Cynthia Wood, RN

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1. Nurses see us coming for clinical and RUN away from us. Irritating!

   Cynthia Wood, RN replied to thawk28's topic in General Students

   Please know that not all nurses are like that. I've got nearly forty years of nursing completed, and I love working with nursing students. Nursing is an honorable profession, and I want to help students know they have chosen wisely.

2. Pain management post open heart surgery?

   Cynthia Wood, RN replied to twinkletoes53's topic in CCU

   I've worked in a very large open heart recovery unit for decades. We use morphine/fentanyl/dilaudid for about 48hours, giving it as often as every ten to twenty minutes with max limits. Day two, we add vicodin/percocet every four hours. We use Torad...

3. progressive care to CVICU?

   Cynthia Wood, RN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in CCU

   Your CVICU will be blessed to have you!