angel110600

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1. pt. acuity/ratio on tele floors?

   angel110600 replied to surferbettycrocker's topic in Cardiac

   How do you like the ratios? Do they work for you? Yeah, this is a "magnet" hospital but I see it fading fast, I am really wanting to have this ratio, and I am going to continue to push for it. ~Lisa

2. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   angel110600 replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   Our average is 30mins! Our fastest is 17 min! It's crazy!

3. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   angel110600 replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   HA HA HA! I do that a lot! COUGH COUGH COUGH!

4. Cath Lab nurses!! Intro plz!

   angel110600 replied to Marchantia's topic in Cardiac

   Hi I am a cath lab RN with a specialty in electrophysiology! I love it, love it. I came straight from the floor to EP first. I actually had to study A LOT! I live in Iowa. We are in the top 1% for drug coated stent placement. We have surgical back...

5. Nubain Problems in chronic pain pts

   angel110600 replied to HollymedicRN's topic in Cardiac

   I find everyone's answers very interesting. Nubain actually works on different opioid receptors. It works on the kappa and mu receptors and should actually provide a more powerful pain relief than others. It is actullay very effective for pain relie...

6. pt. acuity/ratio on tele floors?

   angel110600 replied to surferbettycrocker's topic in Cardiac

   I work in the Cardiac cath lab but often float to the floor when we are not busy. I honestly can not imagine that many patients at one time. I think 5 has been the max for me. I really feel 3-4 patients is appropriate and safe. I agree that medicatio...

7. Question: what staff are in the Lab for procedures?

   angel110600 replied to gscott's topic in Cardiac

   We have 8 cardiac cath labs and we are very very busy! We have 15 interventional cardiologists plus 3 electrophysiologist. We are a level II trama center located in the nations heartland. It is not a teaching hospital so we do not have fellows. We h...

8. New grad, want to work in Cath Lab! Need advice.

   angel110600 replied to dtenagli's topic in Cardiac

   I work in the Cardiac Cath lab, it took me 6 long months to even get considered a position here. I have been a nurse for 5 1/2 years and worked 2 of those years on a Cardiovascular stepdown unit. You really need experience to work in the cath lab. ...