cardiac.cure03

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1. Max dose on drips

   cardiac.cure03 replied to harley91013's topic in CCU

   The max dose for neo in my facility is 180 mcg/min. Docs will typically allow up to 200 mcg/min though.

2. Levels of Code Status

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in Activism

   I'm just curious as to how other nurses in the country deal with different levels of code status'. In my hospital (in Ohio), our patients are either a full code, DNR-CCA, or DNR-CC. Full code: I'm sure that we can all agree on what a full code means!...

3. Nurse to Nurse Communication

   cardiac.cure03 replied to LewisA2's topic in CCU

   There is a place in our computer charting system we use (called EPIC) that has almost exactly what was described in the original post. You can easily see all of the notes, the initial H&P, the consult notes, progress notes, everything in one scre...

4. Vital Sign & I/O Assessment frequency

   cardiac.cure03 replied to MONITORHOSPITAL's topic in CCU

   Yep, this is pretty much what we do in our CCU as well.

5. Quick question

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in Flight

   So, I know that in most situations, it's just the 2 of you out on a scene with a critically sick/injured patient. What do you do if u get out on a scene and you disagree with your partner on how to care for this patient? I realize you're both gonna b...

6. Any advice for a flight nursing interview?

   cardiac.cure03 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in Flight

   So no replies... I am pretty comfortable with the interviewing process in general...as far as preparing for the questions that may be asked. I was just hoping someone could give me insight into what type of knowledge they expected you to know durin...

7. Any advice for a flight nursing interview?

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in Flight

   So I got a flight nursing interview coming up and am super excited and nervous at the same time! I am looking for any advice I can get about the interviewing process. I know there will be a written test and a mock patient scenario. I am curious as to...

8. Need tips / ideas for precepting

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a CCU and am getting assigned a nursing student for 10 weeks to precept. This is her last quarter of her BSN degree, and she's spending it with me working my hours for credit. I've done this once before with someone for 10 wks and then a fe...

9. Stethoscope cleaning

   cardiac.cure03 replied to CanuckStudent's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I just use alcohol wipes

10. Pharm Question

    cardiac.cure03 replied to melloyello68's topic in Student Assist

    Yeah, try using the endings of the names of the drugs if you can... like the above post said with "pril"... also "lol" are beta blockers. Focus a lot on your cardiac drugs, know if they're alpha 1, beta 1, etc. (beta-blockers, anti-arrhythmic drugs l...

11. Compensation for being on call

    cardiac.cure03 replied to BennyRsMom's topic in General Nursing

    We get $3/hr for on call, but it's for the entire 12 hrs. If we get called in, it's just regular pay for me as well, no time and a half. And unfortunately, if I was the only one called off in the morning, I'm not aloud to refuse being on call, it's m...

12. When pulling sheaths after a cath...

    cardiac.cure03 replied to qt2168's topic in CCU

    Always have a 2nd nurse at the bedside with you with the initial pull. Then once everything is stablized, they can go as long as you have the call light handy! :) My thing is this: .... Have the 2nd nurse find the pedal pulse on the extremity with t...

13. Need advices before changing career to nurse

    cardiac.cure03 replied to jonathanknbo's topic in General Nursing

    I would assume an electrical engineer makes pretty decent money and required a bit of education to get. So what made you think about changing careers? What about nursing got you interested? There's waaaaaay too much to give you ALL of the info needed...

14. Tips for organization, speed??

    cardiac.cure03 replied to tleigh7097's topic in Geriatric

    I don't have any experience w/ long term care, but something I did in nursing school helped me TONS w/ the med situation. Most places where you work have several meds that are fairly common. I made up a sheet w/ the most common meds I came across and...

15. Coumadin teaching protocol?

    cardiac.cure03 replied to momthenRN's topic in CCU

    We have coumadin teaching at our hospital for anyone that is new to starting coumadin, or just for anyone that needs additional teaching. However, nursing doesn't do the education; our ICU pharmacist does the coumadin teaching, which I thinks makes a...