Gastrolab has a monthly quiz where you can test your knowledge of endoscopic findings. It is super cool.
Previous months quizzes can be found here at Old Gastrolab Quizzes
Test YOUR knowledge!
1/31/2011
Endoscopy Quizzes
Gastrolab has a monthly quiz where you can test your knowledge of endoscopic findings. It is super cool.
Previous months quizzes can be found here at Old Gastrolab Quizzes
Test YOUR knowledge!
1/28/2011
Top Ten Reasons I Went Into Nursing
Photographer: Sura Nualpradid
10. I love to wear white support hose.
9. I get a kick out of arrogant doctors.
8. It's more challenging than brain surgery.
7. I get free latex gloves.
6. The scrubs are so flattering to my figure.
5. The world doesn't need any more lawyers.
4. I actually like vending machine food.
3. Somebody has to train the residents.
2. I get to spend the holidays with my friends... at work.
1. I always wanted to say, "This won't hurt a bit."
1/27/2011
Caffeine Prayer
Photographer: markusoCaffeine is my shepherd; With it besides me, I shall not doze.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:
It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,
I will fear no Equal (tm):
For thou art with me; thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.
Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks:
Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.
Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the House of Mocha's forever.
1/24/2011
Blood Typing Game
Over at NobelPrize.org there is this fun Blood typing game. The clock is ticking. Your patient needs blood. Will you pick the right blood type for your patient?
1/23/2011
Family Presence During Resuscitation
Syndicated from Medscape.com 12/30/2010
The benefits of family presence (FP) during resuscitation are well documented in the literature, and it is becoming an accepted practice in many hospitals. Healthcare provider (HCP) and family attitudes and beliefs about FP during resuscitation have been the subjects of many investigations.
Previous research suggests that the perceived benefits of FP during resuscitation are:
•Enhanced family understanding of the patient's condition
•Opportunities for family members to support the patient or obtain closure in the case of death
•Family appreciation of resuscitation efforts
•Staff attention to the "personhood" of the patient
•Enhanced professional behavior among staff members; and
•A more holistic approach to care.
The perceived concerns and risks associated with FP include:
•Potential emotional trauma to the family
•Fear that family members will interfere with care
•Provider performance anxiety associated with "being watched" by family members
•Impaired team communication; and
•Family misinterpretation of resuscitation activities.
The benefits of family presence (FP) during resuscitation are well documented in the literature, and it is becoming an accepted practice in many hospitals. Healthcare provider (HCP) and family attitudes and beliefs about FP during resuscitation have been the subjects of many investigations.
Previous research suggests that the perceived benefits of FP during resuscitation are:
•Enhanced family understanding of the patient's condition
•Opportunities for family members to support the patient or obtain closure in the case of death
•Family appreciation of resuscitation efforts
•Staff attention to the "personhood" of the patient
•Enhanced professional behavior among staff members; and
•A more holistic approach to care.
The perceived concerns and risks associated with FP include:
•Potential emotional trauma to the family
•Fear that family members will interfere with care
•Provider performance anxiety associated with "being watched" by family members
•Impaired team communication; and
•Family misinterpretation of resuscitation activities.
What are your feelings? Are you comfortable when the family is in the room?
1/21/2011
Nursing Shoes-Which is Best?
How do you feel after working a 12?
How do your feet feel?
Having the right nursing shoes is such a huge part of the job.
Alegria Donna Professional White Leather Nursing Clog
White Birkenstock Super Grip clogs
White Birkenstock Super Grip clogs with backs
Sketchers Shape Ups What is your favorite shoe and why?
1/19/2011
Treating the Mentally Ill
Syndicated from madness: tales of an emergency room nurse
January 11, 2011
As we always do when something like this happens in our country, we are dissecting the shootings in Arizona. We are blaming, analyzing, etc. Of course, mental illness has come up. This guy was obviously a psychotic. People wonder why someone didn't do something, get him some help, have him committed. It shows how little the public knows about the care of the mentally ill in this country.
In the ER we are on the front lines of peoples mental health problems. We are failing these patients miserably. What bothers me most about how we deal with the mentally ill is that they are not treated the same as other patients. This is how it works in our ER when someone comes in.
They are placed in a room with just a cart and usually a couple of chairs. In a corner of the room, up high, is a camera. If the patient is suicidal or homicidal security is called to stand outside of the room. The patient is asked to empty their pockets, take off their shoes, give up their coat, purse, etc. Their personal belonging are locked up. The nurse comes in. Then the doctor comes in. Then a clinician from mental health comes to take to the patient at length. The patient may wait up to an hour or more to see the mental health person.
Once they are seen, the mental health person goes to call the psychiatrist and if they are to be admitted, clear their admission with their insurance company. Another hour or more wait. Once the bed is ordered, another hour or more ensues. Sometimes there are no beds. When that happens the person sits for hours waiting for a discharge or is transferred to another hospital in the city or even in the state a couple of hundred miles away. This happens more often than you think.
The point of all this? It is not easy to get help for mental health. The is a lack of services available, their is a shortage psychiatrists. Mental health is not treated with the same seriousness or attention as physical problems. I wonder if it ever will be.
January 11, 2011
As we always do when something like this happens in our country, we are dissecting the shootings in Arizona. We are blaming, analyzing, etc. Of course, mental illness has come up. This guy was obviously a psychotic. People wonder why someone didn't do something, get him some help, have him committed. It shows how little the public knows about the care of the mentally ill in this country.
In the ER we are on the front lines of peoples mental health problems. We are failing these patients miserably. What bothers me most about how we deal with the mentally ill is that they are not treated the same as other patients. This is how it works in our ER when someone comes in.
They are placed in a room with just a cart and usually a couple of chairs. In a corner of the room, up high, is a camera. If the patient is suicidal or homicidal security is called to stand outside of the room. The patient is asked to empty their pockets, take off their shoes, give up their coat, purse, etc. Their personal belonging are locked up. The nurse comes in. Then the doctor comes in. Then a clinician from mental health comes to take to the patient at length. The patient may wait up to an hour or more to see the mental health person.
Once they are seen, the mental health person goes to call the psychiatrist and if they are to be admitted, clear their admission with their insurance company. Another hour or more wait. Once the bed is ordered, another hour or more ensues. Sometimes there are no beds. When that happens the person sits for hours waiting for a discharge or is transferred to another hospital in the city or even in the state a couple of hundred miles away. This happens more often than you think.
The point of all this? It is not easy to get help for mental health. The is a lack of services available, their is a shortage psychiatrists. Mental health is not treated with the same seriousness or attention as physical problems. I wonder if it ever will be.
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