cvicu rn

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1. Sign bonuses! Can you believe this?

   cvicu rn replied to moonrose2u's topic in General Nursing

   Moon- Yes Dean does know that CVI doesn't get the bonus and no they are not doing anything for the other nurses. By saying "geriatric" if you mean Deaconess, no I went to the new open heart unit at Mercy Fairfield. Was a bit scared at first since th...

2. Sign bonuses! Can you believe this?

   cvicu rn replied to moonrose2u's topic in General Nursing

   I just left this hospital in October that is giving the 30k retention bonus. They are only offering it to the cath lab, angio and EP lab nurses because the MD that heads this department demanded he have a well staffed unit. I worked in the cardiovasc...

3. PAWP readings

   cvicu rn replied to dewp_63's topic in CCU

   I work in a post open heart unit and we do wedge pressures and cvp readings q2 hrs and prn when indicated, and manual cardiac output readings q4 hrs and prn, but the swans are usually d/c'd 1-2 days post-op.Some docs do use the cco swans, which are g...