bclark297

thats a broad question. are the pain meds scheduled or prn?? is the other pain meds available such as tylenol ? if they've been getting it the last few days. I would go ahead and give it. PO will take a longer to take effect.

What are do you live in??? Im surprised you made 28/hr as a LPN. But, yeah Im going to assume there isn't much room for errors compared to working in the hospital setting.aside from the few glucose checks and maybe some insulin. other than that you're giving icepacks and lollipops out.

Im not sure if I would say "most advanced" been around for a while. depending on the type of ECMO of course.. If its initiated for the lungs (VV) I would say the a newer technology are the rotoprone beds. but that all depends on the facility and physician preference

I wanted to take care of SICK people. people that HAD to be in the hospital and that NEEDED help. I also like all the lines, drains, tubes, etc.

depends on your hospital. I worked at a level 1 trauma hospital where the ER nurses also worked in Trauma Admitting. If your hospital's ER nurses also admit the traumas that come in, most likely they've been in the ER for a little while already. Another Level 1 trauma hospital a couple miles away, the ER nurses strictly did ER. If a trauma came in they didn't even see it most likely. The nurses admitting these traumas were ICU nurses that have been in the ICU for a few years already. I would say shadow and see what you think.

Yeah.... CRRT patients are on bedrest. Their blood pressure most likely is nothing to write home about. Also Our CRRT machines are plugged in and if unplugged the machine stops.

Anesthesia probably used a Vigileo during the case. They just left the monitor in the OR. A Flotrac/vigileo can give you CO,CI,SVV, etc. similar to a swan

I've seen countless codes working in the ED. All managed through peripherals. IV or IO will do the job. if you achieve ROSC and they're on gtts, then i would imagine a CVC being placed

My question is.... Why would you want to take the CCRN if you're a tele nurse?? The tele nurses at my job aren't even ACLS certified.

Gotcha, I was a ER tech for a few years... but I am considering just taking it out because nobody cares at this point.

No, not clinicals in school. I am saying lets say you were a RN for a few years already. and previously a CNA.. when would you decide to remove the pre-RN experience.

if you don't want the job or could care less if you get it, yeah you can wear scrubs

i got 16 weeks as a fresh new grad in a high acuity surgical trauma icu

Not to get in-depth and scientific ...but when I'm at work if someone is on.. Pressure Support- They are intubated and the patient is on pressure support to see how well they tolerate doing the work of breathing on their own with the goal to extubate. [*=1]Generally, (with its exceptions) a patient will be on PS for few hours or so. This ventilator mode for long periods of time can tire a patient out. BiPap- their pulmonary function is circling the drain... good chance this is the last step before they get intubated. Cpap- In my experience this is used for someone with OSA. They wear it when they go to sleep and it comes off in the morning.

Was this your only patient??? But yeah, sounds like a average ICU patient to me. You've already been a nurse for a year so you just need to fine tune your time management. You'll be caring for this acuity of patient when you're off orientation, maybe two!!