justatraveler

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justatraveler has 5 years experience.


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  1. Hello michelle4uk, well, it was a long road, but i did succeed in the end. I went throught CGFNS, got my Danish degree assessed and as it turns out they found it comparable to an American nursing degree. I then applied to the the Texas BON and fortun...
  2. The Slow Code: Justified?

    oh wow... smokin hot sarcasm.. yet so true.
  3. CES report- insufficient number of hours in nsg. theories

    Hi maia718, I am curious to know what happened with you. I am in a similar situation, but i need 10hrs in theoretical maternal/infant nursing. Please let me know how things worked out for you. regards, leslie
  4. BP arm VS calf while running pressors

    Arteriel lines are a must if the patient requires inotropika/pressors. It's a non-issue at my facility. There can be major discrepancies betweein invasive BT and NIBT.
  5. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    Well, for most patients who are agitated, we will have a 'sitter' who stays with the patient constantly keeps a constant watch over the patient. If the patient is very agitated/delirious (we CAM-icu score) we will give the PN Midazolam according to o...
  6. Any ICU's ambulating vented patients?

    Some of our patients stand up out of bed, walk in place, and take a few steps over to an easy chair, where they might sit for a few hours or so. :)
  7. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    So sorry your experience was so horrible. If you wouldn't mind telling about it, I would be very interested to learn about your experience. On our unit, we do not use restraints. If patients are anxious we will stay by their side, hold their hands, e...
  8. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    lol... yes, I can see where that would be confusing. Unfortunately, I cannot go back and correct it. And just for the record, our practices here are evidence based. http://www.biostat.sdu.dk/courses/f11/Biostatistics/papers/No-sedation.pdf There is ...
  9. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

    I work in a 23 bed micu/sicu at one of the largest hospitals in Denmark. It is a university hospital/learning hospital. The approach here is that NONE of our intubated patients are sedated. There are exceptions ofcourse. For those who absolutely cann...
  10. thx :)
  11. Limiting Medical Care for the Elderly

    I have seen many an ICU pt kept alive who I am quite sure would have preferred to be let go with dignity, had they been able to speak for themselves. Yes, they would have benefited from making their own directives, but I think that there are cases wh...
  12. is it appropriate to take ABG sample from dorsal pedis artery?

    I would expect that rates of infection at femoral sites are higher than pedal. Femoral sites are just harder to keep clean.
  13. Hullo out there I am writing in the hopes that someone out there in the great wide world of nursing can direct me to a foreign educated nurse refresher course. I have seen said program mentioned many, many times in many a post. (repetitive I know, ...
  14. Sedation..Your thoughts?

    I work in a SICU in Denmark. We do not sedate our patients while intubated, unless there is something that indicates a need for it. F.ex. not being able to accept being intubated, pulling at the tube and so on. Otherwise, it is rare that we sedate. W...