FOCKER0014

FOCKER0014

STICU; cross-trained in CCU, MICU, CVICU

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FOCKER0014 has 6 years experience and specializes in STICU; cross-trained in CCU, MICU, CVICU.


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  1. Whats the most blood products you've given in a shift?

    self-inflicted GSW to chest...to OR...not a drip...back in unit x 10 minutes...Mt. St Helens erupted....40+ blood products in addition to 6 autotransfusions from the CT's...actually emptied 8 atriums....of course the end result is what you can imagin...
  2. code blue question

    It is not that I doubt your story however it is I doubt the actual hemodynamics. Your patient's heart was beating if they were breathing...There might have been no discernable peripheral pulse yet that does not mean the heart was not beating. Again...
  3. code blue question

    NeoNurse...absolutely 100% impossible to have NO PULSE and BREATHE...you are dead....dead people do not breathe!!
  4. Online RN-BSN and CRNA School Questions

    Wow....I stand corrected...thank you for the information....and to those have read any of this post....PMFB-RN is abolutely 100% right...there are schools that do not require a BSN in order to get accepted....there are many out there and can be foun...
  5. Nurses Who Took CCRN in 2010

    took the old test and used the videos passed it easily....4 of my colleagues took the "new" test and used the videos in addition to the pass the ccrn book....they all passed just fine...they basically said that it was just a matter of an increase or...
  6. Online RN-BSN and CRNA School Questions

    Although the "no BSN" might be true in this poster's state...I have NEVER heard of a program that does not require a BSN...might have been the case years ago but now i just can't imagine that there is a program out there that does not require a BSN. ...
  7. Help please- New Grad Resume for surg/trauma ICU

    Would highly disagree that you have to "PAY YOUR DUES"....that is completey baseless and untrue.....more often than not i would prefer to train the novice nurse as they do not have "bad" habits to break yet....it is EXTREMELY hard to train a nurse wh...
  8. Accepted to CRNA school w/ Online BSN?

    Hey there...agree with all the above posters...obtained my ADN and then got my BSN online through UNC-Chapel Hill.... there wasn't ANY issue of my degree not being accepted as it is an "acutal" university...I got into CRNA school just fine....But in...
  9. CRNA school after bankruptcy

    you may want to check on the ability to take out student loans once you have delcared bankruptcy....i wasn't aware that you would still be eligible..... Save...save....save....one other commentor had it right...your a bit away from applying...in 4.5 ...
  10. code blue question

    Umm...you may want to read a bit more...it is phyiscally impossible to be breathing and have no pulse....FYI... Good rule of thumb is if YOU THINK you need to call a code...then by all means do so...if your wrong...oh well no harm done, however if yo...
  11. Possible future CRNA with no swan experience?

    I would agree with the above two posters that Swanz aren't used AS much anymore, however that is pertinent to ICU care NOT the OR. Many of my CRNA friends have said that they end up floating a swan to obtain a quick set of hemodynamics and then take...
  12. Raleigh School of Nurse Anesthesia interview

    GPA 3.93; 6 YEARS EXP Surgical Trauma ICU; 425 MAT.... Although I have not started yet, August is coming quick and I can't wait. I will say that you need good ICU experience. The area you live in should not matter whatsoever, rather the experience ...
  13. My situation, and getting into CRNA school. Do I have a shot?

    Quite honestly, if you can find a hospital that has a new grad critical care program then by all means go for it, if you have the means....Cannot stress that enough.....There are numerous programs out there, you just have to find them. Someone with y...
  14. My situation, and getting into CRNA school. Do I have a shot?

    Your GPA is fine...get either Surigal/Trauma ICU or CardioVascular ICU experience....if you have time get your CCRN cert.... 4 years is pefect amount of time. Highly recommend to get your debt under control prior to going. Your plan sounds like it ...
  15. IV drip dose error

    You should have told the RN that you were saving the other 135mcg for him or her to calm down with and furthermore don't ever call you at home for something that #1. can be found on the chart/orders....and #2 is a bs call! honest mistake..no harm don...