Emergency Department please be nice to telemetry floor.

In Jane’s perfect world the Emergency Department and the floors would communicate and basically get along for the sake of the patients as well as each other. It is called plain safety and we could all use a dose of it. This roles downhill from the directors all the way to the nurse assistants. I can not count my complaints here in any artful way so I suppose I should quit this rant before it starts. Ah!

Flank Pain

More not so fine art by Jane. This is supposed to be visual poetry, unfortunately the words are hard to read but if you click on the link it may open up to a larger window.

Cardiac Action Potential

Ready State.

Stimulate.

Recover.

Ready State

Waiting for stimulus

I am negative inside

Stimulation I am stimulated

Electrically

Depolarize me

Na+ goes in fast

Ca+ going slower

I am more positive

Contraction is expected

from the inner most layer

to the outer most layer.

Recovery

My channels have to close.

Active transport via

The pump and

we trade Na+ for K+

I am therefore negative

again.

Resting

Stimulating

Recovering.

Ready State.

Stimulate.

Recover.

Renal love

Poetry and artwork by Jane of the Jungle.

Dehydration

I just want you to

Stop giving IV Lasix for days and days without checking BNP-or - BUN/Creat.

Please. I am to new for this.

Art work by Black Sheep

Nurse Family

Check out Nurse FAmilia

Click on the link to view the artist. I just thought that this was an interesting piece.

Oh! I love all the hearts. I think I would be the one with the blue hair all cute and innocent looking.

Anyway…just sharing.

Fluidity

Fluidity

• Body fluid is water that has electrolytes dissolved in it.

• Homeostasis is always the goal.

• Intake and output really only balance q 72hours!

• Insensibly the lungs put out about 300-500ml of water q 24 hours!

• Insensibly the skin puts out about 500ml day (think about that next time your  patient does not drink or eat anything.)

• For patients with renal problems fluid requirements can be made by multiplying the body surface area times the insensible water loss (neat)!!Fluid has many pertinent functions….Maintains blood volume, regualates  body temp.   Transports stuff to and from cells. Cellular metabolism medium–digestion of food–a medium for waste–

• I always seemed so puzzled by how fluids and electrolytes work…I am working on this puzzle now!

3 dimensional heart conduction

I found this site that is a bit informative and I just LOVE the graphics.

Really feel the electricity.

I do.

Playing

Everyone please be patient as I play with the layout of this website!

Love JANE

If I am strange….

Just blame my family

Check out my Dad’s own paper here

and his very own music video here.