Yeah hard to say anything could have been done differently. Like people have said maybe a trip to CT instead of MRI to just get a quick picture. Maybe an EVD but doesn't mean it would changed...
Maybe try this website and click on the presentation or contact the person that put the presentation together: http://classic.aacn.org/AACN/NTIPoster.nsf/vwdoc/2008CSGCorliss1 As for Adrenergic...
Sorry no experience with 23% saline but we do bolus 3% hypertonic saline and it seems to work pretty well. Again as GrnHonu99 said check your sodiums and serum osmos. Each hospital runs them a little...
You could probably back off the fluids a bit but I am wondering why you are using D5.45% on a neurosurg patient. Usually just normal saline for them. Also as for the outcome only time will tell but if...
I've seen orders to pump a patients shunt and I've done it. Of course if the patient is with it enough they pump their own but most of the time on the hour or every 2 hours we pump the patients
Howdy, I'm a new graduate who is actually working on a Neuroscience floor but all the nurses on my floor are TNCC certified. I actually signed up to take the class in September and by that time I'll...
I've been reading through the forum and have learned a lot and I was wondering if anyone could possibly send me in the right direction. I'm applying to UC Davis Medical Center and these are the...
To be honest in high school I wanted to work with computers since I loved them so much but once I realized how much math I'd have to take and I saw how I struggled with math in high school I thought...
Well currently I'm at Loma Linda University and I'm just starting my senior year and I believe that both males and females have been cut slack. It depends upon the clinical instructor and your...