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  1. I am currently in "charge" of any invasive cardiac procedures at my hospital including cath lab and stress lab. One of my cardiologists wants to change his adenosine cardiolyte stress test from a 6 min procedure to 4 minute. Does anyone else do a 4 m...
  2. Any UCSF Mepn Applicants?

    Can I ask a question what does MEPN stand for??
  3. Walking shift report

    In our ICU though its only 10 beds, we do a group report. It was not what I was use to when I came here; however it works. It allows everyone working to get report. We do just about everything on computer from charting to BVM (scanning medications).
  4. Think I am in trouble, maybe fired

    What I dont understand is why they QA'd you for being safe not just your back but your patients own safety. In Texas, there is something in with the state Not the nursing board about workplace safety and the availability of equipment to help save nu...
  5. Lantus given wrong time

    We give Lantus at night. We hardly ever give Lantus in the AM. The goal of Lantus is to level out the patients blood sugar.
  6. We use Meditech and once our staff was trained they like it. The ER is the only one that doesnt really like. However we are getting the ER Module that is similar to the TSheets so they will like it better than what they do now. I do recommend that wi...
  7. Training Monitor/Tele Techs

    email me at [email protected] I would have to snail mail it to you. Rachael
  8. Computerized Documentation

    We have Meditech. Currently our students are allowed to do everything. They are assigned as svn1, svn2 . we switch who is who every semester. We also have 2 different schools that come so it does get a little interesting. At first the students didnt...
  9. Staff Communication

    Our hospital which is in Texas too is now going to Accountabilty agreement. We have had certain issues that are falling to the wayside one of them being getting an allergy band on every pt. So my CNO came up with this Accountability agreement. all nu...
  10. Training Monitor/Tele Techs

    I too have the job of training all tele techs along with all new ICU nurses in EKG. I had a manual that my manager at the time wanted me to use. IT didnt do the job. So I wrote one that covers everything from basic A&P to all the rhythms includi...
  11. Search for Nursing Schools in Dallas

    I,myself, am biased to TWU. But there are 2 schools in tyler which is a little over an hour from Dallas. Tyler Junior College and UTTyler
  12. Lovenox(enoxaparin) SQ

    When I first started in nursing I was taught to give Lovenox 2-3 in around the umbilicus. However the drug rep came to my hospital in the last 2 years or so and said that actually lovenox should be given more in your "love" handles. further out from ...
  13. Angioseal protocols

    I had to develop one when we got a cath lab to do diagnostic only heart caths. basically the doctor inserts it. we apply TAO on it and cover it with a tegaderm. Occasionally we have to put a sandbag on for 30 minutes or so. I know the new angioseal V...
  14. Cardiac Stress test Protocols-any help appreciated

    We dont do adenosines on COPD. He wants to give a smaller dose 0.56 mg/kg and do it over 4 minutes. I was just wanting to talk to someone that does it as a 4 minute protocol.
  15. Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

    At our hospital, it is the nurse's responsibility to make sure the home medication list is as complete and accurate as possible. We then give it to the doctor to mark which ones they want to continue while in the hospital. If the doctor is not immedi...
  16. Eleven pound baby!

    My first one was 9 # 8 oz and was over 21 inches. My mom said she looked like a giant in the newborn nursery next to the 4 #. She is now six and is over 53 inches tall. My second one was 11 # 23 inches long. I had gestional diabetes with the second ...
  17. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    When I had a patient once ask if he was going to die, I told him on my shift. It was too much paperwork. He felt more comfortable after that good laugh.:gandalf: :balloons:
  18. Group One background checks in Texas

    I work in a small hospital just east of Dallas, but I have worked in dallas hospitals before. I just heard of Group one. Can someone explain what this is?
  19. Am I in jeopardy??

    I work in a rural hospital too where our floors are understaffed but they do not put a L&D pt on the med-surg floor. They will put some pregnant patients on the floor but not if they are in labor.
  20. Changing BSA daily?? I don't think so...

    I dont change the weight daily since what you are using is more of the patients dry weight.
  21. eating our young?

    I was one of those new grads who went straight to ICU at a hospital with an internship program, with specific critical care classesfor all new grads working in the ICUor the CCU. I was on orientation for over 4 months longer than the other new grads ...
  22. Charge nurse.

    I started to charge 9 months after I graduated from school. The Texas Board of Nurses now states that a new grad can not charge for 6 months after they have graduated; It seems to put less pressure on new grads that way.
  23. Need a good ICU book

    When I started in ICU 10 years ago, a friend of mine was interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and they used the following book for most of the classes: CRITICAL CARE SKILLS A CLINICAL HANDBOOK BY BARBARA C MIMS. It is stil what I use as a refer...
  24. Need a good ICU book

    When I started in ICU 10 years ago, a friend of mine was interning at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and they used the following book for most of the classes: CRITICAL CARE SKILLS A CLINICAL HANDBOOK BY BARBARA C MIMS. It is stil what I use as a refer...
  25. ekg strips...need help!!!!

    I recommend the website RNCEUS.com. It does multiple ceu classes, though you dont have to pay for the information. You can look at the different rhythms and it explains them in simple terms.