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		<title>Research Shows Hearing in an Unconscious State</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are taught early on in nursing school that our patients can hear us when they are unconscious. Hearing is, in fact, thought to be the last sense to go before an individual dies and is present when the patient is otherwise unresponsive. Caring of our unconscious patients often includes talking to them during daily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1408&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing Stories: The MVC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was with my mother driving back from a visit to Port Perry, Ontario. It was late summer. I rolled the window down, and watched the rows of corn. I could see black smoke as we approached an intersection. We drove up and stopped. Cars had stopped and people were climbing the roadside barrier. There [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=261&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: Blood Pressure Drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking care of a patient in their 40&#8242;s in with nausea/vomiting/diarrhea x1 day and stomach pain for 3 days. The physician ordered  CBC, Chem 7,  LFTs and an abdominal XRay. Blood work came back completely normal. XRay came back normal according to the radiologist, but the bowel looked bloated. Patient has a history of Crohn&#8217;s, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1381&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Physician&#8217;s Assistant Versus RN: A Question of Autonomy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the primary differences between an RN and a PA (Physician&#8217;s Assistant) is an ability to act with autonomy. Nursing is an autonomous practicing profession accountable primarily to the patient. On the other hand, a &#8220;PA is a physician extender and not an independent practitioner&#8221; (source). An extension of a physician&#8217;s expertise would be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1363&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nursing: A Pain in the Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nurses suffer from back pain more than any other profession. That list includes construction workers. The two main risks for back injury are the usual suspects; lifting and transferring patients. When one considers that most patients weigh over 100lbs, and then considers that nurses move and reposition patients by pushing, pulling, turning and lifting multiple [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1350&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patients and Their Amazing Veins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve completed a number of IV&#8217;s and blood draws since I started in the ED, now about two months ago. The thing that strikes me as fascinating are the multitude of patterns of human veins. Not only can veins be completely different in size, palpability, and arrangement between patients, they are also often quite different [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1338&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Team Nursing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I worked in an area that uses a form of team nursing today, and worked my ass off with no real feeling of connection with my patients. Continuity of patient care is thrown out in order to use fewer nurses to cover greater patient volumes. Ideally the patients are less acute, and for the most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1335&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CRNE Tips &#8211; #1 Don&#8217;t Panic&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That said, I wrote the October &#8217;09 CRNE. Here are a few brief  suggestions to make sure you pass. According to the CNA stats on past exams, most people pass. But don&#8217;t underestimate the importance of solid preparation. Get a good guide. If you can afford it, get more than one. I used Mosby&#8217;s, who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1325&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Trendelenburg or not to Trendelenburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trendelenburg position, where the pt is inclined, flat on the bed at 45 degrees so that the legs and pelvis are  higher than the head, is used often in hospital for  hypotensive patients and those in shock. A 2008 review however noted that &#8220;research findings do not provide strong support for the use of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1318&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My First &#8220;Oh Crap!&#8221; Moment</title>
		<link>http://yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/my-first-oh-crap-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I administered morphine to a patient and his blood pressure dropped like a stone. 201/80 all the way down to about 80/39 over about 20 mins. The patient had pain from a bone break 5/10 but that&#8217;s it, as far as we knew. We put him on a NRB (non-re-breather) and flattened him out and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yorkstudentrn.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5819972&amp;post=1316&amp;subd=yorkstudentrn&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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