IHeartDukeCTICU

IHeartDukeCTICU has 4 years experience and specializes in CT-ICU.

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1. The worst code you've seen?

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to jesshopper12's topic in CCU

   Post op AV replacement. PEA arrest, opened up the chest only to find a new ruptured aortic aneurysm/disection. Two words: RED SEA.

2. Anyone applying to Duke for Spring 2013

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to belgium's topic in SRNA

   Hey if you all have any difficulty finding the page, PM me and I'll get you my fb info so we can friend each other, and I'll be able to send you an invite.

3. Anyone applying to Duke for Spring 2013

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to belgium's topic in SRNA

   Yea... def taking too long. So posted an unofficial one "Duke CRNA 2015 Unofficial" Feel free to jump on. I talked to a few people coming into town in Oct/Nov to scope out living situations, so I figured that would be a good place to talk about every...

4. Atrial Flutter vs Atrial Tachycardia with AV block

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to ChaseZ's topic in CCU

   Haha! So true. Yeah after looking at it with my fiance (CCU RN), we figured looks more like 3rd degree rather than 2nd... p waves march out, AV dissociation.

5. Atrial Flutter vs Atrial Tachycardia with AV block

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to ChaseZ's topic in CCU

   I tend to agree with the OP interpretation, leaning more towards a block. I've seen patients with 3rd deg heart block with atrial and ventricular rates within 20 bpm of each other. Tends to make it look almost regular sinus minus some missed QRS and ...

6. Debt...

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to njxcrush18's topic in CRNA

   Yup same sorta plan here once I'm done. I figure the avg CRNA salary is somewhere between 2.5-3x my current nursing salary. So I live off 1/3 (same lifestyle as now), use 1/3 to pay off loans, and the other 1/3 goes into savings. No new cars, same ap...

7. Kudos to you neuro folks

   IHeartDukeCTICU posted a topic in Neuro

   Just wanted to say kudos to you neuro guys. I work in CT-ICU, and recently had a patient who had a hemorrhagic stroke in which they did an emergent craniotomy and placement of EVD's. Normally, the patient would be tx to neuro ICU, but the pt had some...

8. Anyone applying to Duke for Spring 2013

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to belgium's topic in SRNA

   Oh yea I remember you! I'm originally from Orlando... FL represent! The other girl that works with me also got in.. she's originally from FL too! PM me if you need any help figuring out where to live!

9. Anyone applying to Duke for Spring 2013

   IHeartDukeCTICU replied to belgium's topic in SRNA

   I'm interested, let us know what the title is and I'll join.

10. Anyone applying to Duke for Spring 2013

    IHeartDukeCTICU replied to belgium's topic in SRNA

    Double post..

11. Is there any hope?

    IHeartDukeCTICU replied to jkw0n's topic in SRNA

    I know of a few people who got into CRNA school with about the same GPA. But it's all about balancing it out, and it took a fair amount of work for them to become competitive. One guy took 3-4 graduate level chemistry & A/P classes... aced them. ...

12. Help needed and severe advice about CRNA

    IHeartDukeCTICU replied to freshstartnc's topic in SRNA

    Yup in my interviews it wasn't so much about who had their CCRN, but who DIDN'T have their CCRN. It's competitive so give yourself every advantage you can: CCRN GRE >1100 Good GPA or A/B's in grad level courses Preceptor/Charge Committee Work It's...

13. Brainstorming needed!

    IHeartDukeCTICU replied to lafutura's topic in CCU

    Sounds like you'd do well in a cardiac medicine or cardiac surgical floor. My advice would be to start talking to the NM's of those floors, set up a day to shadow one of their nurses. Be sure to soak it all in and ask pertinent questions. Remember al...

14. Admitting an open chest pt

    IHeartDukeCTICU replied to volunteerpioneer's topic in CCU

    FYI... you know it's July when a open chest patient codes and the resident is trying to jump on the chest and do compressions, while we are all yelling at him to step away so we can get in. hahaha for real, true story a few weeks ago.

15. Duke vs ECU

    IHeartDukeCTICU replied to SICUlove's topic in SRNA

    Plus, I like how Duke's program is integrated, meaning into the OR's 2nd semester and getting more hands on exp. I learn better when I'm applying the reading knowledge to actual hands on practice, which is one of the reasons why I chose Duke over ECU...