TerraRN - Your posts are so angry that I'm not sure it's worth answering you anymore. I think you just needed to vent because you can't possibly be asking if there is a LAW out there that states you...
Sorry to hear this. I just can't understand why nurses eat their young Whatever you decide to do don't let this change who you are. I'm pretty certain that your patients love your bubbly...
My understanding is that J-point elevation that is caused by hypothermia is called a J-wave or an Osborne wave, so yes, it is essentially the same thing. We only use the term J-wave/Osborne wave if...
b eyes, I'm confused too. I'm not sure why you wouldn't use a bear-hugger on J-waves are the conduction defect of a cold myocardium. They look like a notch or a bump on the S wave in the QRS complex....
Who was presuming? You asked if they are 'ALLOWED to do that', many people answered. There was no presumption in any of this. The real question is... what did you do about it? If you knew it wasn't...
The answer is yes and no... it really depends on your hospital's and emerg's policies. Unfortunately, many administrators don't see a problem with making the ED a dumping ground for all of the...