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1. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

   loftay13 replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical

   Craymond18, you list all of the jobs you have to do with your 2 patients in a day. I will say two things. 1. I have to do many of the same jobs for my 9-12 patients every day. 2. ICU nurses are very good at delegating the non nursing tasks to healt...

2. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

   loftay13 replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical

   I work on a medical respiratory ward and care for 9 patients on a good day. If we are short staffed however (which is the majority of the time) I look after 12 patients. Its hard work, you are constantly run off your feet and unfortunately you cannot...

3. is MAP or diastolic BP below 60 that means tissues are not perfused?

   loftay13 replied to loftay13's topic in CCU

   Thankyou :-)

4. is MAP or diastolic BP below 60 that means tissues are not perfused?

   loftay13 posted a topic in CCU

   Hi, I'm a newly qualified nurse and this may seem a silly question but I'm a little confused. I was taught throughout my training that if the mean arterial pressure is below 60 then the tissues are not perfusing adequately but today I was told by a c...