jaimeeann

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1. need advice - 1st pregnancy and sometimes cannot perform my duties

   jaimeeann posted a topic in General Nursing

   this is my first pregnancy and i've worked in a stepdown unit for a few years now and never get queasy or dizzy or anything... but about a month ago (i was about 14 weeks) i tried to hold pressure on a groin to pull a sheath and i got too dizzy and h...

2. Pulling Sheaths on a Cardiac Stepdown

   jaimeeann replied to ItalianRN's topic in CCU

   our cardiac stepdown unit ratio is 4/1 and we pull sheaths quite often. in my limited experience - 1 1/2 years - i have seen MANY that go well and have no problems. A few that have minor problems, and only 2-5 that had major problems and no one di...