acar0105

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1. New RN

   acar0105 replied to Melinurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   I did the same thing. I went from Nursing School to Endo with a little over a year of experience and an ER Tech. That was helpful because during that time I was able to gain comfort with quickly assesing when a patient is about to "go bad" as well as...

2. Colonoscopy & Conscious Sedation

   acar0105 replied to GlennRoss's topic in Gastroenterology

   In just about every other country they do this without sedation. One of my fellow GI nurses found her self in one of these countries on her 50th birthday and said she wasn't even offered a Sugar Pill! Where I worked it few and far between and even th...

3. what made you choose GI?

   acar0105 replied to NewStudentGirly's topic in Gastroenterology

   I loved the insides of the human body but HATED blood, just liked dealing with the guts.

4. Future of endoscopy nursing?

   acar0105 replied to mumarada's topic in Gastroenterology

   Dunno about a Drs offive but I worked Endo in a large hospital. We saved many people from "investigational" surgery as there are many things that can be done via endoscopic means vs other exploratory laps or invasive ab surgs. We also got GI bleeds, ...

5. Anyone Familiar W/new Double Balloon Endoscopy??

   acar0105 replied to CrohnieToo's topic in Gastroenterology

   At the hospital I used to work at, we did the double ballon endoscopy in one of our larger procedure rooms with Anesthesia present. As it is a new procedure, finding endo clips, forceps and other toolsthat would fit through the scope was a challenge...