jo1828

jo1828

Cardiac step-down

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jo1828 specializes in Cardiac step-down.


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  1. BiV pacer question

    I work on a cardiac step-down unit, and was teaching as student the other day about pacer spikes. I told her that sometimes there are three pacer spikes--one before the P wave, and two close together right before the QRS complex. I had seen this occu...
  2. New grads, once of orientation....

    I work on a cardiac stepdown floor and am almost 4 months off orientation now (can't believe that!) and went through feeling incompetent, worrying about not being able to see the "big picture," worrying about asking stupid questions...and there are s...
  3. Nursing student unsure...in fourth semster

    I was going through the same thing in nursing school...i threatened to quit about every other day. I felt like nursing didn't come naturally, felt inadequate, had other interests...but now, almost 6 months out as an RN on a tele floor at a major teac...
  4. what are common times to run IV's in ?

    I'm a new RN as well, and i often wonder about the same things :) On my tele floor we do K over 10meq/hr (20 if central line) and 1gm Mag over 30 min, 2 over 1 hour.