Nurse_Sophia

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1. ICU Versant Program Questions

   Nurse_Sophia replied to NurseAaronRN's topic in CCU

   Hello! I just went through Versant for ICU! Here are my thoughts: 1. Training was very intensive for our hospital, we had not only "core class" (classes that all versant residents take) but ICU class (only ICU residents and are specific to ICU), I ha...

2. Max on Levophed?

   Nurse_Sophia replied to Nurse_Sophia's topic in CCU

   Wow! Thank you everyone for your responses! I'm reading a lot of the articles you have posted and appreciate your responses! I do need to clarify though, as 40mcg/min is what our hospital -recommends- as the max and physicians are allowed to order a ...

3. Max on Levophed?

   Nurse_Sophia posted a topic in CCU

   Hi! I'm a fairly new ICU RN and recently had a doctor tell me there is no max on Levophed. Our hospital policy states that the recommended max is 40mcg/min. The doctor refused to give me a second pressor because he said that studies have shown there ...

4. Nursing Residency Programs

   Nurse_Sophia replied to MissRN7's topic in New Nurse

   Hello! I am currently in a Versant Residence program in southern california. They offer no loan repayment or relocation assistance here. Also, we start out with the same pay as a nurse with 0 years of experience ~29/hr. It is a position so after the ...

5. reading material for new grad

   Nurse_Sophia replied to PS-RN's topic in MICU

   Those CCRN review CD's are amazing. I actually heard Dr Gaspari in person at a CCRN review last year and she makes ICU incredibly easy to learn and extremely fascinatinG!!

6. reading material for new grad

   Nurse_Sophia replied to PS-RN's topic in MICU

   I too am about to start a residency as a new grad in the ICU. I just ordered the AACN critical care book called Essentials of Critical care, it looks pretty good!