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1. Cardiac PICU

   heartmom27 replied to heartmom27's topic in PICU

   I just wanted to update everyone. My son did have his open heart surgery to repair his AV Canal defect on May 2nd. He started actually losing weight. It took him 2.5 months to gain 3oz before surgery and in only 6 weeks he has gained two pounds. He ...

2. Cardiac PICU

   heartmom27 replied to heartmom27's topic in PICU

   Thank you! Thank you so much for taking the time to share all of that information. I have been fascinated with CHDs since my son was diagnosed. To be honest I really did not know much before now since we do not do cardiac in my unit. From a mother's...

3. Cardiac PICU

   heartmom27 posted a topic in PICU

   I currently work in a small PICU and we do not do cardiac so this is a topic I am not familiar with. We do the standard PICU cases like asthma, DKA, etc. So we have vents, trachs, drips, etc but nothing cardiac related. My son was born and at 5 days ...

4. New CCRN format?

   heartmom27 replied to aCRNAhopeful's topic in MICU

   Just note that the Laura Gasparis DVDs say they are for the new version of the test but they were really made sometime in 2003 or 2004. The DVDs have not been updated just the little booklet has been. She seems to be an awesome educator but I think i...