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  1. Ruptured AVM

    labman replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Wow sounds like the little gals brain herniated. I am sorry to hear that this situation is happening to you and even worse having her family not accept her death. I say we have many specialities in...

  2. Bad room

    labman posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey everyone I work in a busy neuro ICU and was wondering if thee was a room where you get particularly bad admissions. So far in this one particular room I had to admit a guy with a Subarachnoid...

  3. What do you think about a nursing school ...

    labman replied to WSnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how I would feel. In Madison I remember them starting a nursing program with approval of the BON and wasn't recognized nationally. Students still could take the NCLEX but this definently...

  4. Have you had this happen to you?

    labman posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I had a patients vent alarm that alarmed. I heard a huge audible leak which I notified RT to increase the cuff pressure. She tried to inflate it but it appeared that it would not inflate. So we paged...

  5. Who wants a bicarb question?

    labman replied to gluck's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Personally I have never heard of bicarb used to increase the blood pressure in a code. The reason it is given is to increase bicarb because hypothetically if you code (stop breathing the patient will...

  6. Licox

    labman replied to HT3RN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Our facility had a trial with the licox. Unfortunately I never go to experence. From what I remember it testing pO2 and temp which in our facility we tested its use for vasospasm. Suppoisidly it can...

  7. Monitoring ICP in the OR.

    labman replied to Skr/101392's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Our neurosurgeons would have been so ****** if they would see

  8. ICU psychosis!

    labman posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    hey all i work in a neuro-surgical ICU. Unfortuantely we wake up all of these people every hour for neuro checks and in result have many cases of ICU psychosis. I am on nights so I try to keep visits...

  9. Pumping a V-P shunt

    labman replied to NurseyBaby'05's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    i work in a neuro icu and we never tap shunts

  10. BP cuff or A line

    labman posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hey fellow NICU nurses. I have a quick question for all of you gals and guys. Whenever a patient comes back from OR with a perfectly working A-Line do follow for of the A-line or a BP cuff? We follow...

  11. O2 is 81, what shoud you do?

    labman replied to victorsunshine's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Number one ASSESS your patient. Does he look like he has an oxygen sat of 81% is his lips blue, how is his LOC (generally there will be a decline). Check your waveform on the pulse ox if the pulse ox...

  12. pneumocephalus

    labman replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Well I have worked in our Neuro ICU for around 5-6 months and this is the first time they have found a patient (or atleast one I have taken care of have this) unless they failed to tell me in report...

  13. pneumocephalus

    labman replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    i like it but I bet it is hard to find participants for this study. It is kind of a rarity I have only seen one case since I have been in Neuro ICU. I guess it is controversal treatment. In our unit...

  14. BP cuff or A line

    labman replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Well today I had my first super sick patient who required different pressers ended up having an art line that correlated and not correlating but it helped tremendously when I had to switch pressers...

  15. BP cuff or A line

    labman replied to labman's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Sorry I forgot to write I work in a NSICU. Neuro surgical ICU sorry for the

  16. High Alert Medications

    labman replied to JAMDMAY08's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Lets see Insulin is #1 any vasopressor drips (phenyl, dopamine, norepi etc..) any vasodilator drips (nitroprisside, etenolol) and of course our favorite propofol (the milk of neuro

  17. New Grad/New Job in NTICU

    labman replied to dgclough's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Congrats good

  18. Neuro ICU Worksheet, Report Sheet, or Assignment Sheet

    labman replied to stephlucasrn2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Steph I do not have a neuro ICU report sheet but I usually have a way of dividing it up with the top as the persons name, Dr, admitting diagnosis and major events during hosptial stay. Then what I do...

  19. Tips for new Neuro ICU extern?

    labman replied to ICRN2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    aboville I wish I could recommend a book for you to succed on practice. I wish I have one :), but I feel it comes with experence. Today for instance we got a patient who came from the floor with...

  20. Tips for new Neuro ICU extern?

    labman replied to ICRN2008's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I just started in Neuro ICU in a 16 bed busy unit. Congrats on getting an extern in one Some things I wished I would have known before starting neuro ICU - How to do a head to toe neuro assessment...

  21. Do you pay for parking at work?

    labman replied to SarahRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a big teaching hospital and we had a ridiculous parking the closest was like 100 dollars a month and a little farther away it was like 50 a month. I said screw it all together got a house...

  22. Question re: CVA

    labman replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I remember with strokes they usually look at the direction of the stroke. I remember this as Left stroke (Right side flaccid). They neglect their flaccid side and stare at the side that they can use....

  23. Tell me your GPA. Just wanna compare

    labman replied to mahkev2000's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Before nursing school about a 3.7 My cumulaive for my BSN

  24. I am so weird

    labman posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey guys. I have NCLEX tommarow but I am really not nervous (well it would be a lie but I am minimally nervous). Is this normal (I feel confident in my knowledge). I feel my biggest concern is me...

  25. ANYONE else having a HORRIBLE education experience???

    labman replied to gemini81sg's topic in General Nursing

    I will say I graduated in spite of professors not because of their help. All I will say about my nursing education.