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Friday Reflection 24: I Would Rather Go Back in Time

Sensible Medicine

By the time she died, this management had included intravenous fluids, pain medications, antiemetics, and seizure medications. ” I documented those words in my progress note that day. He had declined hospice care until the end and would not even accept “do not resuscitate” status. Then, everything changed.

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"The crowner hath sat on her and finds it Christian burial." [Hamlet]

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

All efforts to identify the decedent by hospital staff, law enforcement agencies or social service agencies should be well documented in the medical records. This includes subdural hematomas, comas, paraplegia, quadriplegia, fractures and seizure disorders, regardless of the time interval between the injury and death. Brent, Nancy J.,

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Grand Rounds Recap 2.15.23

Taming the SRU

STEP-UP Self Physical and Psycological IM-SAFE Illness Medications Stress Alcohol Fatigue Eating Psychological Cognitive Threat/Challenge appraisal: PERCEIVED demands vs. resources Threat appraisal - stress levels excessive, performance impaired – vapor lock (autonomic arousal, tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, loss of time awareness, impaired memory (..)

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