reyfresco

reyfresco has 4 years experience and specializes in ICU/CCU.

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1. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

   reyfresco replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU

   What may be more cruel is the damage we are doing to our patients in the long term. By over sedating our patients studies have shown poorer outcomes in these patients. Over sedation leads to ICU delerium which causes increased risk of dementia, depre...

2. Normal CVP?

   reyfresco replied to nursingdude78's topic in MICU

   When a patient is mechanically ventilated this increases the inter-thoracic pressures thus giving the appearance of an elevated CVP. So if a patient has a a CVP of 15 when ventilated, it is coomparable to a CVP of 12 in the non-ventilated patient.

3. Why become a CNA? Be a Medical assistant instead

   reyfresco replied to Faro's topic in CNA/MA

   Becoming an MA is a terrible idea if your going to nursing. No I am not talking about experience but rather the waste of money and time. You can simply go to community college, take one semester, pay around $250.00, become a CNA and then apply to nur...