Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey transferred to London unit

    Horseshoe replied to sirI's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Wow, that's great

  2. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Actually, there have been many interesting developments recently, particularly with regard to the family making legal maneuvers to have their child declared "alive" and all the implications which come...

  3. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    One of the tests to establish brain death is the apnea test. The patient is taken off the vent and observed to see if there is ANY respiratory drive whatsoever. Jahi had none. She never once...

  4. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Again, that is PATENTLY FALSE. Absence of multi organ failure is NOT evidence that brain death has not occurred. The brain interacts in various ways with optimal organ function, but a dead brain...

  5. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    It is patently FALSE that the absence of multi organ failure on a ventilated patient indicates brain function. Did you just make that

  6. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    Not everyone comes to terms with the truth in only a year's time. There was even one mother who never did allow her four year old brain dead son to be taken off life support. He lived 20 years...

  7. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    As far as I know, this is a rumor which has been floated about quite a lot but absolutely never confirmed by any credible source. Or has that

  8. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    For that matter, just having the surgery to begin with. I think it was NW who acknowledged that Jahi had verbalized fears that she wouldn't wake up after her surgery. Knowing that this was an...

  9. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I do remember the bowel sloughing, but that seemed to be more about the initial hypoxic injury rather than long term decomposing. It may be that money has become the driving factor here, but I really...

  10. The Story of Jahi Continues

    Horseshoe replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I would think a nurse would know that the fact that Jahi hasn't "rotted in the bed" has not ONE IOTA to do with her being brain dead or not. She is on a ventilator, which is keeping her heart...

  11. Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    Horseshoe replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    Which UK criteria would half your patients

  12. new Ebola patient

    Horseshoe replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I haven't read anything that would answer those questions. From what I have read, both Nina and Amber continue to mention chronic fatigue. They may not be physically ready to go back to work and...

  13. Is it legal to have RN's use full name on badge?

    Horseshoe replied to nitrorocket's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I'm amazed that a nurse doesn't know that HIPAA is about protecting the medical records of patients and has nothing to do with privacy concerns of

  14. Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    Horseshoe replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    http://www.utmb.edu/policies_and_procedures/IHOP/Clinical/End_of_Life/IHOP%20-%2009.15.09%20-%20Determination%20of%20Death.pdf Here is the procedure for determining brain death in Texas, which is...

  15. new Ebola patient

    Horseshoe replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Nina Pham: 'I thought it was a death sentence' Nurse Nina Pham has given an

  16. Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    Horseshoe replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    suga junkie, I knew of that case, but I'd never seen that report; those autopsy photos are very telling. This boy's family refused to take him off life support. I don't know what their rationale...

  17. Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    Horseshoe replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    No, it is absolutely NOT a gray area. There are absolute, non-negotiable standards for determining brain death. It' is not something which is taken lightly. One must meet the criteria for brain...

  18. Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    Horseshoe replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    The heart continues to pump because it is being furnished with oxygen rich blood by the ventilator. What do you mean by "something does not connect"? This all makes perfect sense. If you take Jahi...

  19. Curious to know why Jahi thread was closed?

    Horseshoe replied to RNIBCLC's topic in Nursing News

    That is patently

  20. Support Kaci Hickox

    Horseshoe replied to nurse2033's topic in Disaster Preparation

    How did this woman even remotely threaten the public safety?! She was asymptomatic and had tested negative for ebola twice when she went home. You cannot transmit ebola while asymptomatic, she did...

  21. new Ebola patient

    Horseshoe replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    According to much of the criticism of the first study with the pigs and monkeys, not only do pigs have an uncanny ability to spread aerosolized particles unlike any other species, the study also did...

  22. new Ebola patient

    Horseshoe replied to Mulan's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And yet, in all the years HCW have been coming and going to Africa to take care of ebola patients, NOT ONE has ever infected a US resident with ebola upon their return. Mr. Duncan came into contact...

  23. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Horseshoe replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Well, that's totally NOT

  24. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Horseshoe replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Okay, I'm confused. Did you mean to say "Not one person who is favor of the quarantine responded?" Because those who are against it have actually been very verbal about why they are against...

  25. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Horseshoe replied to MissyWrite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kaci's first temp reading was normal. WHY was she detained 3 hours with a normal