prep8611

prep8611

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  1. Tx for seizures with anoxic brain injury

    If pentobarbital isn't working to suppress burst activity then your probably not gonna stop the brain activity
  2. very very bad day

    Honestly doctor should have scanned him when he became lethargic. Vomiting and positive troponins from catecholamine release are easy indicators of hemorrhagic bleed but were more likely to be the AMI. Dont beat yourself up, you did nothing wrong. Li...
  3. 2 EKG strip questions

    The first one actually looks like it trying to be atrial bigeminy.
  4. 2 EKG strip questions

    The first one is sinus arrhythmia and the second is a run of supraventricular tachycardia. It's not PACs because the underlying rhythm is irregular, with PACs u have extra p wave with a qrs following but the underlying rhythm must be regular.
  5. New grad who wanted ICU, got med surg, advice?

    I always wanted icu but started in med surg then went to stepdown then icu which is where im at now. I learned a lot in med surg and its invaluable from a time management perspective.
  6. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

  7. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    Ok I guess i took it the wrong way so I apologize but I'm going to argue with you again haha. Nursing skills in an ICU or any floor can be taught but you can't teach work ethic and personality. When they are hiring you they are hiring a personality a...
  8. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    I think you feel as though I'm directing comments towards you or the many great nurses in the field (many that I work with). I'm not, at all. I am just disgusted by the complaining that the OP made in his/her snarky post and everyone else who followe...
  9. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    Well I've worked in a lot of hospitals and a lot of floors and the only thing they have in common is that they're are lazy nurses that provide "ok" care but do nothing extra as well as many nurses who provide ok care and really go out of there way to...
  10. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    This is exactly what I'm talking about.... Good job.
  11. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    I think wowing someone can be as simple as going to another floor to get the flavor of pudding someone likes or really taking time for education, if you can't see yourself doing that then your probably in the wrong field. I work in a busy icu and I f...
  12. Blue about Code Blue

    Coding someone who is above 80 or cancer filled is a terrible experience for me but it happens once a month. What people also fail to think about is how the person will be if we do get them back... How long were they down? Were they receiving adequat...
  13. Extremely BAD night...

    My guess is the nurse gave 1mg IV which is standard packaging for a code.
  14. Extremely BAD night...

    Your colleague is gonna feel worse when he/she gets brought to court.
  15. Bedside report in ICU

    My beef is that we did that before. We did a full neuro exam at shift change and introduced ourselves. Now we do a full report and go over orders ect and it all feels like its for customer satisfaction which is great but its killing our actual work f...