Kudra

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1. Vitamin K IV

   Kudra replied to Central WI RN's topic in MICU

   in our hospital, non-monitored patients can only recieve it sc and patients on a cardiac monitor can have it IVPB... our standard order is for 10 mg vit K and our policy is that it's given in a minimum of 25-50 mL NS and no faster than 1 mg/min...

2. KCl through central access

   Kudra replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU

   in our hospital, you can run it as fast as you like if the patient is on a cardiac monitor... on non-monitored floors, you have to run it a lot slower (always over 1-2 hours)...

3. new to allnurse/calculating drips for ICU/CCU

   Kudra replied to rarjn5's topic in MICU

   here's a site that can help you practice your calculations: http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/phtitra.htm and the adjoining tutorial sites: http://www.accd.edu/sac/nursing/math/titration.html

4. Stethoscopes

   Kudra replied to intothemoon's topic in MICU

   i use an Ultrascope... i really like it because i've found it louder than most stethoscopes i've used... i also find it easier to pick up on adventitious sounds using it... no one else in my unit has one, so i've not had a problem with it walking off...

5. Rapid Response Teams

   Kudra replied to Zee_RN's topic in MICU

   our team consists of an ICU RN, a Respiratory Therapist and a MD...

6. BScN student to RPN in ONTARIO?

   Kudra replied to Tina_RN2007's topic in International

   i think the OP wasn't looking to complete a RPN course, rather challenge the RPN exam based on the fact that they were in a RN program... from what i can tell on the Georgian site, the bridge program is only for those who currently have their RPN cer...

7. open visitation in icu??

   Kudra replied to tennessee rn's topic in MICU

   the place where i interned, had the same thing... the only restrictions was no visits during shift change (7:15-8:30 am/pm) and the manditory "rest period" (2-3 pm)... i quite liked it... of course, the visitation was with the understanding that if a...

8. Boston Globe series on ICU Nursing....

   Kudra replied to papawjohn's topic in MICU

   man, i would love to have such a long preceptorship... ours is 3 weeks of full-time in class and 8 buddy shifts (12 hours)...

9. Skills allowed

   Kudra replied to gchelak's topic in International

   in the Calgary Health Region, you must be certified within the Region for certain skills (IVs, central lines, epidurals, trach care, chest tubes, etc)... so even if you were taught in school how to do/manage those things, you basically must attend a ...

10. Forgetfulness regarding IV Bag changes

    Kudra replied to AussieKylie's topic in Student Assist

    our policy is that IV bags must be changed q 24 hours... lines q 72 hours... TPN and TPN lines q 24 hours...

11. Chest Tubes

    Kudra replied to badgernurse's topic in MICU

    our policy is cleanse with NS during dressing changes (which are q 48-72 hours + prn)...

12. RNnotes

    Kudra replied to chicagrl72's topic in General Students

    i have the PDA version and love it... definitely worth the $$$... it's the same as the pocket version (i have both)...

13. Merck Manual

    Kudra replied to Cheetah's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.unboundmedicine.com/mobile_merckmedicus.htm to get it for free, all you need is a nursing license number... :) ETA: apparently the Merck site is down at the moment... hopefully it'll be back up soon...

14. Merck Manual

    Kudra replied to Cheetah's topic in General Nursing

    i have the free PDA version and i love it... i find it really useful to quickly look up conditions that i'm not familiar with (we get a lot of overflow surgical patients)...

15. Epocrates PDA software

    Kudra replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    i have both Davis' Drug Guide & Epocrates for my PDA... i use DDG for most of my queries, and use Epocrates when i can't find what i need in DDG... both are good, but i wouldn't pay for Epocrates...