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Somebody at work told me that too much supplemental oxygen can cause vasoconstriction. I can't find anything on this with a quick Google. Has anyone ever heard of this before? ;)

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Can anyone recommend a good iv drug info application for smart phones? Something that has a good layout and gives you a nurses perspective, ie. how to draw up the drug, and how to infuse it? ...

With regard to continual renal replacement therapy, from my understanding, replacement fluid is used to cause convection, ie. to flush the blood through the filter giving it extra 'umph' so that more...

Thank you. It's interesting to see how the truth gets stretched.

One of the nurses on our unit (in Australia) is from Canada. She claims that "about 14 Canadian ICU nurses died during the SARS epidemic". :eek: Can anyone clarify this for me?

G'day all. Can anyone tell me why so many ICU patients need potassium infusions going? Is the missing potassium being used, or stored in the cells? Thanks for any help :paw:

Yep - I work in ER too. On night shifts everyone brings a plate and we have snacks through the night. Sanitary? You should see our tea room. What difference does it make if you eat a chip on the...

Yeah, I'm lost on this one too. I get that there's way more sugar in the blood in HHNS, but why doesn't the body use insulin to store that excess sugar, and if the reason is that the body is...

Absolutely. I know exactly what you mean!

Unreal! Must be the same the whole world over. In a way I'm glad it's not just here in Australia :nurse:

Yes, I hear you! I've just left ICU to work in ED for some extra experience - to see the other shoe type of thing. I've been here a month now and I'm finding it very hard to appreciate. There's a...

Thanks very much for your help. I also found a great article from one of those 'complete idiot' guides. That must be telling me something!

Can someone please answer my question on crrt. From what I understand, haemofiltration involves convection, and convection involves solutes being forced through a filter by replacement fluid. Is...

thanks ever so much. That was just what I wanted to know. Very kind of you. sister s xx

Can anyone tell me what difference it makes if you get loads of oscillating lines after you do a square wave form test on your art line? Is this good or bad?

I'm trying to come to grips with understanding the difference between ALI and ARDS. All of my resources state that the difference is: ALI has a specific definition: a PaO2/FiO2 ratio of less than...

Our ward protocol says that IDC bags should be emptied at the end of each shift. One of my colleagues says that she was taught at uni' only to empty the bags when necessary because opening a bag to...

Yep - so if the patient is ventilated they have 1:1 nurse. It's a 5 bed ICU ward (we don't separate surgical/medical etc, and there's a nursing float for the ward to fetch and help with stuff and...

Yep - so if the patient is ventilated they have 1:1 nurse. It's a 5 bed ICU ward (we don't separate surgical/medical etc, and there's a nursing float for the ward to fetch and help with stuff and...

In Australia if a patient is on invasive ventilation then they have 1:1 - like the UK I think.

In Australia if a patient is on invasive ventilation then they have 1:1 - like the UK I think.

This is before looking it all up again, but isn't it something to do with excess extracellular H+ means that potassium comes out of the cells to compensate? and therefore you get hyperkalaemia? And...

Yeah, that's what they're designed for - new nursing graduates with no experience. You don't pay - the government or private hospital pay you the going rate for a level one registered nurse. At the...

How come there are no jobs in the UK? Are there that many nurses over there? I can't understand why we are short of RNs and the UK has too many. You could do a new graduate programme over here...