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Just wanted to say thank you to my family, friends that are family, and work team that is family for being someone for me to lean on this week. Night shift clinicals and day shift work wouldn’t be possible without you. Thank you for the love and calmness you show me.

Neuro in the news

After whats felt like 47 years of pre-order 😂 ‘s book has arrived! & with a cerebrovasc coil pictured inside, too!

C7 rib! Found on Wikipedia. Credits on image ⚒️

I love the depth of this photo. Whats your nursing complication risk assessment in your patient who underwent venous sinus repair? Sinus thrombosis… hemorrhage… 🧠 🫶

A special photo! So excited today to meet president Dr. Ernest Grant & thank him for the ANAs collaborative support of neurosciences nursing. What a wonderful and inspiring evening at

on deck at our meeting this am (co: on right 🙂)

Please enjoy my favorite picture of CN VII. Credit: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator.
See how the forehead had mixed innervation from both sides? Makes sense why forehead is usually intact after unilateral stroke

How big is a ventricular shunt valve? About this big! Large enough to locate under the scalp and change its settings with a magnet or electronic device but hopefully small enough to not bother the pt or alter their cosmetic appearance.

Follow up to the .neurosurgery story about the endovascularly placed shunt. These screenshots are from a video about the device on cerevasc.com (go watch it!). It shows an animation of device deployment. Incredible.

WHAT?! Link to full story on .neurosurgery