kgirl22

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1. Work holdover/mandate

   kgirl22 posted a topic in General Nursing

   At the hospital I work in, we are mandated/held over fairly regularly. If I am held over I end doing a 16-hour shift. The last time I was held over I did not clock out until 2 am because I was waiting for my replacement.(she was a float nurse and w...

2. Words You Hate

   kgirl22 replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

   How about words you love....I love to say amiodarone, intertriginous, and pheochromocytoma!

3. CVSICU Post Op Pt

   kgirl22 replied to Stormy8's topic in CCU

   I realize many times we don't have the opportunity, but if you do I feel pre-op teaching is paramount. I feel as if in my experience when I get to really go over the weaning experience pre-op the patients do so much better. I always tell them what ...

4. amiodarone/a-fib

   kgirl22 replied to kgirl22's topic in CCU

   New a-fib a couple days after postop cabg. UOP good. Was just wondering about the amiodarone because of BP. Was another nurses pt. and amiodarone was ordered. I am not sure if a bolus was given. Was just wondering if this is typical. I was thin...

5. amiodarone/a-fib

   kgirl22 replied to kgirl22's topic in CCU

   Low BP due to the A-fib.

6. amiodarone/a-fib

   kgirl22 posted a topic in CCU

   New nurse here. Question with treating A-Fib. If heart rate is high say greater than 120 and bp is low, SBP 80's. What would a typical tx be?