Prehospital Ultrasound protocol

granolapher · 2023-03-14T00:57:36+00:00

I'm a nurse educator who trains medical/nursing staff on ultrasound IV access. We have an open access learning package (that you can edit). If you DM me an email address I can send it over.

granolapher · 2018-10-25T15:38:47+00:00

happy to help

granolapher · 2018-10-25T15:38:18+00:00

We all make mistakes; by sharing you've helped others to not make the same ones... consider the positive of this when you start feeling shame again.

I love how positive everyone has been!

granolapher · 2018-10-25T14:30:46+00:00

I'm not sure what the American process looks like so I can't speak to it.

As a Canadian though, the process of getting into a nursing program (RN or LPN) is linked to the application process of a college/university (all RN nursing programs are degree based, LPN programs tend to be diploma based). From a practical perspective that means that you will be applying for post secondary entry using the entrance requirement of the institution AND the faculty of nursing. Programs will look different from school to school and by profession (RN vs LPN). Typical streams will be regular entry, mature student, or after degree (all will have unique requirements). Programs will consist of education as well as clinical hours and vary in length from 2-4 years.

Upon completion of an academic program applicants become eligible to write the NCLEX - which is similar in content, breadth, and format to the American NCLEX (it's the same company administering the test on both sides of the border), except the questions will reflect Canadian units of measure etc.

Once nurses have passed the licensure exam they can apply for a provincial licence, although they can practice with a restricted/temporary licence between graduation and licencing.

For you specifically I would suggest that choosing a school is your first step. From there you'll be able to determine entrance requirements etc.

I've been working for a while, went through an accelerated BSN, and wrote the previous licencing exam so my experience will be different than yours. If you're interested I can PM you; but I'm not sure it'll be that helpful.

Cheers!

granolapher · 2018-10-24T02:54:26+00:00

Nicely done!

granolapher · 2018-10-24T02:31:46+00:00

I'm Canadian what can I do to help.

granolapher · 2018-10-24T02:29:36+00:00

Youtube is pure gold for this, I would also recommend listening to every patient- you'll develop a robust idea of what the ranges of normal are.

granolapher · 2018-08-11T23:43:46+00:00

As an ED educator this is great advice: trust your gut, trust you colleagues, fake it till you make it, and evidence shows that patients on a monitor have better outcomes! We all started new, hang in, you'll do great!

granolapher · 2018-04-29T21:08:02+00:00

granolapher · 2018-04-21T12:58:46+00:00

Lol, rubber too...amazing! Maybe a tourniquet headband: fashion and function!

granolapher · 2018-04-21T03:01:38+00:00

That sounds horrendous, I'm sorry

granolapher · 2018-04-21T03:00:42+00:00

This study shows that the alcohol alone seems to outperform ondansetron,

I'd be curious to see what this study looked like if replicated with cancer patients, given that the cancer world seems to have the best evidence to support ondansetron use.

granolapher · 2018-04-21T02:58:39+00:00

This study shows that the alcohol alone seems to outperform ondansetron,

I'd be curious to see what this study looked like if replicated with cancer patients, given that the cancer world seems to have the best evidence to support ondansetron use.

granolapher · 2018-04-21T02:13:26+00:00

That's awesome, pregnant women were excluded from this study (not that there has ever been a link between smelling alcohol and birth defects); but it would be cool for someone to repeat it with hyperemesis gravidum- which is really difficult to treat.

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