Enthused RN BSN, RN

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About Enthused RN

Enthused RN has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU.


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    How long can you have the cardene gtt for?

    It's not the specific bag I was asking about. What I meant is how long can the patient received the actual medicine? In my facility, they don't want the patient to be on the drip longer than 24 hours. What happens when the patient is on it for more t...
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    How long can you have the cardene gtt for?

    I work in a mixed ICU. Occasionally we get patients who need a cardene gtt for various reasons. I have always been told that patients can only be on that gtt for a very short time (i.e. 24 hours). Why is that?
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    New Army Nurse Corps officers: First Things First!

    I commissioned in February 2014 and I finally received an email that I am going to BOLC this August. I think they are giving priority to providers over nurses.
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    New grad RN at a SNF

    I worked in a SNF as a new grad. It was unbelievably difficult. You should be able to find another SNF job at a safer facility. Check out non-profits and stay away from corporate chains. If you have some savings and not a lot of expenses, consider qu...
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    Army nursing or Air force nursing?

    Don't forget he's going into the reserve side and not active duty. With the drawdown, the reserves will probably not be tapped as much for missions.
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    Army nursing or Air force nursing?

    BOLC phase II for reserve (Army) nurses is 3 weeks and 4 days at Fort Sam Houston. You will need to complete phase I online before you apply for a seat in phase II. The online portion is super tedious. I'm not sure how the AF does their training for ...
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    Army nursing or Air force nursing?

    1) What do you folks that are med surg typically do on your drill weekends exactly? Just curious as to what is considered boring....paper work? Meetings? Etc, By boring, I mean I do a lot of sitting around doing mandatory online training (i.e. sexual...
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    Army nursing or Air force nursing?

    It sounds like it might come down to what specialty you would like to practice on the military side - med/surg or flight nursing? Also, if possible, I would ask each respective unit what your drill weekend would look like. As a med/surg nurse in the ...
  9. Have you thought about switching to the Guard? In my state, I was direct commissioned as a new grad without much problem (I was also an E4 previously). Might be worth looking into especially if the Reserves are still looking for a certain amount of e...
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    Missed heart attacks - how can it happen?

    Thanks for the response. Your case sounds very different from the case I posted. I think a lot of people would miss that because the complaints were so vague and it was going on for a while. Also, I'm not an articulate person and I don't know how to ...
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    Missed heart attacks - how can it happen?

    Wow, I wasn't looking for the absolute right or wrong answer for this specific case. Obviously we can't know that and will never know that. I'm asking about missed cases in your personal experience so I can learn from any mistakes before they happen ...
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    Missed heart attacks - how can it happen?

    I'm familiar with the cardiac enzymes taking some time to show up on a test so in this case I'm guessing the first hospital didn't wait long enough. I mean, the guy coded mere hours after being released from the hospital.
  13. Recently there was a case where a man in his early 40s with no history of cardiac issues died of a MI. He was seen in the ER of hospital A and released. Later that day, he suffered cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital B. His ...
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    Pregnant New Grad

    Happens all the time and it's illegal for them to discriminate against you. My facility recently had a pregnant new grad and she's currently out on maternity. It's not a problem. My original preceptor/mentor for this same job started there pregnant a...
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    Ten Tips for New Grad Nurses

    Not entirely true. I volunteered during nursing school through a hospital's internship program (program did not require any medical experience). I rotated through a tele floor, stepdown, and finally a trauma/critical care unit. Obviously I didn't pro...