If it is a true emergency, I will do it myself (don't really care how pendulous their breasts are, I just heave them out of the way and hope the leads stick). If it is a typical "emergency", I will...
Patients on tube feed always have diarrhea. Thats how they get back at you. If I were you I would call, V.O. whatever you need to do to get a rectal tube. Insert tube and the problem is solved....
Thats interesting TennRN2004, I have never heard of an RT running or for that matter even having anything to do with an IABP. I do not think it would be that difficult to explain and teach to an RT,...
Do you think that sending a gomer to an emergency department equals a higher level of care? Remember the XIII Law: The delivery of medical care is to do as little as
Oh, forgot the why part. Most beta blockers will block circulating catecholamines such as norepinephrine, epinephrine, etc... and have a membrane stabilizing effect that decrease the chances of...
I would not worry too much about studying Happygrad06. It is my opinion that the main purpose of nursing school is to ensure that you pass the NCLEX. If you made it through school you should do just...
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We frequently have days in open heart recovery when only male nurses and male techs are working. I guess we fit in well on the unit. I do not think the patients we recover have any adverse...
I pull shifts in a 50+ bed ED where it is not unusual for 4-6 rescues to be waiting in our bay. We triage the patients as you bring them in and will find a way to get a bed if the patient is truly on...
1) Female nurses stabbing each other in the back day in and day out. 2) Need to make the BSN degree the standard for all entry level RN's. ASN and diplomma RNs are good nurses, but having so many...
Yes you bathe "nude" patients in nursing school. The good news however is that you get to see some interesting tattoos. If you go into the ER this will not be something you will deal with. Hardest...
"psych SWAT team", I like that idea. Maybe they could use tasers with prefilled syringes of haloperidol. This of course could only be utilized by officers who have completed some sort of sensitivity...