro

   Received the news today after a family member had a severe head trauma-motorcycle accident on Saturday, 7 days later we have had no response with eye opening, response to stimuli is decrebrate posturing, unequal pupils. The news from the the doc was...

6. What is the best nursing advice you ever got from another nurse?

   Lizarddp replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

   Treat all your patients with empathy: I treat the old grandmother who has been laying there for years, like she is my grandmother, treat the drug addict young man like it was the brother you grew up with, the young man in the motorcycle accident like...