Last night I was inducted into the Emory 100 Senior Honorary. Me with the university president during induction. #honored
Got my NICU role transition! Do vision boards people! Believe it! Last semester in progress!
Pneumothorax: A collapsed lung occurs when air escapes from the lung and fills up the space outside of the lung, inside the chest. It may be caused by a gunshot or knife wound to the chest, rib fracture, or certain medical procedures.
In some cases, a collapsed lung occurs without any cause. This is called a spontaneous pneumothorax. A small area in the lung that is filled with air (bleb) can break open, sending air into the space around the lung.
If large enough, chest tube insertion is required to release the trapped air and re-expand the lung.
(Source: nursingnerds, via dorasnursing)
Florence's Nightingale: Transition from Student Nurse to RN
I remember very clearly sitting on the patio of our school’s cafe sometime early in Fall of 2011. A graduate nurse from our previous cohort was sitting some tables away with a friend of hers. She was a new grad, and had recently been hired in Telemetry at a local hospital, and was sharing her…
I’ll need this perspective in just a few months… To all my May 2013 nursing grads…
