nursekellymarie26

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1. Staffing

   nursekellymarie26 replied to nursekellymarie26's topic in Cardiac

   And we recently started taking LVADs.

2. Staffing

   nursekellymarie26 replied to nursekellymarie26's topic in Cardiac

   I'm on a step down unit. But they make us go through the critical care academy and we are supposed to considered an ICU without vents. Everyone has amio/cardizem/heparin/milrinone/dopamine/dobutrex etc etc gtts plus insulin gtts on glucommanders and ...

3. Staffing

   nursekellymarie26 posted a topic in Cardiac

   What is the nurse to patient ratio at your hospital? Ours is supposed to be 4:1, but it's almost always 5 or 6:1 for post op CABG, valve, LVAD, thoracotomy patients. Feeling overwhelmed I feel like I can't give the quality of care I want when I have...

4. Ventricular Tach -- when to call the doc

   nursekellymarie26 replied to StJohnRiver's topic in Cardiac

   It is so funny you post this. My patient had a 16 beat run the other night out of the BLUE. BP was in the 130s/60s and was asymptomatic. K and Mag were normal. I called the doctor and they said "order some labs." That was it! I was paranoid the rest ...