Cardiogenic shock is pump failure and Vfib is an electrical problem. The two may be related for some reason, but you have to ask yourself more questions if you shock the same heart constantly. Like...
Judging by the question, I'll assume that you don't normally titrate drips. If you do, you'll find that you always have a backup fluid as your maintenance and even if the pt is on the brink of CHF...
AF flight nurses transport wounded and sick on aircraft of opportunity. There are no longer and dedicated medical transport platforms since the retirement of the C-9 Nightingale. The Air Force does...
shinerchia replied to moliuchick's topic in Cardiac
As a CNA you will have access to a lot of years of expert nursing knowledge. Tap that resource as often as possible. I was a CNA in a critical care unit while I got an ADN and got an education money...
Any nursing 101 book should show what: IV IM SQ Z track Air Lock Injections are and why you would consider each. Please pay attention to needle length as well of you think you are giving true deep...
some meds do better if they are dissolved in water without being crushed. in fact they will just float if they've been crushed, but will be quite dissolved if simply placed in water first. you'll...
dale dubin's 12 lead book. acls will be mandatory no. no matter to whom you explain that their 2pm is your 2am...nobody will ever care. everyone will expect you to get up and be a part of the...
shinerchia replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing
so you came from a critical care background where people had been (for the most part) diagnosed and where there for critical care. this is exactly the experience i suggest before someone walk into a...
I've been polling military RNs everywhere I can and the common thread is that they have never worked in the real world. All they know is military nursing so all they know is what command tells them....
shinerchia replied to MichaelSSSS's topic in General Nursing
Dear new grad: Going into an ED straight from school only places you and your pts at risk. It might not be fun to hear, but you are only taxing an already stressed system if you go directly to an...