megan.g.meyers

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  1. PA catheters/swan ganz

    They are on their way OUT. The risk to benefit ratio sucks! I have seen countless times the pressures are reported faithfully and the MD does nothing anyway!
  2. How do you get co-nurses to customize their monitors?

    Assert yourself! It's a patient safety issue and you are the patients advocate!
  3. Needle stick

    I too have had needle sticks but never from an A-line. How on earth? Did you stick your finger inside the vacutainer? That's the only needle involved. Anyway my last stick was an AIDS patient with a low viral load and I was on the cocktails for three...
  4. Best paid nursing jobs?

    California- very good pay. And it's easy to live in relatively inexpensive areas and commute.
  5. What to expect on CICU?

    I don't believe most of the learning takes place on the job. I agree with the previous poster who advises you to study and read as much as you can in your free time. If you fail to do that type of learning you will never make the cut in ICU. It requi...
  6. What was your last job prior to ICU?

    I was a CURN (Urology) and worked in a clinic. I applied to a private hospital's new ICU program where I did three months of OTJ training in addition to weekly educational classes and modules. Like the previous commenter I found my job in a very shor...