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  1. Cardiac Catheter in the ER?

    If your facility is truly capable of cathing emergent cases, then they have a unit that functions as an Interventional Cardiac Care (ICC) unit. They will clear a stable pt to ICU, PCU, etc so your ED to cath pt will get appropriate s/p cath care.
  2. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    I'll leave the topic with the comment that I am very glad I'm done having kids, scared for the rest...but at least I'm done. Please send your mom to me and I'll ensure my newest nurses takes care of her post CABG, we'll roll the dice like you have w...
  3. DVT - how long can you have one?

    You should show FSP and other clot degredation in 7 to 10 days. As a nurse you should know that clots are going to be resolved as soon as your body recognizes the need to eliminate waste products. Pain after months needs investigating.
  4. Bee Stings and Steroids

    See a doc. When nurses get licenses to practice medicine....you'll get better advice. Then you'll see an abrupt lack of advice online. Nobody in their right mind is gonna give advice without a pt in front of them. BTW, H1 and H2 antagonists are av...
  5. Bad reference cost me a job

    ok
  6. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    i'm not arguing the fact that all nic folks are superhuman and possess skills unknown to mankind (never been a nurse from day one or not...must be a super alien gene pool you get new grads from). what does concern me is that you say that no matter h...
  7. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    I get that blank slate person every now and then and have fun teaching until I realize why I am teaching. I too like to teach them things, but I really find that it's because he knows nothing and I feel like I am imparting the world on him. Now, wh...
  8. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    The only reason I am amazed is because nursing programs don't teach to the critical care environments. I personally wouldn't have a new grad taking care of my 26 weeker, nor my mom with a fresh CABG. My kid has actually spent time in a crit care en...
  9. IV push or Bag? Whats best for MICU nurses?

    maybe i should clarify between terms i use as "push" and "direct iv injection" - aka - "slow push". terms i keep in my head and derived from books. direct iv, slow, means 2-3-5 mins to me; whatever the books say. push, to me anyway, means squirt ...
  10. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    I'm not talking about "easy to orient because I don't have to unlearn anything". I'm talking about the mental checklist of a thousand things that I go though immediately and unknowingly because I have a deep and broad crit care background. I'm cert...
  11. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    really? i saw another post by a new grad asking about the first day as a new grad in the nicu and i thought it was a joke. am i to believe that the nicu has new grads monitoring preemies for subtle changes that might warrant a call or intervention ...
  12. IV push or Bag? Whats best for MICU nurses?

    As mentioned above, it really depends on what and why you are giving it. Nurses are the experts at administration rates and routes. Docs are great at determining what drug to use. If you push Pepcid you could kill your pt, if you hang a bag to giv...
  13. NP education - a rant

    I agree about experience issues to become an ARNP, but what about a PA who has no experience and 4 years of college? What makes him so ready to be a provider versus an ARNP with just a year or two of nursing experience? The PA doesn't have any nurs...
  14. Do you keep a "med kit" in your car? What's in it?

    I roll down the window and yell "someone call 911" as I drive off. If you have half a dozen certs and stop at a scene with supplies and you are asking to get sued. Make sure someone is calling 911 and move on. The guy collapsing with chest pain in...
  15. ER abuse was encouraged last night

    Distracting injuries can be more distracting than you think though. Good triage includes a gut feeling for sure, but you but if someone just doesn't feel right to me...I start looking for things...no matter how the MVA person tells me he "feels". I'd...