mercyme128

Thanks for the reply. I do feal that I did everything that I was supposed to do. I asked the more experienced nurses on the floor for advice and to assess my patient to make sure I was not missing anything. The patient had been treated with dig. as well and her dig level was to high. Thank you for clarifying about SVT though. We had a big debate at work about the difference and everone I asked had a different explanation. Again thanks

I was hoping to get some info. from some more experienced nurses than myself. I work on a step-down/tele floor, I have only been on my own since September so I am struggling with some of my strips. I had a patient this last week that had been in the hospital for 5 days prior to being assigned to her. She was admitted for A-Fib with RVR. She had been on a Cardizem gtt., Amiodarone gtt., and beta-blockers all with no success. The first night I had there was no change from the 5 days prior according to the strips in the chart and the MT. Heart rate remained 130s to 150s. The next morning the Dr. arrived and looked at the strips. He was furious. He said she had been in SVT all night and wanted to know why he was not contacted. After supervisor reviewed the charts he agreed with me that there was no change since admission. I was hoping to get some input from other nurses out there. I know there is not a p-wave with A-fib, I am just not understanding how the Dr. got that she was in SVT. ??????

graduate May 18th!!!!! Going to work in step-down pcu/telemetry

I am attending school in SE Missouri, graduating in May with my ADN. My sister lives in Nashville and wants me to move down there really bad. My dream job is to work at Vand. but I cant believe the starting pay is not higher than 17.50 with the cost of living there. I have a job offer for Poplar Bluff MO that will start me out at 20.15/hr, plus an additional 6.50 for anything over my 36 hrs, then time and half on that for anything over 40. I really want to move to Nashville, but the cost of living is so much cheaper here and the pay is better. My question is, if I get a year or so of experience and then move does anyone have any idea of how much you can make there?

hi all, first time on the missouri forum.... i am from southeast missouri, a couple of hours south of st. louis anyway just wanted to say hi to everyone

Hey guys I am currently enrolled in the TRCC nursing program. I just finished my 3rd semester today!!!!! :cheers: I graduate in May 07 from TRCC (hopefully)! Anyway, just wanted to say since TRCC opened up there night program as well as the day classes it is not as hard to get in. You do have to take the entrance exam, if you do well on it you have a chance at 60 spots instead of just 30. Only prob. with that is that if you live out of TRCC district they only take a few out of district spots. The majority of the spots are for in district students, stinks I know I'm one of the out of district ones. If you guys have any questions just let me know, I will be glad to help. Good luck getting in.

I just wanted to say thanks to all who have replied, I really appreciate it and will take your advise into consideration. Thanks again:)

I am currently in my second year of nursing in an associates degree program. I will be graduating in May 07 (hopefully). I am really interested in working in the OR but still unsure if thats were I should start out. I would appreciate any feed back from anyone with any good advise for this area. Alot of ppl I have talked to tell me I need at least a year working the floor, preferably Med/Surg before I begin in the OR. Others tell me if I should go straight to OR and work. Please help!

I am going to start my last semester of assoc. degree RN in January and hopefully graduate in May 07. I did my first OR rotation this semester and loved it more than any clinical so far. I used to think I wanted to be a L&D nurse until my OR rotation. I am undecided if I should try to go straight into OR or work a while in Med/Surg or another area first for experience. Any suggestions from some experienced nurses in this area would be great.