Trendelenberg has been out for quite sometime. The baroreceptors in the aortic arch and the chemoreceptors in the carotid respond to low volume . and low O2 levels by initiating the body's...
Dear RN Cardiac--if you don"t feel comfortable doing or giving something, don"t do it!! As a past member of a state nursing board, I had to discipline many nurses who did something because "a Dr...
Does anyone anywhere have a competency program in place for nurses who use propofol?? In our hospital, nurses can administer an IV drip to intubated patients only. A few ED docs have wanted to give it...
I was "talked into" buying a Pure tone stethescope a couple of years ago--I wouln"t get another one if they gave it to me. When I questioned the representative the next year regarding its poor...