AmiK25

AmiK25

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  1. Question about gtt titration

    AmiK25 replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In our unit, we almost alway use levophed...have only seen neo used once. I don't know if the docs just don't like it or what. Anyway, I had a patient this summer with levo running at 70 mcgs. It...

  2. malignant hyperthermia

    AmiK25 replied to ICUBecky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Tenesma, I always wondered the same thing....why wasn't he intubated in the field? Unfortunately, the day I had the patient, I was far too busy with titrating gtts and such to read anything in the...

  3. malignant hyperthermia

    AmiK25 replied to ICUBecky's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This summer, I had a patient who suffered a cardiac arrest at home. He came in through the ER, was intubated, etc....and came up to our unit. When in the ER, he had been running a low grade temp....

  4. Which CRNA programs have the easiest admission?

    AmiK25 replied to AnnCRNA's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Ann, I think what everyone was trying to say is that it is absolutely mandatory for you to finish an entire year as an RN in an ICU to be admitted to any accredited CRNA program. It is possible to be...

  5. UAP charting assesments in the ICU

    AmiK25 replied to alansmith52's topic in General Nursing

    I am a student nurse extern in an ICU. I am allowed to do assessments and give any meds other than IVP. I am not allowed to titrate vasoactive drips, etc...I do have a patient assignment, but there...

  6. Question about ICU experience.

    AmiK25 replied to lynncm's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Roland, I am also a BSN student who is interested in becoming a CRNA. After my first semester of clinicals, I got a job as a student nurse extern in the Adult Critical Care Unit at a large teaching...