Danielle_Nicole887

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1. Vitals Check for pts. on Respiratory Support

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to JThieman's topic in NICU

   Hourly for all resp support higher than lfnc. lfnc or room air then every 3-4 hrs.

2. Seeking Guidance

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Raquel.Perez's topic in NICU

   I was hired as a new grad in the nicu. I had done a placement in the unit which helped but you don't nevessarily have control over placemnet you get. I had also taken accredited online nicu courses and in the interview i was told they liked the intia...

3. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

   I suppose the distinction here is the purpose of the tourniquet - I'm assuming it's used for phlebotomy for example (not to stop uncontrolled bleeding), in which case the purpose is not to entire stop arterial blood flow but rather to reduce it, and ...

4. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

   You are listening to the artery, specifically turbulent blood flow within it. You inflate the cuff to the point it totally occludes the artery (and hear nothing), the point you first hear a sound - turbulent blood going through is the systolic. When ...

5. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

   BP measures the force that the blood exerts on the arterial wall, if you are decreasing an artery, you are decreasing diameter of the artery which increases the flow and resistance the blood has to go through (like vasoconstriction), increasing the f...

6. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

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7. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

   is this correct?

8. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 replied to Danielle_Nicole887's topic in General Nursing

   I think that it will cause an artificially high BP.. Compression will decrease circulation and cause blood to pool in the limb (because the veins are compressed and can't return the blood effectively to the heart). More blood in the vascular system i...

9. How does compression affect BP?

   Danielle_Nicole887 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Two scenarios: 1) If you put a tourniquet on an arm, waited a bit then took BP on that same arm (below the tourniquet), would bp be artifically increase or decreased? 2) If you applied manual compression or a compression dressing to a femoral arteria...