OCTREOTIDE vs SIMVASTATIN

I met a charge nurse who didn’t know what octreotide was for. She is a wonderful charge nurse, an incredible person and genuinely recognizes that nurses should be nurses and providers. I genuinely look up to her. Because her nursing knowledge, bedside manner with patients is incredible. At the same

I am a nightshift ICU nurse who just hit my year mark as an RN. I have seen and been apart of some codes throughout the year. However, nothing could have prepared me for my first patient code. It happened this week and I can’t stop thinking about it. This particular day, I really wanted to call out

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Just came here to say that I had a rare ED experience yesterday. Managed a cardiac arrest due to massive GI bleed with ROSC en-route, did bedside echo, gave atropine, norepi, octreotide, vasopressin, blood, fluids, placed a central line, consulted GI & critical care. All without using a computer

There has been a substantial influx of people who developed POTS after a COVID-19 infection, so I thought it would be helpful to share some resources tailored to them. If you want to go straight to the sources, reading [this](https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/21/1/e63) and [this](http

On February 14th, my sweet momma passed away peacefully at the age of 71. She was at home with me, my brother and her beloved rescue dog, in her own bed, and not in any pain. My heart is absolutely shattered, but I’m glad she doesn’t have to suffer from this horrid cancer anymore. I didn’t say much

Anyone else seeing orders/scripts for opium tincture lately? We've had a couple of patients admit from acute on it in the last month, on top of maxed lomitil and loperemide. Octreotide used to be our go to for excessive ostomy output, but I haven't seen an order for that in forever. Some new clinica

What is your experience with octreotide and when is intravenous vs subcutaneous used? I'm getting confused with the routes of administration and when one is preferred over another... Thanks!