GrnHonu08

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1. What are DOLL EYES?

   GrnHonu08 replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Neuro

   this is one of the many assessments we will do in the neuro icu along with cold calorics, apnea test, corneals, cough and gag... and then if there is still a question we may do a perfusion test to see if there is any bf to the brain.

2. AVM Project Please Help!

   GrnHonu08 replied to mlpost's topic in Neuro

   they would be mostly the same as pts with stroke. impaired swallow is a big one..patient safety, assisting with PT/OT for rehab....maxamizing independence...as for acute care pre op nurses would want to decrease stimulation to keep SBP less than 110....

3. Got told our/ any neuro ICU is not really an intensive care unit

   GrnHonu08 replied to labman's topic in Neuro

   are you kidding??/ When is a patient ONLY neuro?? bc brain injured patients NEVER have anything else wrong with them. (rolling eyes). The minute a pt becomes neuro-even if they are primarily trauma they come straight to the neuro ICU...hmmmm...you sh...

4. Do Neuro ICU nurses get good cardiac experience?

   GrnHonu08 replied to aCRNAhopeful's topic in Neuro

   I actually disagree. I was a new grad in the neuro ICU and I have had plenty of people with swans and one with an balloon..i'd say the balloon pump is pretty rare but we see hemod. unstable people all the time...I mean we HHH...run CVPS titrating vas...

5. Plantar fasciitis

   GrnHonu08 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have plantar fasciitis and can't seem to find the right shoes..any suggestions? I thought about Danskos but am not so sure. :paw: