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Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀 3 mo Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀
3 more months until graduation!! 🎓👩🏻‍🎓
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⏰ 2,200 hours of clinical experience down and some more to go BUT
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The countdown begins 🎉
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I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with your friend cause you will end up dying from laughter at each other the entire time. 🫀💉 @ed.tee 
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PROPOFOL FACTS🤍😴💤 Did you know the last 2 PROPOFOL FACTS🤍😴💤
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I thought I’d be all coordinated and wear this c I thought I’d be all coordinated and wear this cap for dental cases, then the OR nurse asked me if there were butt cracks on my cap & now I’ll never unsee it 😂 🍑 looks like this is my new endo cap 💩

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I’ve been seeing so many versions of what happen I’ve been seeing so many versions of what happened with #radondavaught that me & my roommate found the official court documents & photo evidence for those who are interested in what happened in the words of RaDonda herself. In general, don’t ever trust what comments you read on social media, & read the facts before forming your opinion, regardless of what stance you take. This is an unfortunate circumstance for everyone involved & I am so SO ready for the nursing profession to start to feel passionate and empowered again. 😕 Swipe to read, what do you guys think?
Let’s talk about blood transfusion! 🩸⁣ ⁣ Let’s talk about blood transfusion! 🩸⁣
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𝐩𝐑𝐁𝐂𝐬 ⁣
🔴 Transfusing 1 unit of pRBCs raises Hgb ~ 1g/dL & Hct by 2-3%. This provides a good estimate of where you should be at without drawing labs.⁣
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🔴 There are 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 that increase the shelf-life of blood. ⁣
- 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞: anticoagulant. You don’t want your blood clotting in the bag! It inhibits calcium. Keep this in mind if giving multiple units, could lead to hypocalcemia. ⁣
- 𝐃𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞: substrate for glycolysis for energy (ATP). This prevents the RBC from using the oxygen they’re transporting to the tissues. ⁣
- 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞: a buffer that prevents acidosis⁣
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🔴 Although these additives are great to prolong banked blood, they also come with consequences the longer the blood sits there. ⁣
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𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 include:⁣
- ↓ 𝐩𝐇 = ↑ lactic acid = bad⁣
- ↑ 𝐊 (keep in mind for renal fail pts). Hyperkalemia can result from an impaired RBC cell membrane that happens with stored blood, causing K to leak out. ⁣
- ↓ 𝟐,𝟑 𝐃𝐏𝐆 = ↓O2 release to the tissues. Which is the whole point of RBCs right. To deliver oxygen to the body. This is why with ECMO patients we used to ask blood bank for our blood to be <10 days old, to get the max benefit for these sick hypoxic patients. ⁣
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🔴What does 𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 mean? You’ll see this a lot on your blood bags. Leuko = WBC, reduced. This reduces/removes WBCs from pRBCs. This decreases the risk of febrile transfusion reactions & other adverse effects. ⁣
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It was a cool day. I remember the first time an an It was a cool day. I remember the first time an anesthesiologist went to intubate and he let me peek at the vocal cords when I was 15. I fell in love with anesthesia that day. 

Early on in clinical, I would think of that moment sometimes & wonder how he was able to do that so gracefully. I remember being so overwhelmed with intubating - how was he able to keep that perfect view for so long and so casually? I felt like I had seconds before I would lose my view and struggle to find it again. I felt like that would never be me and that I was a failure. 

I remember being asked by preceptors to explain each step of what I was doing during induction, and how my mind would literally black out cause I was trying so hard to focus on the tasks. How could they expect me to say everything out loud and the rationale plus answer their questions during such a critical moment? 

Today there were 2 nursing students shadowing in the OR, & my preceptor told me to explain everything I was doing & then I did. And when I went to intubate I got my view & asked them both if they wanted to see & then they did. And idk if I’m emotional because I’ve had 3 hours of sleep or cause that was just kinda cool because I finally felt competent enough to do what that MD did 15 years ago but yeah it was a good day.
Let’s talk about heparin! A commonly used antico Let’s talk about heparin! A commonly used anticoagulant 🩸
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🩸 Heparin is derived from 🐄 lung & 🐖 GI mucosa 🥺
🩸 It binds to antithrombin (a natural anticoagulant circulating in our bodies already) and amplifies it 1000x 💪🏼
🩸 The official definition of 1 unit of heparin is….the volume of heparin-containing solution that prevents 1mL of citrated 🐑 blood from clotting for 1 hour following the addition of 0.2mL of 1:1000 CaCl. Phew how’s that for a definition!😮‍💨
🩸 The typical VTE prophylaxis dose is 5000u SQ BID/TID
🩸 You monitor heparin via your PTT or ACT. 
🩸 Normal PTT: 25-35 sec
🩸 Normal ACT: 90-120 sec
🩸 To reverse heparin you give ➡️ Protamine!
🩸 Protamine is derived from salmon sperm 🥴
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April is Donate Life Month

April 20, 2017April 26, 2017

Alright alright. Not the most uplifting topic, I know. But it can be. And I want to educate you on the importance and relevance of this topic, as well as encourage discussion between your family on the topic of…organ donation. Before you stop reading, PLEASE just hear me out. I understand this is a topic that most people don’t like to think about. But, it can be even more difficult when you’re faced with a decision down the road that you haven’t put any thought into. I have a lot of experience seeing this decision emotionally destroy families because it was something they had never talked about. And because of the lack of conversations about organ donation, thousands of lives are lost that could have been saved.

