07.05 Supratentorial Herniation: Cushings Triad for CCRN Review
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Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Cushing’s Triad (Not the same as Cushing’s Syndrome)
- Result of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
- Increased systolic pressure
- Widening pulse pressure
- Decreased heart and respiratory rate
- Treatment
- Mannitol –> Only if there are good cells left (Mannitol doesn’t treat edematous cells)
- 3% Sodium Chloride –> Run it wide open
- Result of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.