sweetart4988

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1. CVICU/CTICU help!on caring for pt with an open chest!

   sweetart4988 posted a topic in CCU

   Hi! I just have some questions about what to do when you have an open chest patient with delayed sternal closure...If the pt should arrest can you perform chest compression on them or is it by internal defib. only? Also for a pt who has an RVAD and a...

2. Advice on pt with open chest Please!

   sweetart4988 replied to sweetart4988's topic in CCU

   When a pt has an open chest there is always bubbling in thier chest tubes, at the time the pt chest is open b/c they were unable to close the pt chest in surgery due to different circumstances. I just want to know what causes the bubbling if anyone ...

3. Advice on pt with open chest Please!

   sweetart4988 posted a topic in CCU

   Hi, I am new to the Surgical Intensive Care unit. In a pt with an open chest what causes the constant bubbling in the medistinal chest tubes? What are complication I should look for in pt with an open chest? Thanks for your help

4. NCLEX advice

   sweetart4988 posted a topic in NCLEX

   I took the nclex today...i had so much anxiety...i tired to calm myself down but i just didn't know what to expect. I had about 120 questions and it shut off....i had some select all that apply throughout the questions...i would have like 10-15 que...

5. NCLEX help

   sweetart4988 posted a topic in NCLEX

   I graduated in May and I am pretty nervous about the NCLEX. I took Kaplan and at the end exam it said I would pass...they said when you do question you want to try and get 60% of the question right....so I have been keeping score and I have been get...

6. I need a refresher content course for the NCLEX

   sweetart4988 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am currently enrolled in KAPLAN...but as we go over question I have forgotten some of the topics covered in my two years...I was in an accelerated program and everything moved so fast. I got A's and B's in school...but I want a content review cour...