there is basically no specialties in nursing which you can "sleep" on the job...you are taking care of human lives here...pardon me...but how could you even ask such a question??? I am in the...
HI I wonder if this is the right forum to ask this question.... What's the downside of working as a nurse in perth, Australia?.... I'm currently getting my work visa approved...but have been like...
tyrese replied to head injury unit RN's topic in Gastroenterology
if you would really like to know where the tube is really located at...why not try asking the doctors in charge???...is there any operative notes in the patients case file which you can actually look...
tyrese replied to head injury unit RN's topic in Gastroenterology
BTw...in regards to T-tube....my pt has the tube with him for 183 days already.... IT functions like that of a normal drain...just that you could actually flush it....probably for long term useage...
tyrese replied to head injury unit RN's topic in Gastroenterology
J-tube is usually placed at the jejunum area and not at the esophagus. IT is usually placed at a position after the anastomotic site. The NGT usually goes into the esophageal region...they might...
iadditionally a mesentric angiogram might be done if no source of bleeding is found in the lower GI. IN regards to your dad's dizziness...its probably due to having a LOw HB, possible postural...
hey there..just for your info... Usually pt's with lower BGITs are monitored on hrly vital signs...and having their Full blood count taken usually once a day every monring subject to results obtained....