ShawnetteRN05

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  1. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    my husband had a motorcycle accident this past wednsday. Along with numerous broken bones, he suffered a brain injury. He has a left temporal and left frontal lobe contusion. Inital assessement (at...

  2. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi This will probably be the last time that I post on this thread. My husband is scheduled to come home on May 10. He has spent nearly two weeks in med rehab for a total hospital stay of 1 month....

  3. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi all... My husband's appetite had picked up just a bit. He is such a picky eater, and besides who really wants to eat pureed hospital food? We start rehab in the morning 4/22/05, and they expect...

  4. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

    He had a consult with speech therapy today to do a swallow eval...he passed and they put him on a pureed diet (which he won't eat anything). It is so hard trying to deal with his nurses ( I...

  5. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

    Like I previously stated, alot has happened in the last 12 days. Most recently, when my husband was extubated, he was speaking some. He went to surjury last friday( they fixed a broken nasal septum...

  6. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

    Alot has happened since I last posted on this thread. My husband woke from his"coma" 6 days later (the day they stopped the fentayl drip) he was extubated the next day. He follows commands, speaks...

  7. comas?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

    Last night I was told that his GCS was 8. He automatically gets a 1 in comm b/c he is intubated. We haven't tried to get him to write b/c he is in and out of it. (He is sedated) he also has...

  8. syphilis question

    ShawnetteRN05 posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I have a question, if a patient has been diagnosed with syphilis over 30 years ago and refuses treatment b/c she denies ever contracting the disease, is there any other specific STDs that she should...

  9. I Need Major Guidance!!!

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to nurseinalabama's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    TELL YOUR BROTHER!

  10. The F word - bombed it!

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to Carolanne's topic in First Year After Licensure

    do you have any specific web sites or info on where to take practice exams? I haven't taken my test yet, (I grad in may) and I am going to take a review course, but I still worry about the exam....

  11. What did you buy yourself for a graduation present

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to Nightcrawler's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduate in May, as soon as I take my NCLEX review course, my husband, daughter, and I are going on a cruise :w00t:

  12. pit induction protocol

    ShawnetteRN05 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I have a case study to present in class monday, and I was wondering if anyone had any information about a standard induction protocol? thanks

  13. How did you find out about allnurses?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I was using a search engine, I was trying to find information about nursing and unions...the rest is

  14. bachelorette degree RN vs. Associate degree RN

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to beebester's topic in General Students

    I am in a BSN program and I was told that one of the main differences is the fact that BSN's have the opportunity to advance their career (admin/management), whereas ADN's are mostly limited to...

  15. Do we all lack confidence and feel freaked out when we are new nurses?

    ShawnetteRN05 replied to jennanlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I graduate in may, and I am absolutely petrified of working. This semester as part of my curriculum, I had to participate in a preceptorship (I logged 230+ hours) it had helped me alot and I gained...