tlynnette418

There are two different types of strokes- ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic is more common and occurs with a clot or disruption in blood flow to the brain, such as afib. Hemorrhagic occurs with a vessel rupture causing a bleed in the brain. This can be caused by HTN or a trauma-related incident. You can have a pt with a bleed from a MVA and it's technically a stroke. We still do stroke education on these pts too. Subdural hematomas are not considered strokes bc it occurs outside the brain. Hope this helps.

Same. It's the first job I was offered and I took it. As tough as the job is, I do find neuro very interesting and I especially love stroke patients. Neuro is tough bc the pts are unpredictable, confused, and agitated. We get strokes, altered mental status, DTs and withdrawal, neurosurgeries, etc. It's a speciality that requires a lot of patience.

What experience do you have so far and what makes you want to be in neuro? I've worked 2.5 years and only in neuro. I can definitely say it chose me.

I changed jobs recently because I was a Baylor nurse prior and working every weekend. I think the jobs are far and few bc most facilities require everyone to work a weekend or two a month. It worked well in the beginning and the pay was great, but eventually, it gets old. When everyone is doing fun things on the weekend and you're stuck at work...? I did that for a year and a half. No kids so I can't comment on that.

Rolling the insulin vial in you hands mixes up the particles, like in cloudy insulins. This website has handy insulin info- https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/vod/vodsum0401.htm