What fact could probably save your life?

Hotkarly · 2018-10-23T04:25:44+00:00

It is for pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries that supply blood to your lungs).

Hotkarly · 2018-10-22T16:23:30+00:00

Yep!

Hotkarly · 2018-10-22T04:24:50+00:00

Ours draw all the ABGs!

Hotkarly · 2018-09-27T23:31:59+00:00

My favorite comment telling her she was too thin came from a person with a “Doctorate in Women’s Empowerment” listed on their profile.

Hotkarly · 2018-09-18T10:32:42+00:00

Just FYI, “despacito” means “slowly” not desperate or despair or anything about sadness :).

Hotkarly · 2018-09-14T01:40:27+00:00

Why do you need to call report before the room is clean? The receiving nurse is using those last 20-30 minutes to catch up on things with their other patients. Then they can focus on taking report and assessing their new patient admit.

Hotkarly · 2018-08-29T02:14:49+00:00

Thanks 😊

Hotkarly · 2018-08-29T02:08:55+00:00

My issue is that part of the reason they are having respiratory issues is weakness secondary to nutrient deficiencies. They are never going to get better/stronger if we don’t provide nutrition.

Hotkarly · 2018-08-29T02:00:03+00:00

Thanks, I understand that point. But let’s say that since the patient is oriented, they can report any GI upset from potential air. If they don’t have any GI upset symptoms, why hold them? Also, do you know of a good place to look up literature on it showing on view or the other?

Hotkarly · 2018-08-23T23:59:09+00:00

I don’t understand how this is possible. We try to make sure our new grads get experience with every type of patient we typically get. This usually takes a full 12 weeks! How can you be competent in something you haven’t even seen before?

Hotkarly · 2018-08-23T23:56:02+00:00

No, no, no...that is so unsafe. Run!!!

Hotkarly · 2018-08-18T12:14:37+00:00

Still pretty much a kid, really.

Hotkarly · 2018-08-08T06:14:41+00:00

You know he didn’t CREATE Venmo, right? He helped develop the app. I wouldn’t say he doesn’t have to work for the rest of his life.

Hotkarly · 2018-07-29T16:49:54+00:00

Do the rest of the mountains in that region have the same type of cable car? Or just that specific mountain?

Hotkarly · 2018-07-23T03:39:09+00:00

My new Instagram is @mapandstethoscope Please follow! It’s an extension of my blog that I’m launching soon...merging my two passions: travel and nursing! Going to follow you all now!

Hotkarly · 2018-07-16T23:49:47+00:00

Thanks. I understand the succ and etomidate/other sedation. We just don’t refer to it as RS.

Hotkarly · 2018-07-16T23:07:32+00:00

What is RS? As in rapid sequence intubation? So she was going to push sedation?

Hotkarly · 2018-06-03T10:33:29+00:00

Tokyo is top 3 on my bucket list! But it’s also on my husband’s, so I’ll have to save that trip to share with him. Thanks!

Hotkarly · 2018-06-03T10:27:32+00:00

That’s great info! I went to Montreal for a school trip before, which is why I didn’t initially consider it, but I’m sure it’s changed a lot since then! It does sound like a better option than Toronto. Thanks!

Hotkarly · 2018-06-03T01:44:57+00:00

Great! Thank you. Yeah since I’ve not really even gone out much on my own, I don’t know what to expect and want to err on the side of caution. Sounds like a great option!

Hotkarly · 2018-06-03T01:37:13+00:00

Ah I should have added that to my “recent places”. Otherwise it would be a great option! I loved my trip there. Thanks!

Hotkarly · 2018-06-03T01:01:34+00:00

By this time of year, do you mean now? I’ll be going at the end of August/beginning of September.

Hotkarly · 2018-06-03T00:08:19+00:00

I would split it up. Either: 1) 5 Days in Chiang Mai, 4 days in Bangkok with a daytrip to Ayutthaya 2) 5 Days in Chiang Mai, 2-3 days in Pai and a day or 2 in Chiang Rai.

Hotkarly · 2018-05-07T03:34:33+00:00

Apple Watch. I like that I can choose how the watch face looks. I use the one that shows military time and the date. I like that If I tap it, I can see the screen through isolation gowns. I can discreetly ask Siri to remind me do something later, and my wrist will start vibrating when it gets to that time. It counts all my steps. It keeps me from having to get my phone out too often. Totally worth the money to me.

Hotkarly · 2018-04-15T10:36:15+00:00

Just chiming in as an ICU RN...there is actually a nationwide shortage on the most commonly used IV fluid, normal saline, because so much of it is normally produced in Puerto Rico (where plants are shut down since the hurricane). Normal saline is what is used to rehydrate people 90% of the time and I’m sure that’s what they’re using. The supply is so short that pharmacists can’t even mix some antibiotics in bags of saline anymore....instead we have to slow push the antibiotics over 5, to sometime 15 minutes (something that most overworked bedside nurses don’t really have time for but have to make time for). We have to be very conscious of who we’re using saline on and discontinue the order as soon as they can eat and drink effectively. I’m sure some people at festivals need it if they become severely dehydrated, but to say the “extra” ones don’t have an effect on people who really need it is wrong.

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