SICU XYRN

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1. New grad hired onto MICU, I need advice!!

   SICU XYRN replied to LillyBud's topic in MICU

   Congrats on getting into your desired unit! Just having the "stick-to-it-iveness" or assertiveness to do that probably means that you'll be assertive when you need to on the job too! I came out of an accelerated BSN program into a SICU at a Level I T...

2. Zeroing the transducer...help?!

   SICU XYRN replied to cwhitebn's topic in MICU

   Before the five steps given, make sure your transducer is level with the patient's phlebostatic axis (4th intercostal space and half the diameter of the chest). You want the cap that you will remove to be level with that. Next, if your waveform doe...