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5 NICU conditions and pieces of special equipment you must know

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Written by Joshua Roberts originally in the FULL ARTICLE about NICU nursing. On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics.

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A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse

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A must-read article for all budding ICU, NICU and paediatric nurses. On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity.

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

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We’ve invited Jacqueline Kruser and Bob Arnold on this week’s podcast to talk about their recently published JAMA Viewpoint article titled “ Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness. ” You recently published an article in the New Yorker titled, I can’t even read my own, what was the title again? Of course not.

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Journey into the Life of a Rescue Flight Nurse

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Check out our other flight nursing articles below! Flight Nursing Articles. The idea of combining my experience and skills in new and exciting environments outside of the traditional nursing role presented a fantastic opportunity. That coupled with the environmental elements present unique challenges and limitations.

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A Complete Guide to Peri-anaesthesia & Perioperative Nursing: Part 1

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In this instance, the normal care would be to use a bag valve mask and ventilate or breathe for the patient, however in a CICO event, you are unable to ventilate and hence unable to oxygenate. Basic life support encompasses all areas involving patient assessment, deterioration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

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Firestorm

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Republished article of The Nurse Path. Check out our other articles and guest bloggers here. Want to write an article? Peeking out of the small window in the resuscitation room, it seemed the world had been dipped in a bucket of hell. They were rushed into the resuscitation room where the trauma team pounced on them.

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