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  1. Why Critical Care

    Well if you are looking for a full credentialing in all aspects of nursing CCU is the way to go. What you should get credentialed for in CCU includes, Open Heart Recovery, IABP (balloon pump), CCVHD/CRRT (continuous dialysis), Ventillator/Trach/Intub...
  2. Do OR nurses have Pt contact?

    A Circulator definately has contact you interview the patient prior to surgery and you take care of them and comfort them while they are induced.
  3. Ideas for a New Unit

    I in fact rec'd an email today that we are going to be going to computerized charting in the future, not sure exactly when but we now definatley need to integrate that into the room plan. Epic is the company and that is really all I know at this time...
  4. Ideas for a New Unit

    apparently somone at work was able to get on using my name and sent a private message to me from me not sure what is going on there either. I was not online last night at 1217 am I was in bed so then I guess they posted I got the message? I don't kno...
  5. Ideas for a New Unit

    i see you got our private message
  6. Ideas for a New Unit

    Thanks, Some of these I had but there are a few I will definately put in the mix. I am Charge for CCU and have been asked by my manager to be the champion of this project, finding out what everybody would like and dislike in the new unit. I have se...
  7. Ideas for a New Unit

    I am the charge nurs in a ccu that is currently 24 beds but they are going to build a new unit and increase to 36 beds. The budget and expense are not my concern I am just trying to get ideas so we can submit in the planning stages things we want. I ...
  8. Ideas for a New Unit

    Hey everybody I am sure some of you work CCU please give me a hand here
  9. Ideas for a New Unit

    I am looking for ideas that we could incorperate into our unit as we design a new unit. They are wanting us the nurses to supply some ideas of things we would like to see. I would like to hears from all of you things that you think work really weel a...
  10. Critical Care Experience in 1st Year

    Great tag were you a fan of SE Hinton or The Outsiders? Or just Frost?
  11. Telemetry Monitoring

    Well I work in a CCU where we monitor our own tele and it is scary! We used to have monitor tech I guess, before I worked there, but when I started the techs on tenth floor that monitor house wide used to watch ours too but 2 years ago the hospital e...
  12. Starting new job, need help

    Good Luck and God Bless I hope you find your niche, I think that is very important for new grads or any nurses.
  13. Advice needed please

    I would ask you to honestly answer two questions for yourself, Are you a good critical thinker? Meaning can you put the data together and get a picture of what is going on with someone and what the next step should be? Are you confident in your abil...
  14. Critical Care Experience in 1st Year

    Funny you ask! I was just telling someone today that when I first started working CCU they used to require 2 years experience nursing, then while I have been doing it it was changed to 1 year and now where I work they are hiring new grads because the...
  15. offered excellent G.I. office position, but I

    Well my wife has been a GI nure for 6 years now. Lots and lots of explaining bowel prep, scheduling of course, office visit duties like any other clinci type setting, B/P hx, current meds and problem list, in my wife's office they also have an out Pt...