ProfesseureTournesol

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1. Congestive Heart Failure

   ProfesseureTournesol replied to Monica Zilko's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   All my thoughts are going to you Monica. I hope hospice care was called because I agree with other posts, ativan or even midazolam would help here. To not feed or hydrate her is a good intervention at...

2. Post-mortem care

   ProfesseureTournesol replied to ProfesseureTournesol's topic in General Nursing

   Well... the alive patient waits... That's one of the reason why it seemed to me to be a policy that doesn't really serves anyone and is based on some kind of a superstitious belief. I've seen times...

3. Post-mortem care

   ProfesseureTournesol posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! We have a two-hour policy about not moving a body after death (no moving to another room or to the morgue or to anywere else) and I was wondering from where does this come from. I...

4. Why be concerned with DI for TBI pts?

   ProfesseureTournesol replied to jensfbay's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   It can also impair homestasis as it leads to hypovolemia and low

5. Neuro ICU - Withdrawl of life support...is this so wrong?

   ProfesseureTournesol replied to Nacki's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   The use of Diprivan is seen more and more in palliative care, especially in oncology, therefore, on non-intubated patients. It's used for conscious sedation with patients who respond poorly to benzo,...