bclark297

bclark297 has 3 years experience.

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1. Giving meds together

   bclark297 replied to mandaaRN's topic in Medications

   thats a broad question. are the pain meds scheduled or prn?? is the other pain meds available such as tylenol ? if they've been getting it the last few days. I would go ahead and give it. PO will take a longer to take effect.

2. Holy pay cut shock!

   bclark297 replied to Scorchednurse's topic in School

   What are do you live in??? Im surprised you made 28/hr as a LPN. But, yeah Im going to assume there isn't much room for errors compared to working in the hospital setting.aside from the few glucose checks and maybe some insulin. other than that you'r...

3. ECMO: Most Advanced ICU Technology?

   bclark297 replied to CVVH's topic in Critical

   Im not sure if I would say "most advanced" been around for a while. depending on the type of ECMO of course.. If its initiated for the lungs (VV) I would say the a newer technology are the rotoprone beds. but that all depends on the facility and phys...

4. Why did you choose to be an ICU Nurse?

   bclark297 replied to al3x117's topic in Critical

   I wanted to take care of SICK people. people that HAD to be in the hospital and that NEEDED help. I also like all the lines, drains, tubes, etc.

5. I want to be an ER nurse! Maybe...

   bclark297 replied to Exhuasted's topic in Emergency

   depends on your hospital. I worked at a level 1 trauma hospital where the ER nurses also worked in Trauma Admitting. If your hospital's ER nurses also admit the traumas that come in, most likely they've been in the ER for a little while already. An...

6. CRRT and mobility

   bclark297 replied to dec2007's topic in MICU

   Yeah.... CRRT patients are on bedrest. Their blood pressure most likely is nothing to write home about. Also Our CRRT machines are plugged in and if unplugged the machine stops.

7. Flotrac Sensor

   bclark297 replied to Catticus11's topic in MICU

   Anesthesia probably used a Vigileo during the case. They just left the monitor in the OR. A Flotrac/vigileo can give you CO,CI,SVV, etc. similar to a swan

8. Should ED put in lines before sending up arrest patients?

   bclark297 replied to Paris01's topic in MICU

   I've seen countless codes working in the ED. All managed through peripherals. IV or IO will do the job. if you achieve ROSC and they're on gtts, then i would imagine a CVC being placed

9. CCRN with tele experience?

   bclark297 replied to jennysong81's topic in MICU

   My question is.... Why would you want to take the CCRN if you're a tele nurse?? The tele nurses at my job aren't even ACLS certified.

10. Resume question about pre-nursing exp.

    bclark297 replied to bclark297's topic in Job Hunt

    Gotcha, I was a ER tech for a few years... but I am considering just taking it out because nobody cares at this point.

11. Resume question about pre-nursing exp.

    bclark297 replied to bclark297's topic in Job Hunt

    No, not clinicals in school. I am saying lets say you were a RN for a few years already. and previously a CNA.. when would you decide to remove the pre-RN experience.

12. how much is it frowned upon to wear scrubs on your interview?

    bclark297 replied to direw0lf's topic in Job Hunt

    if you don't want the job or could care less if you get it, yeah you can wear scrubs

13. Orientation length for ICU

    bclark297 replied to Toadd35's topic in Critical

    i got 16 weeks as a fresh new grad in a high acuity surgical trauma icu

14. Pressure Support Mode VS CPAP/BiPAP

    bclark297 replied to SterlingArcher's topic in MICU

    Not to get in-depth and scientific ...but when I'm at work if someone is on.. Pressure Support- They are intubated and the patient is on pressure support to see how well they tolerate doing the work of breathing on their own with the goal to extubate...

15. New ICU nurse wants some kind words

    bclark297 replied to LiveFit99's topic in MICU

    Was this your only patient??? But yeah, sounds like a average ICU patient to me. You've already been a nurse for a year so you just need to fine tune your time management. You'll be caring for this acuity of patient when you're off orientation, maybe...