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great information, thanks to everyone

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hi i went through some of them well thanks

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Thanks this is great!

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Wonderful links here!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I'm a new grad that will be starting in the Neuro ICU the end of July and have been searching web sites for helpful information; very excited about being in ICU but a bit scared as well.

Dixie

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Thanks this is great. I am a preceptor(un offically) and this is extremely helpful. My daughter will be graduating next year with her BSN and I will pass this on to her----maybe she already knows.

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Hi everyone i would like to say thank you to sirI for all the links.
I'm interested in mechanically ventilated patients so what I would like to find is a site that explain endotracheal suctioning.Please help.

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Thanks for the links! I'm still in orientation but will start my first CCU job in a few weeks. I found icufaqs.com and Nurse Bob's site while in school, and found them both to be great resources. However, I'm also looking for some actual reading material - I'm kind of old school, and I like to be able to look some things up in a real book. If possible, I'd love a recommendation of something that's actually slightly more readable than a nursing school textbook. How is the AACN's critical care book? I know it's nor CCU specific, but it seems like it might be a valuable resource to invest in. I copied this from the first page of the thread:

Cardiothoracic Surgical Nursing (author: Finkelmeier: ISBN#0781717132)

Cardiovascular Nursing (author: Kinney, and Packa)

Cardiovascular Critical Care Nursing (author: Woods: ISBN#044308193X)

Rapid Interpretation of EKG's by Dr. Dale Dubin

Since I'm not going into CSU but CCU, I thought the first one might not be the best coice. I looked for the Kinney/Packa book, but neither amazon nor b&n have any books with that title and those authors. The only books that popped up by Kinney and Packa were from the early 1990s. I then looked for the Woods book, and only found an edition from 1983 with that ISBN. I'm afraid that too much would be out of date - has that little changed in CCU nursing in 25 years? Are these still relevant, or is there something else I should go out and get? I was the big nerd in NS who actually read all my textbooks. I've checked out Dr. Dubin's book before, and I've been meaning to order that one. Probably will when I get my next check. I welcome any recommendations! I love having the internet as an additional resource, but I'd like to have a book I can actually read front to back and refer to reinforce my knowledge of new pt's conditions. Thanks guys!!

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sirI -thanks so much for this thread

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Thanks for all the links! They are really helpful.

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Hi,


I've found the following websites just as informative:

• http://www.edwards.com/products/quic...htm?SGPacing=1
• www.atriummed.com/PDF/ManagingChestDrainage.ppt
• http://www.atriummed.com/Products/Ch...tion.asp#ocean

This is a really awesome site for chest drainage systems. If you have a problem recognizing if your patient's
chest tube has a leak, or any other problems, this is the one I recommend the most.

• http://www6.medical.philips.com/CMSM...es/default.htm
• http://www.rn.com/courses/1515/index.html
• http://www.rn.com/courses/1320/index.html

Thanks and more to follow.