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1. blood pressure spikes and drops, help please

   mcd24RN replied to mcd24RN's topic in General Nursing

   [quote=xtxrn;5657147]Agree with the first 2 replies (only ones there, so if others show up before I get this up, nothing against them )..... would also ask- when you got the low BP, did you check it with a manual, or was it a dynamap? (might still ha...

2. Critical lab value

   mcd24RN replied to username33's topic in Critical

   I also work in LTC but with ventilator dependent patients. We get critical labs all the time and they are always called in to us directly, and the lab has to verify and document who they reported the critical value to. Our lab aso labels values with ...

3. blood pressure spikes and drops, help please

   mcd24RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a relatively new new RN working at a LTC for vent dependent patients. Today, I had a patient with pneumonia, normally hypertensive with hypotension all shift (90s over 40s) for about 6 hours, all BP meds held, until she desaturated and stopped p...

4. Blood pressure spikes and bp accuracy questions

   mcd24RN posted a topic in Critical

   I figured I would post this question in the critical care section because Critical Care nurses may have more experience with my question. I am a relatively new new RN working at a LTC for vent dependent patients. Today, I had a patient with pneumonia...