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  1. Pentobarb comas

    RedBait replied to bellehill's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I am familiar with the notion of lightening the barbs every day and seeing what the ICP does...you can always put them down again. I once heard a trauma doc say that more than five to seven days only...

  2. Pentobarb comas

    RedBait replied to bellehill's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Barbiturates are the most common class of drugs used to suppress cerebral metabolism. Barbiturate coma is typically induced with pentobarbital. A loading dose of 10 mg/kg is administered over 30...

  3. psychosis in icu after heart surgery can someone explain what happened to me

    RedBait replied to LPNstudentRNnfuture's topic in Cardiac

    Look for information on delirium in the ICU (ICU psychosis is a sort of slang). A Google search is a good place to start, Medscape and Pubmed should be next. The librarian in your closest medical...

  4. A question about Diploma Nurses

    RedBait replied to Headhurt's topic in General Nursing

    That's me!! They prefer to call it coral BTW LOL. I work in a combination PICU/ICU. In the morning, at sunrise, the color of the sky matches the buildings of Tripler. Come visit, it's

  5. A question about Diploma Nurses

    RedBait replied to Headhurt's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what your definition of "too far" is, but I have a diploma in nursing and over 28 years of experience (22 of that in ICU), I have always worked at high acuity, big city, university...

  6. Civilians as Employees in Military Hospitals

    RedBait replied to jhawk07's topic in Government, Military

    Not only can you have a GS (civilian gov worker) position, as a military spouse, you have preference for jobs, and your seniority goes with you to any GS job you take, anywhere in the world. But,...

  7. Roll Call for all Military and VA Nurses and those considering the Service

    RedBait replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    RN for 28 yrs, 22 in ICU, 2 years GS worker in ICU at Tripler Army Med Center in Honolulu (combination active duty military and VA). The pay here is way, way better than any other hospital on the...

  8. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

    RedBait replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the "supervisory" part of this reg (it is not legislation, it is regulation and was not voted on by Congress or anybody else)...if you can be described as doing even a tiny bit of...

  9. How does an atheist deal with death?

    RedBait replied to jen42's topic in Hospice, Palliative

  10. APLS (advanced pediatric life support)

    RedBait replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

    Patent Foramen Ovale...there, now you can sleep tonight

  11. How does an atheist deal with death?

    RedBait replied to jen42's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I understand that your faith is a comfort to you and guides your practice. But how is this useful in answering the question, "How does an atheist deal with death?" Not at all angry, not critical, just...

  12. How does an atheist deal with death?

    RedBait replied to jen42's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    And thank you for

  13. How does an atheist deal with death?

    RedBait replied to jen42's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Please reread the previous posts and you will see that this thread is not requesting an affirmation of the existence of God...it is a thread discussing how an atheist/agnostic/non-believer can offer...

  14. So what DO they teach you in nursing school?

    RedBait replied to edogs334's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ...thanks

  15. So what DO they teach you in nursing school?

    RedBait replied to edogs334's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I suppose you could say I learned to identify normal and abnormal human physiological function from the cellular level to the whole organism level, and think using the the scientific method. How:...

  16. tattoos in the workplace

    RedBait replied to wiseguy99's topic in General Nursing

    The protocol you refer to is the Tattoos:Teeth Ratio. If the patient has more tattoos than teeth...well, you get where this is going LOL. BTW I have several large area tattoos and I am a 60 Y/O...

  17. Pay

    RedBait replied to Nurse Ratchet's topic in General Nursing

    First: not for profit does not mean makes no profit; it means the profit must be spent according to IRS rules to avoid paying taxes on that profit. (For example: net profits must be plowed back into...

  18. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    RedBait replied to sdg's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Think about it, if this were true then would you do better if you had cancer? COPD? amputations?...well, you get the

  19. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    RedBait replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I like that one myself

  20. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    RedBait replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    Not exactly true. I work at a federal hospital (Tripler Army Med Center in Honolulu), I am a GS worker. Like all GS workers in every position, in every facility, everywhere, my overtime rate is capped...

  21. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    RedBait replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm much more cynical than that; I believe that if it mattered very much who was President, voting would be

  22. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    RedBait replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    The ANA affiliate in Hawaii is the Hawaii Nurses' Assn and the Collective Bargaining Organization. Why the strike failed is likely a multi-factorial issue. I work at a federal hospital (no union for...

  23. new OT laws and how will affect nurses

    RedBait replied to nontrad1964's topic in General Nursing

    I guess you are unaware of something called Mandatory Overtime. Where I live, Hawaii, your supervisor can tap you on the shoulder and keep you another shift, mandatory, no choice, never mind you might...

  24. ARDS - Proning

    RedBait replied to FNO's topic in International Nursing

    Janfrn: I had not seen your post when I replied with a repeat definition of proning...as you can see, we in adult critical care steal all the good ideas from peds LOL. But proning has been less...

  25. ARDS - Proning

    RedBait replied to FNO's topic in International Nursing

    For those who do not care for this patient population, proning is an alveolus recruitment strategy for patients with acute lung injuries. These lung injuries resist ventilation stragegies alone...