Amagoo

Amagoo

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About Amagoo

Amagoo has 3 years experience and specializes in Peds- ICU.


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  1. Hello all, Just seeing who is completing this program and what are you thoughts? Thanks, Adam
  2. Swedish Medical Center

    ICU was fine, they are going through a change of hours for shifts, from 3-3 to 5-5. I think two of the senior management team is leaving of left
  3. Different Shift Hours

    Not in the nicu. But Ccu and do 3-3. It's awesome!I work 3a-3p, it's nice to be with your pts early plan out your day, no one bothering you till 6 ish, rounds start at 9. Really get a good sense of what you want and how your pt is doing. Best of all ...
  4. OR to ICU

    I made the jump! It's been awesome! Learning so much and getting treated with respect from the doctors. Its a great feeling and to feel important and needed. I love the interaction with pts and family's.
  5. Excessive mouth secretions

    Hello, I had a vented or and he would just have puddles of drool. So one of the icu doctors ordered oral erythymicin
  6. OR nurse to ICU?

    I just made the switch from OR to ICU. I am still in orienataion but its been a great decision so far. I was a tech for ten years then graduated nursing school and was in the OR for two years. I think if you are wanting to try something new, then you...
  7. This program is starting its second class. https://www.msudenver.edu/extendedcampus/periop/ It's in Denver Colorado.
  8. Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

    We had a perfusion tech who would run the test for us, Then would bring in the diagram and then the anesthesiologist would then ask for blood, platelets, or ffp, or cryo. NORMAL TEG R = reaction time (s); time of latency from start of test to in...
  9. Can Anyone explain TEGs to me?

    Hello, Thromboelastogram (TEG)
  10. Possible to go from Hospital Corpsman to Nursing School?

    Hello, I was in the Navy as a hospital corpsman and then became a surgical tech trained in the navy. I was in for 5 years! Had a great time learned a lot. I did get out and was a surgical tech doing open heart surgery for many years while I was going...
  11. What is the difference?

    Sorry you didn't get the job. But thank you so much for starting this tread. I am thinking of leaving the Operating room and the PCU and ICU are the two places I am looking to transfer to. So it's nice to get information on the PCU.
  12. Brand New Nurse - Starting OR!

    Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 13th EDITION. by Jane C. Rothrock Mosby Elsevier Best of luck in your new area.
  13. Charting positioning.

    Just wondering if follow nurses do a free hand pt positioning in the emr charting and at the end of the positioning note final position okay per dr ............
  14. Hello all, So I was a surgical tech for many years, just became a nurse not to long a long under a year. I don't see my self staying in the OR for the rest of my career. I would like to know how do nurses who switch from OR to pacu do? Does it happe...
  15. Subject: Introduction to Peri-operative Nursing, March 9 - May 11, 2013 A 10 week course based on the standards of the AORN’s Peri-operative Nursing 101 Program. The course includes 80 hours classroom lectures, simulation lab practice and 50 hours cl...