nesje30

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1. Patients dying

   nesje30 posted a topic in Geriatric

   a few years ago, nursing a dying patient, I experienced the weirdest thing: The patient, barely conscious the last week, suddenly opened her eyes, climbed straight in the bed until she was on her knees and looked at a corner of the room. Then she sai...

2. Notes In Your Pocket

   nesje30 replied to nesje30's topic in MICU

   Appearently a lot of nurses have palmtops. However, this isn't used in Belgium, as it is pretty expensive and there isn't a lot of Dutch software available. Pocket references in Dutch for the ICU don't exist as far as I know

3. Notes In Your Pocket

   nesje30 posted a topic in MICU

   Hello everyone, I'm a nurse working on ICU for 2 years here in Belgium. I sometimes find it hard to remember all the things I think are important. Therefore, I carry a notebook in my pocket with important schedules for examples about PICCO, Swann-Gan...

4. Swan ganz Vs Picco

   nesje30 replied to Jane Wilson's topic in MICU

   Picco is a system of thermodilution measurement where you need an arterial line (femoral) and a central katheter (3 lumen) 20 cc of cold nitrate is injected through the central catheter. By thermodilution and pulse contour, you have measures like ext...

5. Poll on job satisfaction

   nesje30 replied to Fbgtexas's topic in General Nursing

   1. Happy 2. nice team, hard work, time for care (work on icu) 3. don't really know

6. ER to ICU

   nesje30 replied to TampaCCRN's topic in MICU

   Hi, I'm kind of in the same position as you are, just out of nursing school and starting on the icu. I've been looking around a lot and well there's some info on the website of the american association for the intensive care nurses feel free to mail ...