cardiac.cure03

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1. Max dose on drips

   cardiac.cure03 replied to harley91013's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   The max dose for neo in my facility is 180 mcg/min. Docs will typically allow up to 200 mcg/min

2. Levels of Code Status

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I'm just curious as to how other nurses in the country deal with different levels of code status'. In my hospital (in Ohio), our patients are either a full code, DNR-CCA, or DNR-CC. Full code: I'm...

3. Nurse to Nurse Communication

   cardiac.cure03 replied to LewisA2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   There is a place in our computer charting system we use (called EPIC) that has almost exactly what was described in the original post. You can easily see all of the notes, the initial H&P, the...

4. Vital Sign & I/O Assessment frequency

   cardiac.cure03 replied to MONITORHOSPITAL's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Yep, this is pretty much what we do in our CCU as

5. Quick question

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   So, I know that in most situations, it's just the 2 of you out on a scene with a critically sick/injured patient. What do you do if u get out on a scene and you disagree with your partner on how to...

6. Any advice for a flight nursing interview?

   cardiac.cure03 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   So no replies... I am pretty comfortable with the interviewing process in general...as far as preparing for the questions that may be asked. I was just hoping someone could give me insight into what...

7. Any advice for a flight nursing interview?

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   So I got a flight nursing interview coming up and am super excited and nervous at the same time! I am looking for any advice I can get about the interviewing process. I know there will be a written...

8. Need tips / ideas for precepting

   cardiac.cure03 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a CCU and am getting assigned a nursing student for 10 weeks to precept. This is her last quarter of her BSN degree, and she's spending it with me working my hours for credit. I've done this...

9. Stethoscope cleaning

   cardiac.cure03 replied to CanuckStudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I just use alcohol

10. Pharm Question

    cardiac.cure03 replied to melloyello68's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, try using the endings of the names of the drugs if you can... like the above post said with "pril"... also "lol" are beta blockers. Focus a lot on your cardiac drugs, know if they're alpha 1,...

11. Compensation for being on call

    cardiac.cure03 replied to BennyRsMom's topic in General Nursing

    We get $3/hr for on call, but it's for the entire 12 hrs. If we get called in, it's just regular pay for me as well, no time and a half. And unfortunately, if I was the only one called off in the...

12. When pulling sheaths after a cath...

    cardiac.cure03 replied to qt2168's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Always have a 2nd nurse at the bedside with you with the initial pull. Then once everything is stablized, they can go as long as you have the call light handy! :) My thing is this: .... Have the 2nd...

13. Need advices before changing career to nurse

    cardiac.cure03 replied to jonathanknbo's topic in General Nursing

    I would assume an electrical engineer makes pretty decent money and required a bit of education to get. So what made you think about changing careers? What about nursing got you interested? There's...

14. Tips for organization, speed??

    cardiac.cure03 replied to tleigh7097's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't have any experience w/ long term care, but something I did in nursing school helped me TONS w/ the med situation. Most places where you work have several meds that are fairly common. I made up...

15. Coumadin teaching protocol?

    cardiac.cure03 replied to momthenRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We have coumadin teaching at our hospital for anyone that is new to starting coumadin, or just for anyone that needs additional teaching. However, nursing doesn't do the education; our ICU pharmacist...