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Meet Nicole Reid, Poison Control Nurse

Minority Nurse

This was the average prognosis in 2015 – but no one has an expiration date stamped on them. I developed bilateral pneumonia and was hospitalized but thankfully not put on a ventilator. Others have a more academic focus and enjoy publishing their research and presenting it at national conferences.

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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

And Lauren Ferrante has found in a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that trajectories of disability in the year prior to ICU admission were highly predictive of disability post-ICU, on the same order of magnitude as mechanical ventilation. Julien: It’s a good question. How do I reconcile these two issues? Lauren: Shock.

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100 Men in Nursing – amazing male nurses, midwives and students

The Nurse Break

I was a Civil Engineer for six years but made the move to nursing for the many pathways and opportunities it presents, as well as a better work/life balance. I started my grad year as a pool nurse, worked all over the hospital, then travelled for work in Saudi Arabia as an ED nurse, so since 2015 I have been working as an emergency nurse.

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