The Essential Nurse

Integrated health information with a twist. Laugh, love, learn, and try to #keepitreal.

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Allergy Season

Ugghh! Allergy season strikes again in our house. Oregon springs can be intense and this year is no exception. DoTerra CPTG oils are safe to take internally and really help to manage those unwanted symptoms. You can use the Tri-Ease capsules or make your own. Most kits come with your needed ingredients. Take 5 drops of each oil and put it on the back of your neck, bottom of feet, or in a capsule. Lemon, Lavender, and Peppermint

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TRYING TO AMBULATE YOUR STUBBORN POST-OP PATIENTS

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why you no cooperate, Simon?

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The Athleisure Class

Lizzie Widdicombe talks to the founders of Lululemon about their latest retail venture:

After Lululemon’s success, Chip said, “Quite frankly, we came into some money, and we started buying luxury clothing.” Cashmere, he said, was “all I wanted to wear.” But it would pill and wear out. This produced the inspiration for a material that Shannon calls “qemir”—cashmere that can go in the washing machine, making it suitable for a “full-contact life style.”

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"No one will miss me", "I'm better off dead"

When I worked at a non-profit that handled suicide prevention, I had access to the donation records. Each month, a specific man donated 15$ to our organization. It was like clockwork.. same day, same man, he had been doing this for over 4 years. It always seemed odd to me but I never questioned it… until I saw a note attached one month. "For Noah- Dad"

his donation was once his child’s allowance.

I can promise you, they would miss you for the rest of their lives.

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I understand all too well the pain of suicide. It's should never be an option. The world needs you.

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I think the lactulose enema is working. Can we say rectal tube????

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Internal Decapitation

Instant death, right? Wrong. This phenomenon actually occurs more frequently than you’d expect after cases of trauma, with many people surviving. In fact after a car accident, a woman spent 1 year diagnosed with whiplash before someone finally did an X-ray and realised what the crap was going on. It went on for so long that the bones in her spine began to deteriorate and her neck collapsed to the point of her chin resting onto her clavicle - this then lead to sores and infection. This however is a rather unfortunate scenario; in most instances it’s caught right after the accident and reattached immediately, with both kids and adults having survived it. But still, eeeesh! So how does it happen?

This nasty scenario occurs when the atlanto-occipital joint is dislocated (this a synovial joint which attaches the skull to the spine - you can see a clear detachment of these in the image). Most documented cases of it occurred during road traffic accidents, either as a driver or pedestrian. There have also been some reported cases during childbirth. All of these survivors have of course been very lucky to not have suffered any accompanying spinal cord/nerve damage because that it a pretty sure ticket outta here.

Another example of internal decapitation worth mentioning is hanging. I’d hope to not survive in that instance because you end up asphyxiating instead. Nasty!

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Let’s not be hippocritical now.

Source: Awwww Pets!

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Because even if you wash it and it doesn’t come out and it is clean they will still see the stain and as we were told in orientation “Perception is reality!” If it looks dirty it is dirty!!

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Code Black

Saw this great documentary tonight that gave me a much needed emotional revival. Sometimes it's hard to remember why I wanted to be a nurse...that human connection. We can't let all the red tape, politics, and business get in the way of that. We need to be thankful for the gift we have been given, that is the ability to help others.

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UCLA doctors successfully ‘vacuum’ 2-foot blood clot out of patient’s heart

First in state to perform minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery

Todd Dunlap, 62, arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s emergency room on Aug. 8 suffering from shortness of breath, fatigue and extreme cold. When a CT scan revealed a 24-inch clot stretching from his legs into his heart, doctors feared the mass could break loose and lodge in his lungs, blocking oxygen and killing him instantly. 

Dr. John Moriarty gave his patient a choice. Dunlap could have open-heart surgery or undergo a new minimally invasive procedure using a device called AngioVac to vacuum the massive clot out of his heart. The catch? The procedure had never been successfully performed in California.

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Clean Eating.

Tip...an easy way to make sure you are making healthy choices at the grocery store. Don't go down the aisles. Walk around the outer circle of the store. If you think about this, all of the vegetables, fruits, meats, and dairy are out there! Happy eating, happy health

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