brandi-lynn

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1. New Grad in ICU

   brandi-lynn replied to criticalcareRN2B's topic in Critical

   I would suggest to any new ICU nurse to find a resource pocket book. There's no way to remember everything. I use Kathy White's fast facts. Seems to be the ICU Bible for a lot of nurses. Easy to find information, simply put, etc. Good luck!

2. Sedation in ICU... your opinions/ experiences?

   brandi-lynn replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in MICU

   One of the Intensivists in our unit trialled all of the nurses on our unit on the vent. We each had a nose plug and a tube that we put in our mouth. He ran us through all of the vent settings. It was really interesting. Some of the nurses immediately...

3. Any ICU's ambulating vented patients?

   brandi-lynn replied to hodgieRN's topic in MICU

   At Kaiser in Portland we ambulate our vented pts once or twice daily with RT, PT (or another nurse) and the RN. The pts like it and they get extubated sooner. You use less sedatives because the pts are genuinely tired, less delirium, etc. I love it. ...