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  1. I just took the GRE

    Burnt2 replied to Burnt2's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    oh, the GRE for Dummies has a great section on prefixes and suffixes - really a great help if you happen on words that you have no clue what the meaning is on the test. On the test I definitely used...

  2. I just took the GRE

    Burnt2 replied to Burnt2's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Do all the practice GRE tests on the computer that you can do Go to the library, check out all the books, and use the cd's that come with them a couple days before the test try doing a couple tests a...

  3. iabp

    Burnt2 replied to Feldner's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    A balloon blew and went unnoticed for a while in our CTCU, thus 1:1 policy now. No complaints here. I take my time with my IABP pt. CTCU peeps don't do wedges anymore either because a pulmonary artery...

  4. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    LoL:lol2: Yea, it would be kinda neat to know that we're spread across the country, but we're doing it together in spirit, going through it at the same

  5. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    LoL:lol2: Yea, it would be kinda neat to know that we're spread across the country, but we're doing it together in spirit, going through it at the same

  6. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Take it September 24th (when I'm taking

  7. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Take it September 24th (when I'm taking

  8. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    GRE: 1350! (700 Verbal, 650 math - 1600 possible).:balloons: Yay!:balloons: Now to study the pals

  9. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    GRE: 1350! (700 Verbal, 650 math - 1600 possible).:balloons: Yay!:balloons: Now to study the pals

  10. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient on Xigris last december..... the pharmacy accidentally sent me the bag via the tube system and we had to throw it away (Xigris has to be hand delivered to avoid shaking). expensive...

  11. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I had a patient on Xigris last december..... the pharmacy accidentally sent me the bag via the tube system and we had to throw it away (Xigris has to be hand delivered to avoid shaking). expensive...

  12. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yea I had an 18 year old huffer who went through a 100ml bottle of propofol every 2 hours and still managed to get out of his restraints and yank his tube out. I think there's a correlation between...

  13. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Yea I had an 18 year old huffer who went through a 100ml bottle of propofol every 2 hours and still managed to get out of his restraints and yank his tube out. I think there's a correlation between...

  14. Dropping temp too fast...

    Burnt2 replied to ElizabethJRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've heard of it being dangerous to let a temp go UP in the face of brain issues like strokes, but never anything about the other

  15. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Addendum: what was his blood pressure with that kind of peep? talk about putting the squeeze on the

  16. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Addendum: what was his blood pressure with that kind of peep? talk about putting the squeeze on the

  17. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Man that's alot of physiologic PEEP. PEEP of 8 seems entirely insufficient - did they have him set on some kind of pressure support mode with target volumes? Maybe they loaded him with so many beta...

  18. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Man that's alot of physiologic PEEP. PEEP of 8 seems entirely insufficient - did they have him set on some kind of pressure support mode with target volumes? Maybe they loaded him with so many beta...

  19. iabp

    Burnt2 replied to Feldner's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It's pretty time consuming to do all the hourly checks, calcs, etc - even if they're stable. Having a balloon inflating in the aorta isn't something to be taken lightly. Policy at our hospital is...

  20. Hhnk

    Burnt2 replied to haji's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hmm; I don't know if that would explain a triglyceride level of 17,000; thats talking about ketogenesis and the release of amino acids that are then converted (and as far as I know triglycerides are 3...

  21. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Ooo, that vented patient sounds interesting....some kind of anoxic injury maybe? did she arrest? air emboli? I love those kind of patients twice as toughs are our hospitals

  22. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ooo, that vented patient sounds interesting....some kind of anoxic injury maybe? did she arrest? air emboli? I love those kind of patients twice as toughs are our hospitals

  23. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Erm.....ended up using the twice-as-toughs and a couple security guys at work last night, so I didn't get to listen to those

  24. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    Burnt2 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Erm.....ended up using the twice-as-toughs and a couple security guys at work last night, so I didn't get to listen to those

  25. Male nurse looks

    Burnt2 replied to albert6jed's topic in Men in Nursing

    There's a guy in my unit who has a 2 foot long beard. he's been nursing in the ICU for 18 years though, so he's got