bamagt

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1. Max on Levophed?

   bamagt replied to Nurse_Sophia's topic in CCU

   I think the thing many are forgetting is you may be able to run 1000mcg/min of a certain drug but there comes a point where more isn't necessarily better.

2. NP info

   bamagt posted a topic in NP

   Hey, I'm an RN looking into possibly going to NP school. I was wondering if some of you wouldn't mind sharing some info with me. What kind of NP are you? (acute care, peds...) How many hours do you work a week? How many hours do you take call a week?...

3. What is considered the weekend shift for 7p-7a?

   bamagt replied to muesli's topic in General Nursing

   Sat and Sun 7p-7a

4. Having a hard time with death

   bamagt replied to bamagt's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your thoughts everyone. It's not that dying as a whole upsets me, almost 1/2 of the pt's I take care of sometimes will never make it out of my unit and I know that. The weird thing with this lady was that it was so quick and I hadn't even...

5. Having a hard time with death

   bamagt posted a topic in General Nursing

   Not to be too descriptive but I admitted a nice older lady from the ER last night. She was coming in with SOB d/t (from what the ER told me) a chronic condition that had apparently been somewhat stable. She was a DNR. She woke up about 0300 and I ga...

6. 75 questions and failed. HELP PLEASE!

   bamagt replied to yahy's topic in NCLEX

   It sounds like you are freaking out about the test to me. IMO, the number one rule when taking NCLEX is to not freak out. If you failed with 75 questions then you are either not taking in the material correctly, freaking out or a combination of both....

7. What's your personality like?

   bamagt replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

   Most of all I would say that I'm laid back. I think one of the most important parts of being a good ICU nurse is your ability to remain calm when everything else is going downhill. I'm also very task oriented, if there is work to be done it's going t...

8. about jeffstate, inquiring minds want to know.....

   bamagt replied to bernikitty's topic in Alabama

   The math tests that you are required to pass are on basic drug calculations, very easy. The teachers tell you exactly what you need to know. When I went to Jeff State we had 2 times to pass with a 90 every semester. Jeff State's nursing program is no...

9. How many patient's do you normally have?

   bamagt replied to bamagt's topic in CCU

   We had a list and they stopped doing it because they said it was "stupid." I'm not sure how but whatever. It's not really a problem but when I'm taking care of 3 and the nurse next to me has 1 and is doing nothing it kind of ticks me off.

10. How many patient's do you normally have?

    bamagt replied to bamagt's topic in CCU

    I'm usually not angry when I get three patient's. Sometimes you can't help getting a third patient when you're short staffed. The only time I get mad is if I get the third patient when some other nurses haven't had a third patient in forever and less...

11. How many patient's do you normally have?

    bamagt posted a topic in CCU

    Do you ICU nurses ever have more than 2 pt's? How often if you do? We get 3 pt's every now and then, usually one or two of them are waiting to transfer in the AM. My main question is how do you deal with being assigned a third pt, mainly when someon...

12. Update on jobs for new grads

    bamagt replied to sillyspicygirl's topic in Alabama

    You must be looking in the wrong place. Brookwood has several jobs posted, including ICU.

13. Does anyone work at St. Vincents?

    bamagt replied to DnL7864's topic in Alabama

    I knew a guy that worked there before he graduated. Call up to the ER and see if you can get in touch with the Nurse Manager or ER director. If you can't get in touch with them I use to work in the ER at Brookwood and could possibly hook you up.

14. Discontinued/held current medsor never started home meds

    bamagt replied to nightshift82's topic in CCU

    When an MD "holds" a med it is automatically dc'd by pharmacy to prevent this info from getting lost in report to the next nurse or one nurse not writing it on the MAR. The MD should write it on his progress notes or something so that they will remem...

15. WI: 75 questions NCLEX RN results

    bamagt replied to mommagracy's topic in NCLEX

    You passed.