This is why I am scared to get sick in my old age. Nursing students are not being checked up on by their instructors. The staff nurses are too busy to bother to speak to the instructors about these...
Check with your local OSHA rep. If you don't make the effort to check; management is not going to. Usually their rule is that food and drinks cannot be anywhere where patient specimens are handled....
texasneuroRN replied to ReeseW's topic in MICU, SICU
The area around the infarct is called the Penumbra. This is an area of decreased perfursion (ischemia) that has the ability to become infarcted if not well perfused. Patients will often have...