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  1. "PUP Score" abbreviation

    nocturne716 posted a topic in General Students

    What is the abbreviation 'PUP Score' defined as, it should be under respiratory? I can't find it in my Lab Diagnostic book, the closest thing is "PAP" which is Prostatic acid phosphatase.

  2. RN Functions

    nocturne716 posted a topic in Emergency

    In the ER, do the RNs have more independent functions that they normally wouldn't have on other floors? (ie what you would normally need a signature

  3. Question: Do ER nurses do more things independently?

    nocturne716 posted a topic in Emergency

    For example, you dont delegate things like VS checks, neurovascular, neurologic checks go LPNs/CNAs/PCTs as per your protocol guidelines or ENA guidelines. It seems that some ER nurses are allowed...

  4. Identifying main medical problem...

    nocturne716 posted a topic in Emergency

    Question: A person comes in to the ER because he had falled from a ladder and hit his head on a rock...in the ER, he speaks incoherently and drifts off to sleep (GCS score from 15 falls down to a 5...

  5. Identifying main medical problem...

    nocturne716 replied to nocturne716's topic in Emergency

    Going off on a tangent: When you see a patient go comatose (GCS falls to a 5) like that, what should you do? I'm already assuming that ABCD has already been assessed as an inital assessment when the...

  6. Identifying main medical problem...

    nocturne716 replied to nocturne716's topic in Emergency

    he had ipsilateral pupil dilatation...no info specifically on his babinski report, but i'm assuming because of the GCS Score of 5 (no eye opening, no verbal response, decorticate movement ot pain)...

  7. How far of a deviation in vital signs is not WNL? ie.

    nocturne716 posted a topic in General Students

    Ie. WNL RR is 15-20....so then 28 is not WNL? Is there a specific range that you can't go over or is 15-20 set in

  8. Assessing CVP

    nocturne716 posted a topic in General Students

    Looking up this diuretic/antihypertensive drug and it says to assess improvement in CVP, how is that measured quantitatively?

  9. Assessing CVP

    nocturne716 replied to nocturne716's topic in General Students

    Is CVP also a case in which you would measure Jugular Vein

  10. How far of a deviation in vital signs is not WNL? ie.

    nocturne716 replied to nocturne716's topic in General Students

    thanks for the