Lets start with some stats. More than 119,000 Americans are waiting for a life-saving transplant. Every ten minutes, someone is added to this list. And unfortunately, 8000 Americans a year (22/day) die waiting for a transplant. About 54% of Americans are registered organ donors. We need that percentage to go up. Are you in that 54%?

So here comes the truth. YOU….die. Yes, its true. You actually will die. Very weird to think about, I know. But it happens, and it happens to every one of us. Sometimes it will happen young, hopefully it happens when we’re older. But that’s not our decision to make. What is our decision, is what we do with our bodies after death, and how we choose to manage our bodies when we are hospitalized.

 

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My hospital lights up in pretty blue and green lights for the month of April, in honor of Donate Life month 🙂

 

As an ICU nurse, I see death a lot. It’s never easy, and it’s always hard to comfort families during this difficult time. One thing you can do now to decrease that stress is to have a conversation about your end-of-life preferences. One of the biggest issues families face when a family member is dying, is that they never talked about what their preferences were. This is a conversation that should happen in the home, not in the ICU.

You think – Oh, I’ll just talk about those issues when the time comes. Well guess what. Majority of the time, nobody knows when they’re going to get sick! Or hit by a car. Or have a heart attack. Or fall off a cliff (cough). And if you’re unable to speak? Does your family know what you would want in that situation? Are you comfortable with a ventilator helping you breathe, a feeding tube in your stomach? CPR? (which FYI = hard chest compressions possibly breaking ribs and causing more complications if you survive). This is TOUGH STUFF! Stuff that no one normally thinks about. You need to contemplate what you would want if you do end up that sick. And if you don’t make it. I’m really not trying to scare you, I just want you to be able to make that choice, so your family doesn’t have to.

Okay, so if you’re still with me here…I promise it’s going to get more positive! I am writing this post as National Healthcare Decisions Week is April 16-22, in addition to Donate Life month being April. One more stat: 90% of people agree that discussing end-of-life decisions with family is important. 27% have actually done so. That means that 73% of people are leaving a major decision up in the air; which is so distressing to family members when the doctor asks them: “what would they have wanted?” And unfortunately, when family doesn’t know the patient’s choices, they usually opt out of organ donation, which could give life to others who do not have the diagnosis to survive without it.

Here’s some organ donation info:

  • ANYONE can potentially be an organ donor. It depends on your diagnosis and medical history at the time. Don’t let any past medical history keep you from registering. Register, and the physicians will decide at the appropriate time.
  • All major religions support organ donation as a compassionate choice.
  • Organ donation is free to the donor.
  • You can still have an open casket funeral.
  • Donation is only considered AFTER brain death is declared. A lot of people worry that your medical care will be different if you are a registered donor. Your life is the number one priority of medical staff when you are a patient. They will do everything and anything they can to keep you alive, registered donor or not. The conversation to donate is only an option and brought up AFTER you have been declared brain dead, which is irreversible. Nobody will give up on you just so they can get your organs. It’s not like that at all.

I hope all of my readers out there live long, happy and healthy lives. The truth is, all of us will die eventually. Do you want to just die, or live on through the most generous gift of all? Register to be a donor, and save up to 8 lives.

REGISTER HERE and watch this adorable video below.

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Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀 3 mo Another quarter down only ONE MORE to go 😀
3 more months until graduation!! 🎓👩🏻‍🎓
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⏰ 2,200 hours of clinical experience down and some more to go BUT
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The countdown begins 🎉
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#crna #srna #srnalife #srnaproblems #nurseanesthesia #nurseanesthetist #nurseanesthesiologist #anesthesiology #nurseanesthesiology #futurecrna #srnatocrna #nurseblog #icurn #crnaweek #nurseanesthesia #crna #crnaschool #srnatocrna #nurseanesthetists
I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with I highly do not recommend tag-teaming a case with your friend cause you will end up dying from laughter at each other the entire time. 🫀💉 @ed.tee 
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#crnaschool #arewedoneyet #futurecrna #futurecrnas #srna #srnalife #srnaprobs #srnaproblems #nurseanesthesia #nursesweek2022 #nursesweek #anesthesia #aneathesiaschool #nurseanesthetist #nurseanesthesiologist #operatingroom #scrublife
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