wheelie

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1. Dad needs 5 vessel CABG

   wheelie replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   I hope your dad had a good surgical course. Post operatively, the best thing he can do for himself is keep his cholesterol and diabetes undere hood control. The cardiologist I work for recommends an LDL of less than 80! God bless you and your famil...

2. cardiac case presentation

   wheelie replied to HMB's topic in General Nursing

   Clinically, there may not be much difference between an AWMI /IWMI. However, because the inferior wall is usually supplied by the right coronary artery, which also supplies the SA node, you may have a number of rhythm disturbances: varied degrees of...

3. Generic or Trade name?

   wheelie replied to boggle's topic in General Nursing

   In my experience, if the patient has medicare, they will automatically get generic unless the prescription states BRAND NECESSARY. Therefore many patients do not know the brand names. A nursing drug handbook with generic AND brand names is handy

4. Charting Bloopers

   wheelie replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   Several years ago when I worked in a CVICU, I recieved a patient from the OR after a CABG. His operative premit stated he had a "coronary artery bypass with cabbage perfusion".

5. Stress Tests

   wheelie replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a cardiology office with 6 MD's. We do up to 8 nuclear stress tests each day. One of the RN's monitors the stress test. A doctor is required to be in the office before we start. All of our nurses, MD's and nuclear tech's are ACLS certified...

6. I need info on post angio bed rest

   wheelie replied to Morph's topic in Cardiac

   I work for a cardiologist. He typically begins with a 5 or 6 Fr. sheath. If no intervention is required, 3-4 hours of bedrest is required. If angioseal is used 2 hours of bedrest is all that is usually needed.