Seasons Hospice
OCTOBER 26, 2022
This document can specify your end-of-life wishes in the event that you become unable to make decisions for yourself. What Items Should Be Present In Your Living Will? This document spells out your wishes for end-of-life medical care in the event that you are unable to communicate them yourself.
The Nurse Break
MAY 16, 2022
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. Anaphylaxis. Local anaesthetic toxicity. Malignant hyperthermia.
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The Nurse Break
APRIL 4, 2022
The idea of combining my experience and skills in new and exciting environments outside of the traditional nursing role presented a fantastic opportunity. The majority are adult patients with all types of conditions, commonly cardiac, complex medical and surgical, or trauma – they are often intubated and ventilated and on inotropes.
GeriPal
OCTOBER 5, 2023
I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. I think one of the residents you asked how would they broach a subject, and he said wording like, “Unfortunately, he still needs a ventilator.”
Daily Nurse
JANUARY 25, 2024
Pro Tip: Attending an open house event hosted by your desired CRNA program can be an excellent opportunity to get your questions answered. These events often provide direct access to faculty and current students, allowing you to gather firsthand information and insights that might not be readily available online.
GeriPal
MARCH 3, 2022
This idea that for critically ill patients in the ICU, geriatric conditions like disability, frailty, multimorbidity, and dementia should be viewed through a wider lens of what patients are like before and after the ICU event was transformative for our two guests today. GeriPal podcast with Linda Fried on frailty. Lauren: Shock.
The Nurse Break
DECEMBER 23, 2022
As was to be the case throughout the disaster, communication was a real problem, and the only way we had any idea of the magnitude of what was unfolding, was from the paramedics and public that presented. Many of the public who presented with ‘minor’ injuries had just lost everything. All were absorbed into the charcoal faced crowd.
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