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1. New nurse question about cardiac cath dressings

   telecraz replied to telecraz's topic in Cardiac

   thanks, sometimes I don't know if it's being a new nurse or if it's the hospital I work in, of why I often feel so overwhelmed. What is the nurse pt ratio in your facility? We are support to have 6 pts- but we often have 8. I was an honor's student a...

2. New nurse question about cardiac cath dressings

   telecraz replied to telecraz's topic in Cardiac

   Thanks a bunch :wink2: - the MD does write orders for VS & BR durations. I also agree with Dianah that a visit to my cath lab would be helpful.

3. New nurse question about cardiac cath dressings

   telecraz posted a topic in Cardiac

   I'm a new RN working on a telemetry floor in LI NY. we get lots of pt's s/p c.cath and I'm not familiar with the dressings they apply, e.i. angioseal etc. What are the different types of dressings I should expect to see, which ones would I remove, wh...