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Thanks for the encouragement. I'm feeling alittle more comfortable day by day but yesterday I has this one preceptor who I'm not normally with constantly tell me that I'm slow and I need to speed it...

Thank you for your response. My other question is, is it smart to buy a house before I start school? Is it better to limit my expenses as much as possible?

Great thread! My dream is to be a CRNA. I'm currently working in a CVSICU at a large teaching hospital. Just started a couple months ago but so far so good :) My question is I'm trying to decide...

Thank you everyone for the encouragement. I really appreciate it. I really do love this unit. It amazes me the things I get to see and learn. I'm just taking it one day at a time. I have 3 more...

Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. I know it'll keep getting better. Just have to give myself time and stay positive :)

Congrats!!! :) :) :)

Great thread. I recently just started in the CVSICU. So far so good. I'm really enjoying it but I'm having a hard time dealing with my stress and anxiety outside of work. I have trouble sleeping...

Just to add...I continue to have anxiety about work. Hard time sleeping at night...case in point, I'm awake right now. I can't stop thinking about work. I enjoy reading and studying but it's hard for...

Hi everyone. Need some encouragement. I recently started working in a busy CVSICU. I have one year prior exp on a IMC unit but have Always wanted to work in a ICU. Currently I've been on the unit...

Thank you everyone for your help. My next issue I have is performing the actual drug calculations for the gtts. I've been working on practice problems but I'm still have some difficulty. Any advice?

Thanks for your help! I'm trying not to feel too overwhelmed. Going to take it one day at a time but besides the gtts, there is sooooo much to learn! Very excited/nervous.

Hi everyone! I am a new nurse in the CVSICU. Just completed my first week of orientation and wow there's alot to learn!! I was wondering if anyone had any advice on learning the cardiac gtts....

My comment was for SICU Murse

Woww....we all have right to speak our opinion so here goes mine in response to yours...I feel sorry that there are people like you in this profession that feel it's okay to speak down about...

Thank you for sharing. Great story but even better point that we all as nurses need to remind ourselves.

Hi guys...simple question here but I really can't find the answer. Can someone define exactly what the difference between brisk pupillary response to light vs. sluggish. Is it more subjective? ...

I'm actually in the same situation. I've been working telemetry for about a year now but am interested in transferring to an ICU. To be honest, I am nervous but I know I have to make the next step....

Very well said! We need to encourage each other not put people down. This is a safe place for us nurses to come to discuss issues and concerns that we might not feel comfortable talking about with...

With IV amiodarone, you want to watch the BP but what about PO?

Great info! Thanks everyone!

Awesome!! When you administer it IVP...how fast can you push it? over 3 min? 150mg? People at work say you can when it's emergent but normally it's over 10 min.

Hi everyone! I want to try and understand Amiodarone better. To my understanding this is a drug used to treat fast HR, ex a. Fib. My question is, before you administer, do you check the BP?...

I had a patient the other day who apparently had mulitple AVF that got infected and wouldn't work. He had old ones in both arms, recently had a catheter placed in his right groin but that got...

I'm so sorry to hear that this happened to you. A few weeks ago, I had a similar situation happen to me. Had a patient who verbally assaulted me, threatened to hit me, etc. I tried not to take it...

Hi everyone. Just wanted to vent here alittle bit....I just don't understand why some nurses are so mean/rude to others. There's this one nurse that I work with and I dread EVERY time I have to give...