pepino23

pepino23 has 3 years experience.

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1. Do I have critical care experience?

   pepino23 replied to pepino23's topic in Critical

   Thank you very much for the replies! I appreciate everyone's input! PS-Thank you also for those nice comments. I always try to put 110% into my job every day! :)

2. Do I have critical care experience?

   pepino23 posted a topic in Critical

   I am currently an adult cardiac progressive care nurse with 3 years of experience and my PCCN. We do 1:4 but we have very high patient turnover between transfers in and out of MICU, people going to open heart, or discharging. It is normal to turn ove...

3. Best review questions for PCCN exam prep?

   pepino23 replied to rrappsalas's topic in CCU

   I just took the PCCN last week and passed. I second that Nicole Kupchik's "You Can Do it! Ace the PCCN Practice Review Questions" is an amazing resource. There are 3 practice exams and she gives good rationales for the answers. "Progressive Care Nurs...

4. Furosemide (Lasix) Nursing Considerations: Administration, Patient Teachings, and More

   pepino23 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Yes I understand but exactly what causes that ototoxicity? I keep reading that in the drug books but I don't understand the cause based on slow vs. rapid push.

5. day in the life of a tele/cardiac (not cvicu) nurse?

   pepino23 replied to ivyleaf's topic in CCU

   My unit is Cardiac PCU and we receive most of our patients directly from the cath lab, ER, and transfers out of the MICU. We prep and recover patients with cardiac caths, ablations, (including pulling the sheaths) pacemaker/ICDs. We have plenty of CH...

6. Is this common?

   pepino23 replied to pepino23's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everybody for your comments! It gives me a much better perspective on how things work across the country! I am indeed lucky to work in such a place, especially as my first job. It makes me appreciate how many resources I have. I would like ...

7. Is this common?

   pepino23 replied to pepino23's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry but the website won't let me.

8. Is this common?

   pepino23 posted a topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital we have discharge nurses to do our discharges, IV team to put in all of our IVs, and the lab comes and draws our labs for us. While all of this is great and it frees me up to a lot of other things on our very busy Cardiac PCU, I can't ...

9. Baptist Versant Program 2014

   pepino23 replied to Jen_Jen88's topic in Florida

   I also have an interview for Centralized Staffing for next week. Let us know how it goes and how the position works! Do you think if we got called for this position then the Med-Surg positions won't call?

10. Baptist Versant Program 2014

    pepino23 replied to Jen_Jen88's topic in Florida

    Hello! I was wondering if anyone knows when you can start applying for the March residency. Also if it is necessary to be there in person for the panel interview. I am suppose to be abroad for parts of Jan and Feb and I didn't know if it is possible ...