simplyme28

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1. Vital signs recording in precaution rooms

   simplyme28 posted a topic in COVID

   Hi all, wondering what you are doing to write your vitals in droplet precaution rooms? I work in a SNF and my hall has been designated as the “Covid” hall for any potentials/symptomatic/pending results etc. So I have quite a few droplet precaution...

2. New Grad, Need Advice for Success

   simplyme28 replied to NewToICU_17's topic in Critical

   Take what was told to you and use it. For whatever reason you are coming off as over confident to the nurses training you. Just because they said that does not mean they are trash talking , and I most certainly would not say 'f whatever anyone else t...

3. Sudden spike in INR after change in mental status

   simplyme28 replied to simplyme28's topic in General Nursing

   Just to follow up with everyone who responded. The woman was sent to the hospital last week (finally) due to delirium continuing to get worse. She was found to have an interventricular hemorrhage d/t what we do not know. She is back in the nursing ho...

4. Sudden spike in INR after change in mental status

   simplyme28 replied to simplyme28's topic in General Nursing

   The other problem is the family is convinced it is a stroke (some of her symptoms can be related to that) so they don't want her sent out to the hospital, they feel it would be too much on her. I'll be asking for as much as we can provide for a work ...

5. Sudden spike in INR after change in mental status

   simplyme28 replied to simplyme28's topic in General Nursing

   After the mental status change

6. Sudden spike in INR after change in mental status

   simplyme28 replied to simplyme28's topic in General Nursing

   She's been checked twice for UTI (2nd time on family insisting) in the last couple weeks and she's had CBC, BMP, MAG done for labs. If there's any other I'm missing them. We also did a CXR in the beginning worried about infection or CHF. Everything...

7. Sudden spike in INR after change in mental status

   simplyme28 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in long term care and I have a resident who has had a change in mental status and has seriously declined in the past couple of weeks. It started with what seems like acute delirium then continues with increased confusion, aphasia, mood swings ...