jenadox

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1. ICU vs Med Surg for New Grad?

   jenadox replied to jfpruitt's topic in CCU

   I love critical care, but am also a big advocate of getting some floor experience before trying it. I worked on a step down telemetry floor before moving to CCU and I honestly don't know how well I would have done otherwise. I really didn't realize h...

2. CCU vs. CVICU

   jenadox replied to NsgTiger's topic in CCU

   Hello! CVICU is for post CABG patients. Where I work, they will also take thoracotomies as overflow occasionally. CCU gets all of the acute MIs, flash pulmonary edema, post arrests from the floors, temporary pacers, PTCAs, pericardial windows, and th...

3. CCU Sluice Room

   jenadox replied to Maggiekh's topic in CCU

   I reeally wish I could help, but I am with Karen...I am not sure what a sluice room is either. Hope everything turns out okay.

4. Board Certification - I Passed!

   jenadox replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

   Nightngale, Congrats to you! I also took the test in October so I sympathize with you completely. Did they have to wait the full 8 weeks to send the results? I have been checking and rechecking the mail for about two weeks now I started signing RNC...

5. Kohlberg's Moral Reasoning - Please help

   jenadox replied to k123456's topic in General Nursing

   I sent you a PM. Your instructor sucks big time! I hope that you can make some sense of my answer! :chuckle

6. cardiac ablation an electrifying experience?

   jenadox replied to debyan's topic in General Nursing

   I had EP studies and it was not bad at all. I had the same experience. I tried Tenormin, Zebeta, and Lopressor, but all of them dropped my blood pressure into the 70's. I finally let my cardiologist tlak me into th EPS. They did the ablation and I ha...

7. "A nurse is a nurse"

   jenadox replied to RNKitty's topic in General Nursing

   In the hospital where I work, a nurse can get pulled anywhere, but there are limitations on what they can do in each area. OB/LD/NY nurses act as PCAs when they come to the floors or units. They get VS, blood sugars, pass ice. Some think that it is d...

8. Neglient or Not

   jenadox replied to MontanaRN's topic in General Nursing

   It definitely sounds like malpractice to me. Before getting a lawyer, I would write a letter to your dentist explaining everything from your dental appt with him up to the present. Let him know that you feel like all of this stems from his lack of an...

9. Unsolicited Offer

   jenadox replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, we get those, too. Of course, they always come over the fax at 2 or 3 in the morning. If they were so legit, why aren't any of these offers in any of the nursing mags? I know some of them have good career sections, but no scab offers And call...

10. ACLS Handy Reference?

    jenadox replied to nightingale's topic in CCU

    Hey John! I have the pocket sized Critical Care reference guide. It has the new guidelines in a handy spiral bound waterproof book. It also has a wealth of other good info in it such as vent modes, IABP waveforms, hemodynamic monitoring info, and the...

11. Any advice for CCRN exam?

    jenadox replied to jenadox's topic in CCU

    I got a copy of the Laura Gaseris tapes and love them! As a matter of fact, many of the nurses who aren't even going to take the CCRN are listening to the tapes because they are so helpful. I wish that I had gotten them earlier! Thanks for the help ...

12. PAWP readings

    jenadox replied to dewp_63's topic in CCU

    Dawn, In the CCU I work in we only do it once a shift(when we do cardiac output) unless: 1. There is an order specifying how often the MD wants it done 2. A change in the patient's condition warrents that it be checked ie, if you think they are ...

13. IABP Removal

    jenadox replied to BJRN76's topic in CCU

    The nurses where I work NEVER d/c IABPs. The reason is reaaly simple...our licenses do not cover it:eek: I think that any nurse who does d/c an IABP, no matter how many years experience she has, is putting herself on the line. That's just my honest ...

14. Help to novice, please...

    jenadox replied to albumin's topic in CCU

    I agree with John William. List the types of patients you have worked with and the places you have worked. The person will probably ask you more specific questions during your interview. I myself am not sure what basic skills you must be able to do w...

15. Amidarone

    jenadox replied to Jane Wilson's topic in CCU

    Jane, I haven't noticed any increase in site problems with amiodarone infusions. We only use 18g when we have to, we prefer 20g. These smaller catheters seem to last longer for us. Maybe you could try using 20g unless you think the person is tauma p...