tracey350z

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1. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   Methylene; sounds like you are going to make a big difference out there! Good for you! Advocating a higher degree of EKG understanding is ultimately acting as an advocate for the patients and your obvious strength in this area will serve you well as ...

2. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   Wow! your school tested you on "a lot" of 12 leads? (the 8.5X11 inch full sheet that is ordered by MD like this: http://www.ecglibrary.com/elec_alt.html)!? We have been tested on lead II 6 inch strips since Med surge I with all the "panic" rhythms an...

3. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   Thanks a million! Yes, we were given an actual 12 lead EKG on the last exam with one word; "interpretation"? In clinicals, the professor will look at the 12 lead and ask us to go through each lead and interpret it on the fly (and it will impact our...

4. Scared my instructors are trying to kick me out

   tracey350z replied to wannabenurse69's topic in General Students

   You're doing this for you, never forget that and don't let anyone break your spirit!

5. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   Ahh! we must both be typing away. I totally understand where you're coming from with the "lack of knowledge" about rhythms on the units. I've watched a pt going into Vtach and the RN getting frustrated that the monitor was in malfunction....won't ...

6. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   I saw your post on the cath lab question; with your background in telemetry, I can certainly see how my question might have seemed elementry. I might not have presented my information accurately. In regards to hyper & hypo dynamic stages of sho...

7. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   :yeah:Thanks for all the replies. I guess I was not very clear when I described the "common dysrhythmias". The ones I noted were the basics that I would assume everyone would hope to learn. We do have Med surge I & II in addition to Critical car...

8. Testing average to pass? or final and overall?

   tracey350z posted a topic in General Students

   Hello, Need some input from BSN students out there! Up until Med surge I, we had to achieve > 75% on the final AND all course work to pass the class. Starting with Med surge II, all students must make >75% on the final IN ADDITION to an AVERAGE...

9. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   tracey350z posted a topic in General Students

   Hello all, I'm seeking information about Texas nursing school programs (or any others, really) who have an entire course in ICU. Our school requires ICU after med surge and this is the class that usually flunks students out of nursing school! In th...