hypocaffeinemia

hypocaffeinemia BSN, RN

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  1. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That sounds like something a red would say. Don't make me report you to HUAC,

  2. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Geometry,

  3. Serous / Sanguinous

    hypocaffeinemia replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    If there's a thin, clearish substance present with glucose levels 1/2-2/3 the serum level and a mech. of injury halfway correlated it's getting charted as such. Ditto for blood. For good measure I...

  4. Serous / Sanguinous

    hypocaffeinemia replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I pulled a cath sheath last night, was I operating outside my domain to call what spurted out the dude's femoral artery "blood"? Should I have instead charted "pulsatile viscous bright red...

  5. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The funds will be fine because we'll just use death panels to ration

  6. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Only the paranoids will use the unemployment line. Those in the know will establish healthcare

  7. Code blue nurse's/ rapid response team

    hypocaffeinemia replied to p123's topic in Critical Care

    Patient holding stomach complaining of pain? Assessment: patient likely not coding. Plan: move along, move

  8. Do you want to have to win a lottery to see the doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to ozoneranger's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Last time I had bronchitis my family practice doctor couldn't see me for nearly a week and a half. Ended up seeing a NP inside a Walgreens. Just made an appointment with a dermatologist. The earliest...

  9. NP to MD

    hypocaffeinemia replied to xos4eva's topic in Nursing Career

    The easy way to become an MD after you finish your NP is to to take the MCAT, apply and be accepted to a medical school, and then complete such a program.

  10. IV bolusing a fluid overloaded patient

    hypocaffeinemia replied to kanzi monkey's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just to echo the others, my very first thought when reading the thread title was "what is the patient's CVP readings?" Even with edema, you need to keep adequate intravascular volume lest you succumb...

  11. 100% pro-life, considering nursing school

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    The reality is that any inpatient area could conceivably require you to take care of someone with something indirectly or directly related to an abortion. Basic examples are someone who had an...

  12. Blood simultaneously with other meds in the same IV

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Vicki_RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Plasma-lyte type A is

  13. Blood simultaneously with other meds in the same IV

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Vicki_RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Not exactly true. You can give it with plasmalyte,

  14. How to administer morphine via IV

    hypocaffeinemia replied to macgyver16's topic in General Nursing

    I slam it in fast and hard like adenosine and then slowly push naloxone as needed until the desired pain relief is

  15. X-rays and CT scans may raise cancer risk - latest study

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MiaNJ's topic in General Nursing

    "Radiation" doesn't equate to "bad". ALL electromagnetic energy is radiation. This includes visible

  16. X-rays and CT scans may raise cancer risk - latest study

    hypocaffeinemia replied to MiaNJ's topic in General Nursing

    Lack of scientific understanding in general in this thread. Background radiation a typical human is exposed to on Earth, annually: 2.4 mSv. Radiation exposure of typical medical x-ray: 0.1 mSv...

  17. I have a question about taking A&P 1 and 2 together

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Tracy B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You really need to take A&P I before A&P II. A good section of the semester in A&P I is spent on histology and basics which you should be familiar with before moving onto what is typically...

  18. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

    Just googled the MC1R-opiate link based on your post. Thanks for that-- fascinating. Helps to explain a patient I had earlier this summer that reacted so severely to tiny amounts of opioid analgesics...

  19. Why cannot give IV medication via artery?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to suizzz's topic in Patient Medications

    While there have been perfectly good answers given in the thread to date, I just want to point out that the multitude of people answering "because IV stands for intravenous, thats why!" are giving...

  20. Mercy Killing

    hypocaffeinemia replied to CandyGyrl1985's topic in General Nursing

    Two things: The questions you ask delve into the legal realm and cannot (nor should not) be addressed here. Secondly, ativan (lorazepam), not "adavan", typically comes in 2mg vials-- typically not...

  21. Overdoses

    hypocaffeinemia replied to HeatherISU's topic in MICU, SICU

    RSI makes sense to me if she's having apnea that long. If it was just opiates you could do a narcan drip and cover her with benzos for agitation, but the double whammy means that if you were to...

  22. Drugs and their Antidotes!!!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to joycee8's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Epinephrine isn't an antidote in the traditional sense of the term. It's a therapy modality for anaphylaxis (which could be due to any

  23. Why/how do meds work?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to K os's topic in General Nursing

    The drug doesn't "know" where to go at all- it gets distributed throughout the body tissue roughly equally (varies due to molecular weight, halflife, metabolites, affinities, etc). For a specific...

  24. Administering Morphine

    hypocaffeinemia replied to pj4854's topic in Critical Care

    You're not likely going to be able to talk someone out of severe post-op pain to the point of tachypnea (resp. alk). Control the pain and you'll better be able to control the

  25. Blanching arterial line???

    hypocaffeinemia replied to vrturner's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Crit Care Resusc. 2006 Sep;8(3):205-8. Intensive Care Med. 2008 Feb;34(2):339-43. Epub 2007 Oct