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1. ACLS question

   dyaryan replied to dyaryan's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for your input. In the situation where the RN pushed atropine, she indeed pushed 0.5mg. When it was brought to the attention of the physician who had performed the procedure on the pt...she said "you should have pushed 1.0mg" Scary...

2. ACLS question

   dyaryan replied to dyaryan's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks....I had a fellow nurse who jumped in during a situation with my patient. I literally was in the process of preparing her to go BACK to the cath lab. She had just had a stent put into her LAD and obviously based on her R on T rhythm, she was s...

3. ACLS question

   dyaryan posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am ACLS certified. In other situations besides a code, can I push ACLS drugs without a doctor present and without doctor's orders? In other words, does the certification cover me in situations other than a code?