samjoe

can anyone tell me what kind of half life beta blockers have? both oral and IV!

thanks everyone..it helps to have it broken down after reading diff txt books :)

hi can anyone explain what a narrow complex tachycardia means? what is different from sinus tachy?

I work in the u.k..and when i worked in stroke i would look after 12 patients a shift..often at night i would have 21 patients and i would be the only trained member of staff with 2 care assistants..it is hard work juggling your workload but it does get better in time..do u have other staff to help with you patients?

Im finding it very confusing on deciding whether to give a patient IV diuretics and ace inhibitors when there bp is lower...im used to worrying when a pt bp was below a 100 systolic but this is quite normal in a heart failure patient...getting used to different observation parameters is proving to be challenging. At what systolic reading would you start to worry in heart failure ( what would you class as hypotensive)

Thanks for the help :) how would you assess whether a patient in heart failure needed dobutamine? Would this be looking at bp and blood results? For example renal function?

So on my shift today i had a patient with a central line. Ive never had to nurse a patient with one before. Just wandering about what i need/ should no about them?

Stop the infusion...would you flush the cannula though?

Hi...was just wandering why a lower bp is prefered in heart failure?