phiposurde

phiposurde

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  1. Trauma Nursing

    YEP trauma center are the best, even if the canadian version have less excietement then yours. 6 years now in one of the busiest and love ittttttttttttt!! At first i didn't know anything about trauma...
  2. **First realize that you are a student. Alot of people get there and believe they should act just like nurse that have experience. Allow yourself to make mistake.You are missing some of the side of...
  3. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    One guy presenting after he went rafting. He felt in the water and was anxious that he could had some water in his lungs!! Ans last week I had this lady that presented she said she's has been having...
  4. new grad having trouble w/ icu personalities

    %%% It's not because you are new. After 9 years I still have trouble with some of those personality. Some of the experience RN in the ER, are nervous to call report sometime cause they know what's...
  5. please help with these ABG's

  6. please help with these ABG's

    After thinking about it, and reading more. I would say there a double alkalosis. The ph, if it would be only chronic, should be in the normal range which it's not.The low potassium could be explain by...
  7. please help with these ABG's

    afterb reading the post i remember a presentation i went on abg. here what it was said: [color=#ccff33]nhco3 + 15 = pco2 +/- 2 [color=#cc6600]nif it does, appropriate compensation has occurred and...
  8. opinion please

    This week took care at shift chage of a patient that going to monitoring medical unit. I didn,t really had time to take care of her since she was going up but I have a few questions: 60-70 yrs old...
  9. Precepting an ED nurse

    I did it a few time, so I'm not and expert. But I got good review, so I guess i wasn't to bad!!!8) First, that you care enough to ask a list how to do it is a good sign of what kind of person you are....
  10. Anyone did that course from the society of critical care medicine( I think)? Any comment?? Is it any
  11. Sepsis protocol?

    WE have a protocol at our hospital. It start right at triage in the ER and from there 3 possibilites: they go to the ICU,get admited by what we call hospitalist or medecine. Basicly the role of triage...
  12. flight nursing speciality program

    %%% Yes it is. Plus I get to go to summer camp once more!!lol Hope the others kids won't be
  13. flight nursing speciality program

    &&&1000 thank you. Exactly what I
  14. true or false

    Here the list of the 10 things I will try to prouve or disprouve. If anyone, know studies of medicine based fact about those please share. Thank you! 1) Emergency are more busy in full moon 2)The...
  15. searching for ER myths!!

    I am working on a presentation on myths and legend in the emergency. Any ideas of such or where I could find could documentation to back my
  16. pulse pressure

    I know a few study that has been talking about pulse pressure as an effective marker for cardiovascular disease and now stroke. I heard also widening pulse pressure is a symtoms of cardiac tamponade....
  17. pulse pressure

    &&& From nusring school to now I knew I wansted to be in critical care. Some of my teacher were tired to hear me talk about it!!!8) By the time i was in 2nd year I did my acls and was...
  18. pulse pressure

    well coming from a very alive city like Montreal, I found Calgary is still drowsy and have some crust in the coner of the eyes!!! It need a few more cup of coffee, but so close to the mountains... I...
  19. Fibromyalgia

    Here a good article I just read on the subject. Getting the point about: fibromyalgia. Article Nursing. 37(2):61-64, February 2007. Dell, Deena Damsky RN, BC, AOCN, MSN Abstract: Invisible and...
  20. ICU websites

    Yep,I'm a little Montreal frog away from his festivals!!8-) XX http://www.aiiuq.qc.ca/ To add to the list: http://www.acls.net/ http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/...
  21. propofol

    Wow you guys are strict down there!!LOL We use etomodate in most of our intubation. But I heard the region is thinking of changing that process. I doing recall for wich reason but it what R/T some...
  22. R U from montreal?

    Not going to the state but I coudn't just pass by and no say a little HI!!! I work for a short bit at the Vic
  23. SCARED to death of conscious sedation

    Here I come to save the dayyyyyyyy We do conscious sedation all the time at my hospital. We use propofol in 98% of the case. In the 6 years I've been there never had one complication, beside that the...
  24. A few questions for experienced nurses

    I didn't many interviwe, but the ones I did( critical care area) I was ask: 1) how i work inside a team and they would put me in situation( i.e: coleague A has a bad attitude I would you aproach it)...