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...
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...
FOCKER0014 replied to robert1083's topic in Advanced
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...
FOCKER0014 replied to oregonnurse2007's topic in Critical
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...
FOCKER0014 replied to robert1083's topic in Advanced
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. ...
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...
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...
FOCKER0014 replied to nightangel99's topic in SRNA
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...