PrisonrNurs replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing
I remember seeing a lab patient with a K+ value of 37!!!! It was, of course, a typo on the lab slip and should have been 3.7, but it was discovered by the doctor, who came absolutely unglued!!! He...
PrisonrNurs replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing
I was helping treat a patient in the ER with severe hyperglycemia, measuring in at 1200mg/dL. She was given insulin and her BS dropped to 21! Through the whole range of values, she was completely...
If there's a greater need for male nurses in nursing, it's in Corrections. I'm one of two, of nine nurses in a men's prison and being a male does have definite advantages. For one thing, the inmates...