NeuroICURN

NeuroICURN

Neurology, Neurosurgerical & Trauma ICU

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  1. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I couldn't have said it better myself! Once again, you've eloquently said what we've all been trying to get across. I think it's hard for people to really understand the difference between comatose...

  2. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    LOL....I was just going to post the same thing! As the previous poster said, her father was on the ventilators and they suggested that they remove medical support....HOWEVER, she did not say...

  3. Triple H therapy and ICP question....please

    NeuroICURN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Ok, well, I stated that wrong and it's my fault. Steroids do help with ICP, but in certain cases. In the case of a TBI (traumatic brain injury), steroids do little. Now, steroids do help in the case...

  4. Leaving nursing

    NeuroICURN replied to wandering_rn's topic in General Nursing

    {{{{{{{{{{{{ HUG }}}}}}}}}} Sounds like you needed that! You don't have to answer this next question.....why were you fired? Perhaps it's a matter of you not being suited for the type of nursing...

  5. Back-to-back 12 hour shifts

    NeuroICURN replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I do commute Vsummer1! LOL I work 45 miles from where I live....so when you figure that we're actually scheduled 12.5 hours, plus an hour to and from, then I can truly sympathize with 15 hour days!...

  6. Back-to-back 12 hour shifts

    NeuroICURN replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I usually work no more than three in a row, but I've done more. In order to do a vacation (without taking any vacation time....1/2 of one week off and then 1/2 of the other) I've worked 8 12hr...

  7. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    NeuroICURN replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Ok, this one came to me from another nurse, but I'll share it with you.... A man and his partner had gotten drunk (and/or high) and had poured cement into the rectum of one. Well, you guessed...

  8. TV show "Scrubs"

    NeuroICURN replied to Lalage's topic in General Nursing

    This show absolutely cracks me up! I don't care how nurses are portrayed in it...it's just funny! I think what got me hooked on it was the very first episode when Turk first asks Carla out, she told...

  9. OH Yeah, I had it all together

    NeuroICURN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...I've done that a couple

  10. Could this be true or is this proud papa just bragging.

    NeuroICURN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Oramar.... Well, first of all, I know that you're from my neck of the woods.... Also, I graduated with my ADN last year....so let me tell you that in ANY of the inner city hospitals here....NONE of...

  11. Advice regarding student in Neuro ICU

    NeuroICURN replied to DustinRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    DustinRN... Just wondered how it's going? Hope you're having a good experience!

  12. Triple H therapy and ICP question....please

    NeuroICURN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Ok...I answered the triple H therapy question in the thread about needing insight from neuro nurses. Textbook normal ICP is 0-10. Anything up to 15 is acceptable. Most facilities use the following...

  13. patients recieving blood products

    NeuroICURN replied to peggyk's topic in General Nursing

    superglue....ha ha...Just kidding! Let's face it....even superglue wouldn't work on some of my patients!

  14. Doctor in your next life?

    NeuroICURN replied to Hopegirl's topic in General Nursing

    LOL....I actually just had this conversation with a resident at work the other day. I told her that my family always wanted me to become a doctor, but personally, I'm not interested in all the time,...

  15. Is it child sexual abuse?

    NeuroICURN replied to Phenomenon's topic in General Nursing

    My only advice is this. It sounds as if you are truly concerned that something improper may have occurred...and if that's the case, then you need to take your daughter to the pediatrician and perhaps...

  16. ok...neuro nurses...need insight please!

    NeuroICURN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Triple H therapy is part of the standard care for patient's that have had a subarachnoid hemmorhage from an aneurysm rupture and then had a repair....either clipping or coiling. The H's are:...

  17. Filter needle when drawing from vials or not?

    NeuroICURN replied to sharann's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hmmm...I don't know that your manager would be required to keep something like that confidential, but then again, what would it hurt even if she didn't? After all...you're attempting to be your...

  18. need info. relocating to PA ,graduating nursing school in NY need info

    NeuroICURN replied to nursegayle's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You can take the state boards anywhere and have the results sent to any state. For example....If you wanted to take the state boards while on vacation in HI, you could do that and just have the...

  19. What made you like your chosen field of nursing better then others?

    NeuroICURN replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a Neuro/Trauma ICU and to be honest, I don't know EXACTLY how I ended up here, but I think someone other than myself had a little hand in it......let me explain... I have always been...

  20. ok...neuro nurses...need insight please!

    NeuroICURN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    WOW! What an amazing story...and thank you for being courageous enough to share it with us! It's soooo nice to hear about the ones that have a good outcome and then share it with us. I think...

  21. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Oh, ok. Well, there again, I think it all comes back to the fact that perhaps it is the MDs that need a lesson in what brain death is and how to accurately declare it! I certainly wouldn't want my...

  22. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Good for you....NOTHING ticks me off more than when people talk about a COMATOSE patient as if they don't hear it....I never say anything to or about them that I wouldn't say directly to their face...

  23. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Oh yeah, because that's what it's all about....mutilating bodies and making money! :angryfire Nevermind the 50 year-old man who was born with a congenital defect of his mesenteric arteries and...

  24. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Sounds to me like these cases, if true, then the MDs need a lesson in not only properly declaring brain death, but also on what brain death is. In the case of the person breathing...

  25. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    NeuroICURN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    OK, there are several things that I want to say in response to this post....the first being that I'm sorry to hear about your losses and that I'm glad to hear that you are doing well now. However,...