GrnHonu08

this is one of the many assessments we will do in the neuro icu along with cold calorics, apnea test, corneals, cough and gag... and then if there is still a question we may do a perfusion test to see if there is any bf to the brain.

they would be mostly the same as pts with stroke. impaired swallow is a big one..patient safety, assisting with PT/OT for rehab....maxamizing independence...as for acute care pre op nurses would want to decrease stimulation to keep SBP less than 110. Institue neuro checks q1-2 hours.

are you kidding??/ When is a patient ONLY neuro?? bc brain injured patients NEVER have anything else wrong with them. (rolling eyes). The minute a pt becomes neuro-even if they are primarily trauma they come straight to the neuro ICU...hmmmm...you should tell your friend specialties are more criticial than general ICUs bc we not only take basic patients (medical/trauma) and add neuro on top of that. The long and short of it we can do everthing trauma can do plus specialize in neuro. Your friend can only do trauma..boo.

I actually disagree. I was a new grad in the neuro ICU and I have had plenty of people with swans and one with an balloon..i'd say the balloon pump is pretty rare but we see hemod. unstable people all the time...I mean we HHH...run CVPS titrating vasoactive gtts...we don't see open hearts or anything but we do see rhythm stuff quite a bit. We have a huge unit though and we see quite a bit of everything...its not abnormal to see a swan (we used to use them all the time for HHH but now have gravitated to flotracs and such), dialysis..wounds...

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