pavanneh

pavanneh

Cardiac Cath Lab/Pacemaker/Geriatrics

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About pavanneh

pavanneh has 20 years experience and specializes in Cardiac Cath Lab/Pacemaker/Geriatrics.


I am a Cardiovascular Technician and a Certified Respiratory Therapist. I am hoping to get into an RN program so that I can advance my career. I just retired from the navy after 20 years of service.

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  1. What do you think of fibromyalgia?

    I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain in 1993. It was just beginning to be talked about. I had every pressure point and my inflammatory markers were elevated. I couldn't be hugged by my husband or my children. I would cry lying in bed be...
  2. resp therapy vs RN

    The RN may give you more flexibility and mobility, but there are still plenty of RT jobs out there. Especially for Travel Techs. LTC facilities have never used RT's much. There are hospitals training nurses to do these jobs, but they are finding that...
  3. resp therapy vs RN

    I have been a nurse and am currently an RT. I enjoyed both. But I have to say that being an RT has been more enjoyable for me. The job is in high demand and you make good money. With therapist driven protocols you get alot of autonomy in decision mak...
  4. An Attitude of Gratitude

    Thank you so much for writing this. It is easy to forget to have an attitude of gratitude. Whether in good times or bad. With faith there is hope. I pray that people who are in despair find the hope they need to continue and that they will find that ...
  5. CPAP: Use It And Live

    Well....ashamed to say...I have not been using my machine. Partly because of the flu I have had and the coughing at night is hugely annoying with the mask. But, it is getting better so I am going to start uing it again. And I am a RespiratoryTherapis...
  6. Excelsior Pass Rates!!!

    I should could have been done with excelsior three years ago, but I was too afraid of the CPNE to take the course and finish. Now Virginia doesn't allow Excelsior graduates to take the exam. I will have to find a state willing to let me take the exam...
  7. Ah, the things we say when we're tired

    lol...all of this sounds so familiar. I am a respiratory therapist, but have been a nurse in the past too. I was dead tired and called in for a vent patient. I placed the patient on the ventilator and proceeded to tell the dr. that the ....... kept p...
  8. Oxygen administration

    I did read the article. If a patient needs O2 they are always titrated to maintain the best sats and respiratory response. If they need ventilation they get it, if they need BiPap or CPAP they get it. In no way do I advocate the withholding of O2, wh...
  9. Oxygen administration

    Hmmm I replied to the other post, but will again. It is not hogwash. Have personally seen it happen. You are correct though, not all COPD patient's rely on a hypoxic drive. You need to asses blood gases and patient's response to O2 to determine their...
  10. Oxygen administration

    Sorry have not been back in awhile. While research may say it is a myth, the reality is seeing a patient who has lived on an anerobe drive for several years at 3 lpm NC, increased to 6 LPM-by a well meaning nurse. Get somnolent and respiratory rate d...
  11. Excelsior and Texas

    I have a bone to pick with those who say that students with EC don't have clinical experience. As others have said you have to have clinical experience-ALOT to enroll in the school. I have worked with new nurses from conventional programs and find th...
  12. Resp. tasks VS. Nursing tasks

    I would ask the nurses in your facility if you can do "follow on" days with them. You can't do anything out of your scope of practice, but on days you are off you can follow them and see what they do and how they do it. That is one way to get more of...
  13. resp therapy vs RN

    I am a Certified Respiratory Therapist and have been for some time. I am in a very progressive hospital that gives alot of latitude and responsibility to RT's to develope protocols and therapies for patient's. It depends on the facility where you wor...
  14. Oxygen administration

    I am currently a respiratory therapist. A sat of 88% at 2 LPM would require that you increase the Liter flow by at least 1 liter and titrate up if needed. However, as someone posted earlier how much depends on the patient's condition, Chronic and cur...
  15. Am I right that these things scare me enough to quit.`

    That is why I quit working Nursing homes. There was only one I ever worked at that the Nurse to patient ratio was good and that they adhered to good medical practice. Sometimes I feel guilty about "abandoning" these poor patient's because I genuinely...