smartnurse1982

smartnurse1982

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  1. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Will she "decompose" if she is allowed to stay on the vent?What I mean is that will her brain

  2. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I now know Nj and Ny have "conscious clauses".I will reade about it and report back.It seems the laws are not as clear as EVERYONE thinks they

  3. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry,it should read "Paul Bryne,a pediatric professor at the University of Toledo"

  4. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Check out what Byrne,a Professor of Pediatrics said about the

  5. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hope good comes out of these posts,as I'm on Facebook now and MANY nurses don't understand the difference.Jadelpn and Muno on the first page said it all.I should have stopped right

  6. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Apparently,an Lpn who is going to school to become an Rn,well that education counts toward Ceu's

  7. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmm,I've never,ever said I wasn't open to education about their conditions.I understand the have "devastated neuro conditions".That's it,nothing more. I won't even say that.I will just say their...

  8. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I meant that they "cram" them.That is common,as I have asked around.Once again,I'm in private duty,so I've obviously only asked Pdn

  9. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is the post I'm referring to.I didn't just pull it out of

  10. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another nurse on another website was suggesting that.Yeah,she isn't eligible for hospice.I doubt insurance will pay for

  11. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is it in a nutshell.Nobody to ask questions too.Yes,there is the web,and Allnurses.A previous post from 2004 was where I got my information,for the most part. I think I read that one in 2004....

  12. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes,you must be the perfect nurse who never,ever makes mistakes,never drinks alcohol,and is a

  13. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Those old articles I ws filling out from Advance Rn count as

  14. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well,a coworker of mine had to take all of her CEU's in two weeks because she was renewing her license,and they asked her about them. She didn't have any at the time.Its pretty common for nurses to...

  15. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes they require it,but its only if they ask you to present them.They don't ask all the nurses that need to renew to show

  16. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Aparently,two pts....Zack Dunlap and Stephen Thorpe,were declared"brain dead" yet woke up.Google them. No,they were in a vegetative state nor coma,and on was on the table to have his organs...

  17. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read the old posts of Allnurses,and they were saying an EEG with no waves was the surest way to know that a pt was brain dead.Remember,I did say a few pages back Mom said my pt had no EEG waves when...

  18. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The laws didn't change THAT

  19. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well,what do you know.I made a post back in 2008 asking were my pts in a vegetative state.Guess what the answers were?Most said "no".One poster did say they are,but its insensitive to refer to them as...

  20. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is the post I'm referring to.It seems what she is saying is that the 13 yr old has lived to long to be considered "brain dead".It seems she is saying that if Jahi was "dead",she would have died...

  21. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes,someone on the previous page was from the UK,and in her articles it indicates EEG isn't needed in Europe.The concept isn't applied consistently throughtout the world. I just read on another site...

  22. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you saying its possible the 13 yr old in Cali. Isn't brain dead,because she has lived too long?Are you saying its possible for brain dead pts to have cardiac death even if they are on a vent and...

  23. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As I said on the first page,my pt has flat EEG waves. In England,they don't even need to do an EEG to determine brain death.On that thread,most were saying an EEG is a definite determination of brain...

  24. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the old Allnurses topic I referenced above,Talexandria even wrote that the staff on the Neuro unti even refer to pts as "brain dead" when they weren't.(pg 6).Also,a nurses wrote in that thread she...

  25. Are my pts "brain dead"?

    smartnurse1982 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Soomeone has a prior thread on aLLnurses(its closed now) titled "Icu nurses...do you talk to brain dead pts"? Its very interesting,and by reading that,you would be really surprised the number of...