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  1. Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

    JemJ posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi! On our trauma line, over the past couple of months, our docs are ordering TEGs right, left and center. Can anyone help me out with them? I have tried looking things up, but it's all mishmash to...

  2. Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

    JemJ replied to JemJ's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you for the link! Would you be able to break it down for me, when you would or wouldn't give different blood

  3. Shockingly Humbled

    JemJ replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    OMG so what happened?????

  4. August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    JemJ replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    So you needed a coffee

  5. Adjunct Faculty a.k.a. 'Academic Sharecroppers'

    JemJ replied to TheCommuter's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi! I've just finished reading this thread with great interest. I will start my MSN in education this fall and finish in 2.5 yrs (part time program). I'm now feeling scared, bc it seems as though it...

  6. MSN Nurse Educator

    JemJ replied to Britrn04's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi! I have just been accepted for a MSN Education and I would really like to teach in the classroom as a full time gig when I am done. However, the above stories are making me nervous . . . are you...

  7. Master's in Nursing Education? Why

    JemJ replied to lifein08's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Does anyone have anything else to add to this? I really enjoy getting up in front of a class and teaching and have just bee accepted to a Masters in Nursing Education program (part time). it's mostly...

  8. Adenosine and COPD?

    JemJ posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi! I was recently told that you should never give adenosine to a COPDer. We had one in SVT while I was off work, and I'm trying to understand why not. Can anyone clear this up for me?

  9. Stroke volume variance

    JemJ replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you so much aCRNAhopeful! That's much better than anything the docs like to say I get how you can get an idea of preload from your SVV on the flotrac/Vigileo. And you can use your SVR to tell...

  10. Stroke volume variance

    JemJ replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi! We have only recently begun to use the Vigileo and NEVER see swans. Do your docs actually use the numbers from the Vigileo? I swear, it feels like ours just have us record them and do nothing...

  11. Are swans going "out of style?"

    JemJ replied to TemperStripe's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi! We have only recently started to see the Vigileos/Vigilance machines (can anyone tell me the difference?). I work in a Burn Unit, so we don't see them as often as other ICUs, and we NEVER have...

  12. Tore My ACL - need advice/experience ASAP

    JemJ posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hello all! So 2 weeks ago I tore my acl and caused a 3mm hairline fracture in my tibia when I jumped up to catch a ball and I felt it tear. So I have now been off of work for 2 weeks and 2 days. The...

  13. Pericardiocentesis/Pericardial window-whats the diff?

    JemJ replied to Atrial Kick's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Lisa, I am so sorry this happened to you! I can't tell you what will happen, but the fact that you are young and yes "healthy" (no other complications prior to this) usually helps a whole lot with...

  14. a question about cardiac arrest w/asystole!

    JemJ replied to YZ1911's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry -whats ROSC?

  15. Why do articles say nurses are high in demand but in reality it's not?

    JemJ replied to AllNursesisCool's topic in General Students

    Just a thought, but I think it also depends on WHERE you are . . . the major cities with major medical centers don't seem to need nurses so badly - but out in podunk, USA? That may not be the case ....

  16. TPN question

    JemJ replied to birdie22's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Umm - OK, we run insulin with our TPN, as many times there is insulin in the TPN already, especially if we are short on ports. Also, I was always taught you could run propofol as it's lipid based...

  17. Ketamine for adults while intubated?

    JemJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! We have MDs that are using Ketamine drips on our adult pts while they are intubated instead of ativan, versed, etc. Has anyone else seen this lately? I looked in old threads and saw the...

  18. Want to make a Spanish Cheat Sheet

    JemJ replied to JemJ's topic in General Nursing

    You guys are great! Thank you so much! Other replies are always welcome!

  19. Want to make a Spanish Cheat Sheet

    JemJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys, I need your help: For my RN III project I am making a Spanish "cheat sheet" for the non-Spanish speakers on my unit (we're in Texas) and I need some extra words! I have words like pillow,...

  20. Tylenol IV

    JemJ replied to Adri_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I had to give it the other day - but it comes in a bottle and it's name starts with an "O". (Sorry - can't remember the full name) You give it over 15 to 30 min and from what I understand, b/c it is...

  21. Who is calling my references?

    JemJ replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you ever thought of using that LifeLock thing? I think it's insurance against Identity theft. You're supposed to be insured for up to a million dollars. When I hear about things like...

  22. Patient fell and died a few days later, was it my fault?

    JemJ replied to GlitterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tokyotea, I don't know what else you could have done, to be honest. He was going to get up and do what he wanted to do, whether or not you were there. I know you're feeling scared right now, on so...

  23. what would happen if you defibrillated a pt w/ a pacemaker?

    JemJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! This has been bugging me, and no one can seem to answer this Q. I have looked on the site, but I haven't found an answer. We once had a patient with an AICD/pacemaker - but he was obese and...

  24. what would happen if you defibrillated a pt w/ a pacemaker?

    JemJ replied to JemJ's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so - funny enough, we have another man with a PM/AICD - in his late 70s and he has been in and out of (paced?!) V-tach all day! So just to be clear, is he getting shocked back into a normal rhythm...

  25. Central Line Question

    JemJ replied to calistami's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, though, doesn't an MD have to pull the PICC line? We can't do that at my hospital, although we can pull regular