VicChic

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1. Core Measures Auditor

   VicChic replied to RNWithAHeart's topic in Quality Improvement

   Hi QTBabyNurse, BSN! I've been leaving messages on a number I found online for Q-Centrix but no one ever answers and no operator is available to assist me. I recently submitted my resume to their job page for a Quality Information Specialist/Data Abs...

2. TRAITOR: Get Out of Nursing!

   VicChic replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

   Above post in response to this:

3. TRAITOR: Get Out of Nursing!

   VicChic replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

   LMBO!!!! That's *******' hilarious!!! :chuckle ....and true.

4. Is the D.E.C an Associate degree?

   VicChic replied to newlife30's topic in International

   Interesting. Makes we wonder now... Could a nurse with an ADN earned in the US, in turn, work in Canada and vice versa? (Just wondering, b/c for some reason, I always thought the minimum level education of nursing degrees accepted in Canada was the ...

5. LIfe Care Planning

   VicChic replied to VicChic's topic in General Nursing

   No one willing to take a stab @ it out there? Any info greatly appreciated so there are no wrong answers here. Just wanted to get some informal insight on it if anyone had any to offer, is all.

6. LIfe Care Planning

   VicChic posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was looking up CE nursing opportunities @ Kaplan University and ran across "Life Care Planning." And you know how when you read the explanation of something over and over and it still doesn't answer your question "What is it?" So I thought I'd ru...

7. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

   VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

   Didn't mean to make anyone feel like you "just don't get it." I'm just having a hard time understanding why haven't you seen Afib with occassional PAC's unless they were just assumed to be more fibrillations, which I could understand I guess. That'...

8. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

   VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

   You guys, I know you all are way too smart to let this one go over your head. All I'm doing is simply presenting a scenario to you. The question was asked if you could have PAC'S with Afib. The answer to that question is simply YES, you can as the...

9. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

   VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

   Not stretching, just explaining what I, along with others in cardiac nursing/cardiology already know and accept to be fact. Sorry you don't comprehend but you are in good company. After all, it's a cardiologist that had to explain it to me FYI. :w...

10. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

    VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

    PAC's in Afib? Of course not. PAC's with Afib. Yes, as was stated earlier by myself and a few others, you can have Afib with runs of PAC's or just frequent PAC's. There's is a difference b/c in Afib=no p wave=obviously not an atrial contraction o...

11. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

    VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

    The PAC's are no longer a part of the A-fib rhythm. Of course the PAC's are true contractions and no longer a fibrillation. However, occassional or even frequent PAC's do occur with A-fib b/c they are ECTOPIC beats, electrical impulses originating ...

12. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

    VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

    Oh that's the beautiful thing about rhythm interpretation--it's open for interpretation. Then you get to have an interesting discussion about the "interpretations" like the one we're having now...until an experienced cardiologist comes in and says, ...

13. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

    VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

    I'm not exactly sure about your question Tweety, but I think you're asking about how can you tell what beat is the premature atrial contraction if the PAC makes the rhythm irregular and the A-fib itself also makes it irregular? To answer that questio...

14. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

    VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

    And no this was NOT a dumb question at all. On the contrary, it actually shows good critical thinking skills. Way to go!

15. Rapid A. Fib or PACs?

    VicChic replied to harley_fan's topic in Cardiac

    Yes, that's correct. In fact, sometimes frequent PAC's are an indication of an underlying or impending atrial arrhythmia like A-Fib coming on.