I have been precepting in a TICU, but next week I will go to the ED for 24hrs. My preceptor in the ED seems to be pretty serious (compared to the prev one), and when I asked him what I should "brush-up" on, he told me that I need to be on target with Dosage Calc, bc if there's a Code he always has his students push the meds - so I better be able to calc ci 30 secs....
Well I've tried to find a general list of common meds used - but I don't have a Critical Care Text, and I don't want to spend $100 on one....
I would really appreciate if any of you could share some of your knowledge with me!! I know how to do Dosage Calc, I just want to be prepared in knowing what common doses, drugs etc are.
I guess it depends on your perspective... to me, 'protecting' a student by preventing them from administering IV meds when being properly and directly supervised becomes a distinct disservice when they are expected to be competent and proficient in the skill as a newly licensed RN... I was surprised when most of the new people in my orientation class had never actually been an active participant in running a code...
billythekid, CRNA
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I guess it depends on your perspective... to me, 'protecting' a student by preventing them from administering IV meds when being properly and directly supervised becomes a distinct disservice when they are expected to be competent and proficient in the skill as a newly licensed RN... I was surprised when most of the new people in my orientation class had never actually been an active participant in running a code...