geeimjo

geeimjo specializes in ward nursing - cardiac, medical, neuro.

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1. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

   geeimjo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

   Our system has failed us. For most of us, following the American or Canadian food guide will cause us to gain weight. Look up what Peter Attia, a surgeon now working in the field of nutrition, has to say on his TED talk: If you want more science to ...

2. Worried That Doctor's Orders Will Hasten A Patient's Death

   geeimjo replied to PrincessNur's topic in Safety

   Sometimes patients will refuse blood transfusions for any number of reasons (sometimes religious, or other, but they have that right). Sometimes patients have very low hemoglobin levels, or are bleeding, and the amount of blood work drawn will actual...

3. Do You Remember Your Patient's Name?

   geeimjo replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting comments. And what a relief. I used to pride myself on remembering people's names - and did quite well using baylor's trick - to use the name a few times. Alas, for me, this ability is limited to names I am familiar with. I have recently ...

4. Exam question

   geeimjo replied to psustudent5's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses (and other healthcare and housekeeping personnel) on the wards are most frequently exposed to chemical cleaning and disinfecting agents.

5. Does any one know the answer to this??

   geeimjo replied to Pinkpea11's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5050,00.html by Lewis Hsu, M.D., Ph.D. and William Muller, Ph.D reviewed by Laura Jana, M.D., F.A.A.P. Diet and Nutrition in Sickle Cell Disease: "Extra calories are required. The calories contained in our food ...

6. NG/OG tube placement

   geeimjo replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

   I was answering NurseJen's question about why litmus paper, and what other aspirates a person might find. I agree, absolutely, that it is best practice to X-ray for placement, and every place I've worked has required this prior to starting a feed. Wh...

7. NG/OG tube placement

   geeimjo replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

   Reply to NurseJen: Gastric acid is highly acidic - somewhere between pH 1.0 - 2.0 The gastric content of the stomach usually ranges from 4 - 5, may sometimes be as high as 6.0 (still acidic), whereas the contents of the lungs are neutral - that is, ...

8. NG/OG tube placement

   geeimjo replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in General Nursing

   To answer Celebrate5's question (Dec28/07), YES, absolutely, a feeding tube can cause a pneumothorax - witnessed it once - the patient had emphysema, lung tissue so fragile when the feed tube went down - incorrectly - the fragile lung tissue was disr...

9. Using Ampules w/o filter needles

   geeimjo replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

   It is clear we are told to use the filtered needles in some hospitals (and given varied reasons for doing so) and in others, nurses (and other HC workers) haven't even heard of them. The question isn't whether or not we've been told to use them, or t...

10. Using Ampules w/o filter needles

    geeimjo replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Everyone - I am glad this topic has generated so much debate - makes me feel less lonely in my quest for discovering what best practice constitutes with regards to use of THE FILTERED NEEDLE... I started working in a hospital that supplies filt...