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  1. I worked as a CNA while I went to school. I can tell you that the interviewer is not looking for someone who is a medical genius - rather, they need someone who will work within their scope of practice SAFELY. They want to know you will defer to some...
  2. Looking for general insights on a few common drips ...

    I work progressive care/ICU stepdown. Outside our expertise to hang vasopressors, but we hang amio (too convoluted a protocol to go into here, let's just say you and at least 1 other nurse will be reading the protocol line by lione as you follow, an...
  3. Nowadays between the pharmacy and the "smart" IV pumps, most of the math is already done for you - I'm not talking peds because I don't work in that area, just med surg. Of course it is critical that you be able to verify the math as well - otherwise...
  4. Stroke pt with increased weakness and slurring

    All the posts were right on the money, but I would think if this woman was not already NPO then she probably should be at this point.
  5. Just realized, I think I hate ICU, prefer floors

    I work in a busy ICU step down unit and I love it - more challenging than floor nursing and more varied than ICU because we take total care pts as well as walkie-talkies. We see art lines, CVP monitoring, amio, dilt, heparin, insulin drips (to name a...
  6. CEU's

    Get on one of those websites that offer online CEUs for a few dollars a unit - theres a bunch out there - I have no personal experience, but logic tells me that they would rather see you scramble and get those needed CEUs at the last minute rather th...
  7. Those at the 1-2 year mark of nursing

    I am also at the 1.5 yr mark. There are still moments of panic and dread, but these are mixed with moments of pride. For example, I just had to re-cert for CPR, and while we were practicing compressions on a dummy the thought popped into my head, "I ...
  8. respiratory arrest

    Learned something new today! However the comment by RN-Cardiac that 30 min reserve was possible was a real exaggeration! Thanks, Gila!
  9. respiratory arrest

    I guess that means you couldn"t find any scientific evidence for it either...
  10. respiratory arrest

    A Google search did not yield any information regarding a person's oxygen saturation remaining above 90% after 10 minutes of apnea, Gila. And to RN-Cardiac, nothing that I can find on the AHA website indicates a person may have up to 30 minutes of re...
  11. respiratory arrest

    I just recertified my AHA BLS and, although it is all over the news that the new emphasis is on compressions, the guidelines still included 30:2 compression/ventilation ratio for 1 rescuer and 15:2 ratio for 2 rescuers. And I am still curious to see ...
  12. respiratory arrest

    I get that the emphasis is on compressions, but I wonder about the "30 min O2 reserve" part - I can't find this anywhere on the AHA website. Do you have a link? This is new information for me. Thanks
  13. respiratory arrest

    "Assuming I have a healthy patient who is well denitrogenised, I could make them apneic for nearly 10 minutes or so before their saturations even fall below 90%." Sorry, but I have to challenge this statement - how have you verified this "fact"? I wo...
  14. respiratory arrest

    maybe I am overthinking this, but if a person isn't breathing effectively you would want to give them rescue breathing after clearing their airway, and wouldn't this fall under the category of CPR? If not, why do we have to learn about rescue breathi...
  15. List of most commonly prescibed meds, please

    Let's not forget the always stimulating Senna and Bisacodyl!