JiffyGriff

Advice to original poster: "One who never tries will never know, and will always wonder." Ok, enough for me being profound. Question about GPA calculation. If you recieved a poor grade in a course and retook the course and recieved a better grade, will the school you're applying to factor in the improved grade, the poor grade, or both grades. My school is currently factoring both grades into my cumulative gpa.

Don't forget to rezero that line first before you make a big stink of things and look like a goofball.

We reuse the bags. The system drains into the bags, there is no reflux whatsoever so there is no chance for any kind of infection.

Left side, keeps the air bubble from entering the RA. If the line was introduced into a swan though you are ok because the swan's introducer seals.

Our post-op carotids always go to ICU, and for good reason, I saw one have to get trached one night because they coded and couldn't be tubed.

Never travelled but as far as our unit goes: The RN's do all of the blood draws and ABG's. on the med/surg floors the lab techs do the blood draws but they don't come into icu. The RT's never draw abg's or blood ever; I'm not sure if they are even allowed to do the sticks. As far as any invasive procedure goes I think the only personell allowed to start peripheral lines other than rn's is the rad's tech. er techs only draw blood and lab only draws blood. anesthesia or md is the only ppl allowed to start a-lines, and we have a dedicated nurse that travels around and starts the picc lines. subclavian sticks are only done by anesthesia and md's as well as anything in the neck. We have to have an order for any peripherals in the legs, i've seen a few thumb lines but don't know if we have to have an order for those or not. only rectal foley's we use are the flexi-seals cuz they are the only ones that work and we have to have an order for those. We do put down small bore feeding tubes but need an order and get a stat cxr directly after. only time we're justified in an ng or og without an order is when we are bagging a patient and they get very distended, or they had one in and it came out. other than that many things happen through the night without an order but it all depends on the doc that will eventually sign it and the situation, more often than not though when we do call them for orders we say...I need this, this, and this.........they say ok and go back to sleep.

I am doing the split program because it's the program they had at the school I live close to. However, there are advantages and disadvantages...... Advantages.....you get to work as an RN while you're finishing your BSN so you could have your year of fulltime critical care finished and apply the day you finish your BSN program. Make more money along the way creating less stress financially. Get all of the "nursing stuff" and "research stuff" done separately so that you don't have to do a 20 page research paper while you're also needing to study for a butt busting pharm final. Disadvantages... you have to make sure you pass boards before you can finish the second portion of the program. Generally employers are a little more difficult with adjusting schedules for RN's to attend school than for PCA's to attend school.....you're already all that they need you to be so how does it benefit them to get you your bsn? That's really all I can think of......I think generally also it's a little easier to deal with scheduling classes and things for a straight through BSN program than for a steps one.

How are we supposed to figure out your identity by Tranman + your program..........not gonna happen. People say on here what program they go to all the time. Personally I'd like to know also, or at least say the exact state, there are a lot of small states over there.

Chemistry courses are a good thing to have.........general and organic...some programs require organic. Other good ones to take are physics and pathophysiology. Statistics is required by all programs now. If you are going to take a grad level course then I would suggest a grad level pharmacology course. And you might want to try your post in the Pre-CRNA forum you can get to it by using the drop down list at the bottom if this page or by going to the crna forum and clicking the link at the top of the page.

Honestly I've never seen that infection up my way, here in cincy. We get lots of c-diff, mrsa, and every now and then a vre or pseudomonas. All of our superinfection or drug resistant patient's earn a contact isolation sign and cart. They get a dedicated stethescope, thermometer, and bp cuff, and nothing leaves their room except to go to dirty utility. We don't have any 1:1 ratio protocol but what will happen is that the nurse's second patient will have a very low risk of contracting it; such as no open wounds, etc.... never even heard of that infection actually.

Wow, they can only stay for a total of one hour, split into two half hour time periods? I'm all for restricted visiting hours but even I think that is a little slim.

It won't be necessary to contact her directly about it... I'm not that ate up over it I just wanted to know if the rumors I heard held any validity. They obviously do not. The only reason I wanted to know was because I am interested in going to school to be a crna there in the future. Thanks for the response and tell your director I will tell the person I heard it from that they are wrong. I wouldn't mind having that e-mail address though for purposes of building a network and making sure I get the necessary requirements to be successful in applying there. Thank you, JiffyGriff.

Wow.... That's the most childish and rediculous turn of events that I've ever seen unfold..... ever. And I'm the young one here.

Thanks for the info...... I'm def. not a crna yet so I will need the docs order to do this..... crna is in the future though....can't wait.

Just wondering if it's legal to the scope of practice for an RN to use lido or 0.9NS intradermal for this purpose without and MD order? Also....I've NEVER seen this at my facility......do you make the wheal directly above the vein you intend to use and start the IV down through the wheal.....or next to the wheal...??? What's the procedure? And how long do you wait if you are using ID lido??? ID NS??