Catchall_RN

Catchall_RN has 3 years experience and specializes in ICU.

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1. Heart transplants and high risk cards, oh my

   Catchall_RN replied to Catchall_RN's topic in CCU

   I'm not actually sure if we have a medical librarian... I'm sure we have to--I'll have to go search around on the intranet about this. Thanks again for the comments!

2. How do you get co-nurses to customize their monitors?

   Catchall_RN replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in MICU

   Which monitors do you use? I have found some monitors are better than others. Nihon Kohden never gave me apnea alarms but gave me the sinus asystole alarm alllll the time. On the other hand, Phillips tends to give me apnea alarms pretty frequently, b...

3. blood transfusion and first 15 minutes

   Catchall_RN replied to valsalvamanuever2's topic in MICU

   Places I have worked have similar VS policies as is listed here so I won't go into that, none of the places I have worked specifically say we have to stay in the room Places I have worked have had different blood infusion rates for ICU in particular,...

4. Heart transplants and high risk cards, oh my

   Catchall_RN replied to Catchall_RN's topic in CCU

   These are some excellent responses, thank you! I'm not completely sure who, or which, educator I would direct questions to. At previous facilities they had like 1-2 educators that kind of did all the ICU stuff, granted previous facilities did not hav...

5. Heart transplants and high risk cards, oh my

   Catchall_RN posted a topic in CCU

   Long story short, I spent the last 3 yrs working with almost every type of ICU patient except day 0 open hearts, transplants, burns, and anything under the weight limit for adult ACLS. The hospital I worked at was excellent trauma/neuro but lacked a ...