Topics About 'Ccu'.

Heart Disease Fun Facts: According to the CDC Every 34 seconds, someone dies of heart disease in the US. 697,000 people die annually of heart disease in the US. That's 1 out of 5 deaths. In 2017-2018, the cost of healthcare services...

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Can someone explain the difference between these units? I worked on a unit called tele and that meant Post CABG, pre and post cath, cardiac drips (nitro, diltiazem, etc.), pre and post any cardiac procedure performed at our hospital. We didn't take a...

To tell the truth, I don't know if she had dementia prior to the stroke. Certainly, after this stroke, she had classic perseveration. Many of us have taken care of elders who focused on money when they developed dementia. Perhaps it goes back to bein...

He was a transfer from an outside hospital. Standard chest pain had some nitro tabs, needed a cardiac cath. We see it all of the time. He was actually smiling and cracking a few jokes as we got him settled into his room (of course we're rushing - he'...

Death is commonplace to me. As a former ICU nurse and now acute care nurse practitioner, I dare say I have seen hundreds of people die. I consider it a sacred act to be there at the time of a patient's passing. Shared that precious moment with family...

I am a people pleaser. I consider it a fault at times, especially when it compromises my goals. I realized this need to be liked early in my life, and it led to an aversion to confrontation and an inability to be assertive. I am not "quick on my feet...

I was working in CCU, taking care of an elderly woman with a fresh MI. It might have been that the moon was full, but I can't say for sure. That was the night the patient took off from the medical floor where he was detoxing from the combination of a...