Christy1019 replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency
yeah in my ED nurses ARE the ones who do the art sticks, the only time it seems i see respiratory is if we're transferring a patient from cat 1 or resus up to ICU and they're on a ventilator lol. i...
Christy1019 replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency
well im a new grad so i don't think its possibly to feel "comfy" anywhere just yet, but during my last semester of school on a stepdown unit while i was a nurse extern in the er, i was so BORED, or...
Christy1019 replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency
HA, thats too funny, i sure am at HFH, nice to meet ya. is SICU 4th floor? i STILL get so lost at that hospital, each floor w/600 different unit letters... i've taken pts goin to H5 to the CCU on a...
Christy1019 replied to rnflie's topic in Emergency
I'm a new grad in the ER and i have to say, it's such a disappointment to see some nurses on here, and in real life with such a dislike for new nurses. Throughout nursing school I encountered many...
Christy1019 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency
29y/o female, 38wks pregnant, comes in and tells us "my boyfriends been puttin a vibrator up in me a lot lately, what if my baby comes out w/shaken baby syndrome? i dont wanna get arrested!" HAHA i...
Christy1019 replied to mybrowneyedgirl's topic in Michigan Nursing
i'm not sure off hand but it was definately my most expensive year for books. u definately need the potter and perry, assuming thats what they still use, and thats the most expensive one, don't bother...
About the Ca channel blocker question, that is not necessarily the only reason. one of the types of HTN is primary or idiopathic, there is no known reason for the cause of the HTN, then there is...
that is definately ONE of the causes of HTN, but u have to consider the patho behind other causes/risk factors like age, PVD, CAD, weight, etc. i actually did a patho on HTN last semester, im new to...