Teresag_CNS

ICU, trauma, gerontology, wounds

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    Need help with research

    Teresag_CNS replied to Ellen Grover's topic in General Nursing

    Research recruitment is difficult, and the more criteria you have, the harder it gets. Why should these women give you 15 minutes of their time? Try framing your request in terms of potential benefit...
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    a first Foley insertion story

    Teresag_CNS posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I was clinical instructor for a group of first-term nursing students at a local college when the opportunity arose for one student to insert her first male Foley. We gathered the supplies and, outside...
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    Nurses, physicians weigh in on new doctoral nurse degree

    Teresag_CNS replied to Brian's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I am a nurse with a PhD in nursing. I wear my badge with my degree on it so everyone can see I have a PhD (if they look), but I call myself a nurse. I think it makes a lot of sense to make physicians...
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    How My Instructor Affected My Life

    Teresag_CNS replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Students

    This is not a "style" of teaching; it is teaching incompetence. I hope you reported her behavior to the director of the program or dean of the school. No educator should endorse this kind of
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    What should your title look like?

    Teresag_CNS replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    Why does it matter? I usually sign mine - when I use the full title: RN,CNS,PhD,CCRN,ACNS-BC (I know - quite a mouthful of letters), but I don't really think it matters
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    Noninvasive Cardiac Output Monitor

    Teresag_CNS replied to RedCell's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I've heard of noninvasive CO monitoring, but the closest we've come is PICCO, which requires calibration with a triple lumen catheter periodically and it uses arterial line waveform analysis to...
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    The Trauma after the Trauma

    Teresag_CNS replied to ScrappyED's topic in General Nursing

    Very well written, Kellie. I agree - you should publish this. Many nursing journals accept essays; look around. I was struck by this thought: in the t.v. shows, this is the drama they never show....
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    Question about plateau pressures

    Teresag_CNS replied to dorimar's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think you're right. If PEEP is subtracted, you're getting an inaccurate measure of what the alveoli are really "seeing." This CCM tutorial seems to agree, although it is not very explicit about how...
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    LIFE photo essay: Maude Callen, Nurse Midwife

    Teresag_CNS replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Thank you, Maude Callen. You are part of our shared