tothc2

tothc2

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tothc2 specializes in MICU/CCU.


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  1. Unexpected instances where your nursing skills came in handy

    I was at a church Christmas party a year ago and a woman there in her 60s became diaphoretic, sob, and was having indigestion. (Im still in school at this point) My mind immediately went to MI so I got some aspirin and had her chew it and her husband...
  2. Awwww snap. Waiting for a backlash. Haha. I think this would be an interesting study to carry out. Comparing the outcomes of codes on med surg floors at hospitals where all nurses take ACLS with hospitals where med surg nurses take BLS only. I wonder...
  3. You say "naturally" like this is the norm. But it is not... All ICU nurses should have ACLS, the majority of step down RNs should, but I have never heard of med surg RNs having or being required to have ACLS. This is very strange and very much not th...
  4. Your med surg RNs take ACLS? And all nurses go to codes and simulations? You have to have meant something else here. Unless you are at an extremely small hospital. Even then, where's the money coming from for all of this? And maybe he can anticipate ...
  5. As a rapid response nurse you're probably arriving to a code after the more chaotic period has passed and everyone has decided what they're going to take care of during the code. Like dodongo said, usually it's just the first couple minutes when ever...
  6. So in other countries they either have about twice as many RNs as we do in the states or they have half as many ICU beds available. How the hospitals can eat the costs of that many employees or that few patients is beyond me. And epi at 1L/hr?? We us...
  7. Hundreds and hundreds of critical care RNs manage it everyday they go to work - myself included. You're busy every second of your shift. We have computers on the wall in all of our patients rooms so I usually do my charting in one of my patients room...
  8. I completely agree. I work in a mixed MICU/CCU (just like you according to your profile) and shock, pressors, IABPs, vents are totally common and are not considered criteria for 1:1. (Swans make things easier btw, i love them) Stable vents, stable pr...
  9. Pittsburgh ICU nurses

    Hi SandraDeeRN, I am just wondering if you ended up taking the job at AGH's trauma ICU. I am in my last semester of nursing school at Pitt and I have been in the ER at Presby working with the Trauma team - and LOVING it. I love trauma. However, I ...
  10. Pitt Accelerated BSN

    Hmmmm... class bonding... Well, you will have a partner in lab. You will know that person the best I think. Or, you will know their body like the back of your hand! Haha. I've had my hands down the pants of half of my classmates... And I've had ...
  11. Pitt Accelerated BSN

    Yeah. I think she wasn't dead set on being a nurse in the first place and she was just overwhelmed. There was another woman who dropped out in the group that graduated in December. I definitely don't think it's a zero attrition rate... There are ...
  12. Pitt Accelerated BSN

    OH! And I got a 100% on the first competency exam! Almost everyone did though. This just goes to show that they make sure that you know what to do. They honestly want you to go to clinicals and know what the heck you're doing. So now we are star...
  13. Pitt Accelerated BSN

    Well, if that's how you picked it then you are lucky! It really is a great program. By the way, I forgot to mention one thing. The way Pitt presents their nursing classes (at least in the first semester) is that you do your learning before coming ...
  14. Pitt Accelerated BSN

    There is an orientation day where they will tell you all that stuff. There are 3 background checks you need to do. You can find the info online if you go to the undergrad students tab of pitt nursing. The uniforms are purchased from American Disco...
  15. Pitt Accelerated BSN

    And we also have a class with the CRNA students. It's called Research for Evidence Based Practice. Which is basically reading research studies and determining how to apply them to clinical practice. And writing PICO questions...