Random thoughts from the brain of a Neuro Nurse

Full time Nurse Educator, Full time Masters of Nursing Student - big time Neuro Nerd!!

[lazydragonslayer]

My brain tumor is back

Yeah. Burn Brian The Brain Tumor 2019. And as always: my most sincere apologies to anyone named Brian. Here's a tiny, unassuming link to my Patreon: https://...

hey y’all should consider supporting simone giertz. i wouldn’t really mention it but she had a brain tumor back in may and underwent brain surgery to have it removed, and unfortunately it’s come back. she’s an amazing engineer who really just tries to do her best to make robotics and engineering more fun and accessible, and it just kills me to think that she has to go through all this shit again.

[shucktsubo]

This is the woman who makes all the videos of robots doing things badly, like trying to pour milk on cereal and getting it everywhere! Please support her!!

[10oclockdot]

Saying that man and woman are the only genders is actually LESS nuanced than saying that earth, water, air, and fire are the only elements.

[drbjm]

Nice one!

[sciteachers]

Always reblog

[nursehaylz]

yep, always reboot!

[scientific-women]

Teenagers keep going to town halls and owning Republicans and it's amazing

“Do you believe in science? Because I do.”

In the last five minutes of Sen. Cory Gardner’s (R-Colo.) town hall on Tuesday morning, an unlikely voice stepped up to the microphone. A young teen girl, fighting for the courage to speak, urged the senator to start a climate solutions caucus in the Senate. “If all you need is more information, I can come visit the energy committee and do a PowerPoint for you,” she said.

She wasn’t the first to see a public forum as the perfect chance to pressure politicians to act on climate change. During several recent town halls, there’s been a trend of young women seizing the opportunity to challenge their leaders.

[currentsinbiology]

I love this so much. Step up young people, we need you!

[scienceshenanigans]

You’re doing great, sweeties.

[bahtmun-deactivated20240623]

September 1st 2017

[egzpl-deactivated20160802]

Licia Ronzulli, member of the European Parliament, has been taking her daughter Vittoria to the Parliament sessions for two years now.

[ceevee5]

Every time this is on my dash, it’s an automatic reblog.

[icecreamsandwichcomics]

I’m actually having tacos again for the second night in a row

[nursehaylz]

just finished eating tacos ✅

[adventuresinchemistry]

I have so many opinions about making good PowerPoint slides and giving good presentations like Jesus Christ please someone hire me to teach this to people because everyone is so bad at it

[scienceshenanigans]

I’ve started docking people in evaluations for using Comic Sans.

[nursehaylz]

Absolutely- hard judgement on the Comic Sans.

[coolsaddad-blog]

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

[feels-for-the-fictional]

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

[marzipanandminutiae]

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

[10oclockdot]

Saying that man and woman are the only genders is actually LESS nuanced than saying that earth, water, air, and fire are the only elements.

[afniel]

This is fantastic.

[commandtower-solring-go-deactiv]

This is also incredible teaching

[sciteachers]

I agree

[macgyvermedical]

Working in Healthcare

Like working retail, but every single customer is hungry, in pain, sleep deprived, and has expectations on par with the service at an exclusive, 7-star resort.

Also, everything is beeping.

[linssweater]

May the 4th be with you! Werk! (art by Marjana Avila)

[nursehaylz]

There was no outright incompetence, no obvious neglect or laziness, no ill intention — only doctors, the best of the best, extremely smart and eager to help, providing the world-class, organ-focused care they had been taught to provide SIGNAL BOOST

[wayfaringmd]

gallopgallopgallopgallop

Patient: I’m achy all over and I keep getting fevers and I’m coughing a little and my head hurts.

Wayfaring thinks: Yeah, she probably has the flu.

*Wayfaring examines patient*

HEENT: fluid in the ears, nose swollen up and snotty, lymph nodes shotty.

Heart: SO FAST. SEABISCUIT GALLOPING INSIDE HER CHEST.

Lungs: Clear.

*wait what?*

Heart: fastfastfastFASTFAST

*Wayfaring tries to take pulse.*

Pulse: thready. F A S T. 

Wayfaring: Er uh, are you having any chest pain? 

Patient: No.

Wayfaring: What about shortness of breath or lightheadedness?

Patient: Well yeah, from the flu, right? I mean I feel sort of woozy like I might pass out.

Wayfaring: Ummm…. your heart is beating 175 times a minute. 

Patient: *blank stare*

Wayfaring: That’s fast. That’s like your heart is sprinting while the rest of you is standing still.

Patient: Oh yeah, it does feel kind of jumpy. 

*Wayfaring gets EKG*

EKG: 

Wayfaring: So exactly how many doses of sudafed have you taken this morning?

Patient: Oh only like 4. 

Wayfaring:

[phdstudents]

saturday nights

normal people:

grad students:

[katie-sparkles]

Nurses:

[licensetomurse-deactivated20200]

Truth.

[medresearch]

Meningitis Bacteria Adapting to STI Niche, Genetic Analysis Shows

According to research from  Emory University School of Medicine, Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium usually associated with meningitis and sepsis, is the cause of a recent cluster of sexually transmitted infections in Columbus, Ohio and in other US cities. The bacterium appears to be adapting to a urogenital environment, an analysis of the organism’s DNA shows.

The DNA analysis helps doctors track the spread of this type of bacteria, distinguish it from others, anticipate which vaccines might be protective, and understand how it has evolved. The findings were published Monday, April 3 in PNAS.

Read more

Funding: The research was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI107116, R21AI128313, R21AI121860 and R01AI116706).

Raise your voice in support of expanding federal funding for life-saving medical research by joining the AAMC’s advocacy community.

[keepingupwithlinmanuel]

Lin on the past scapegoating of immigrants and the path forward

It’s important to bring people who are already here, and already working, and already paying taxes - give them a path to citizenship that is sane and legal.

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[iwillfightu]

drained of blood, the heart is white

[thepowerliftingpinay]

woah

[stan-leigh-bowery]

No, that is NOT what this is. You’ve taken an amazing medical invention, a total game changer, and made up some stupid, faux-deep sentence fragment for it that is a complete falsehood. You should be embarrassed and ashamed, honestly.

This is a ghost heart. What they’ve done is taken a pig heart and stripped it down to, basically, a cell framework that they can use to BUILD A NEW HEART UPON. You could inject stem cells into this framework so that a newly formed personalized heart can be transplanted into a donor with a significantly reduced chance of rejection. FUCKING AMAZING. It’s not been done with human tissue yet, but the promise this given to people who need hearts - or kidneys or livers or whatever - is beautiful. Science is beautiful.

And it’s IMPERATIVE to mention that a woman, Doris Taylor, at the Texas Heart Institute developed this. And she started with a rat heart and worked up to he bigger, more complex (and more human) pig heart. What a total bad ass.

So look, quit making shit up, learn to do a reverse image search on stuff you find on the internet, and STOP ERASING WOMEN IN SCIENCE.

[nursehaylz]

🙌🏼 PREACH!!