aeauooo

aeauooo

neuro, ICU/CCU, tropical medicine

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  1. Malpractice/liability insurance.

    aeauooo replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I remember being told that when I started one of my staff positions. The hospital advised that nurses not carry their own insurance because a plaintiff would then sue the nurse separately. As I...

  2. After removing the bullets from a gunshot wound in the OR, ....

    aeauooo replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    My first thought was, "bullet fragments are never removed in the OR!" but then I realized y'all were talking about gunshot woulnds to parts of the body other than the head. Too many years in...

  3. Whats your online go-to site, w/ nursing-medical questions

    aeauooo replied to Poochee's topic in General Nursing

    Usually Ovid first, then MDConsult. Most, if not all university-affiliated hospitals allow nurses to access these data bases. I worked at a non-universtiy hospital where I had access, and of course,...

  4. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    aeauooo replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I almost passed out the first time I saw a guy suctioned. That image helped me to quit

  5. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    aeauooo replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    One time I took care of a guy who fell asleep on railroad tracks and had both hands and a foot amputated. I walked into his room after he had put the call light on had said... "Can I give you a

  6. Indian Nurses to Solve Nursing "Shortage"

    aeauooo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. It is my decision to be concerned about things that are happening, rather than things that might happen. I just finished a course in malaria. Over a million children under 5 years of age...

  7. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    aeauooo replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used leaches for the first time several months ago. Without fail, I returned to the room after the leach had finished feeding, then had to follow the splat and trail of blood on the floor to find...

  8. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    aeauooo replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. When I worked in Seattle our neurosurgeons routinely did craniectomies. Then I moved to Philly, where the neurosurgeons seemed to prefer lobectomies. When I asked why they didn't do...

  9. Indian Nurses to Solve Nursing "Shortage"

    aeauooo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    So in other words, there is no evidence that the influx of foreign-born nurses is resulting in reduced wages for nurses and compromised standards in this country, just speculation. Show me the...

  10. Indian Nurses to Solve Nursing "Shortage"

    aeauooo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Is there evidence that is going

  11. Its True about Nurses and Tickets

    aeauooo replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Bad karma for

  12. I want her fired!!!!

    aeauooo replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    You want her fired? Fine, hire her, then you can fire her. I agree with the previous comments. I would have told the guy to calm down or he would be escorted out by security. That kind of behavior is...

  13. Its True about Nurses and Tickets

    aeauooo replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah! I used to keep my old cheapie stethoscope from nursing school hanging from my rear view mirror. I lost count of the number of times I got out of speeding tickets. Now almost every time I...

  14. What do you do or subscribe to to stay current of nursing information?

    aeauooo replied to Dancin'Mom's topic in General Nursing

    I'd never heard of the JCN - I ordered a trial issue to check it out.

  15. Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    aeauooo replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Been there! Better safe than sorry. Good question, lots of possible

  16. Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    aeauooo replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Good, it sounds like he didn't have an ischemic stroke then. I have worked with a lot of nurses (and a few docs) who care for patients with stroke and were unaware that a negative head CT in the...

  17. My family can't believe nurses don't get breaks

    aeauooo replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    What's a

  18. My pt died, lab results question?

    aeauooo replied to BinkieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good job! One thing to consider about rhabdo, even though it might not apply to your patient, is that it is frequently seen in people who were "found down" for an unknown period of time, i.e. people...

  19. Indian Nurses to Solve Nursing "Shortage"

    aeauooo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I, for one, think that the influx of nurses from outside of the U.S. is good for our profession. My only real objection to it is the 'brain drain' it causes in the countries from which they come. I...

  20. Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    aeauooo replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Rehab's cool. I worked rehab as a nursing technician - it's hard work, but it's REAL nursing. Another reason why I am hesitant to Google neurlogical topics is that half the time the majority of hits...

  21. What do you do or subscribe to to stay current of nursing information?

    aeauooo replied to Dancin'Mom's topic in General Nursing

    The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene You

  22. Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    aeauooo replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Peace! I rarely 'Google' anything because there is too much bad information on the Internet and I have access to plenty of reliable sources. So, you're a nursing assistant interested in neuro? Good!...

  23. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    aeauooo replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah? Try it again and see how long it takes for me to answer

  24. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    aeauooo replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not there yet, but it's closing

  25. Brain Fart: Whats the name of this CVA symptom?

    aeauooo replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    In ischemic stroke the head CT will initially be negative, then develop into hypodense areas after about 6 hours. Negative head CT is one of the criteria for thrombolyitic therapy for ischemic...