JohnnyGage

JohnnyGage

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  1. RN transporting pt. across state lines

    The company I fly for routinely does interstate transport. Because the company is licensed in Minnesota, and we as nurses are licensed in Minnesota, we are covered. Basically, while the patient is under your care and covered by your protocols, orde...
  2. Start Flight Nursing October 4th...

    Congrats! As for this... I have two words: Rotor Blades.
  3. Chest Tubes---Help!

    While I am quite comfortable with chest tubes and the questions you've raised, I don't think I could adequately answer the questions in a forum like this... I'm much more of a hands-on teacher and for something like CTs, even more so. However... Have...
  4. What exercises are good for nursing?

    Overall fitness is key. A good fitness program will include flexibility (especially back and hamstring stretches), strength (we all know about the increase in "bariatric" patient populations), and definitely endurance. Not only that, but important ...
  5. Another flight crew pays the ultimate price...

    They died as heros. May they rest in peace.
  6. Having heart (hard) time studying the heart

    What parts are you having trouble understanding?
  7. ? about narcotic admin

    We waste every time unless we're "actively treating or titrating". Basically it comes down to: if you feel confident enough about your patient to leave the bedside you should waste. That is, if you're actively treating chest pain or acute agitation...
  8. You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

    When the creative commercials for Listerine Strips give you ideas of how to deal with "neuro breath".
  9. Personnal lives or reckless?

    flyeeng and wurking Trahma prety much rooned all of my dangrus hobees. I still luv to rok clime, tho. I never rid motercykles and sertianly wont ever. Spelling purposely changed out of spite.
  10. stepdown description

    Sounds good. Just remember to tell them if you feel more orientation is needed! However, also remember that orientation is not to make you a "great" nurse, just a "competent" nurse. The "great" is up to you and your work ethic.
  11. Changing needles prior IM injection

    I never give IMs any more, but when I did, I always changed needles. Mostly for the fact that going through the rubber on a vial will slightly dull the needle and I always wanted to give my patient the sharpest needle possible... less pain that way....
  12. CCU vs. CVICU vs. CICU

    Hard to say, but I would guess: CVICU is a surgical unit taking open heart patients, probably also any aortic surgeries, possibly thoracotomies (ie cardio-thoracic stuff). CICU is probably a cardiac medical ICU taking critical coronary cases on vents...
  13. Cvvhd

    We set up and run the machine in its entirety. Our patients are always 2:1 for at least four hours. We have found that during the time of set up and initiation, it is good to have 2 nurses -- one to manage the patient and the other simply to act as...
  14. advanced care unit question

    Well, it seems to me that "advanced care" is just another name for "step down" or "progressive care". One more term to throw into the mix to make the public think that it's innovative. Yup. Our hospital's got 'em. Don't know why there isn't a foru...
  15. advanced care unit question

    What does an "advanced care unit" consist of? Is it the same as stepdown or "progressive care"?