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  1. Lifting and Handling Techniques

    CCURN posted a topic in International Nursing

    I am a Brit trained RN working in the US, and we are looking at improving our patient handling techniques. Can you tell me that name of some of the products that you use, as I have forgotten, and...

  2. How do you know when it is time to quit your job

    CCURN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in a CICU for five years now, and I am wondering if the stress is getting to me.... Things are not the same on the unit, and a lot of people are leaving...... How do you know...

  3. How do you know when it is time to quit your job

    CCURN replied to CCURN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks you guys, that was very helpful. I am cutting down my hours to see if that helps, and will pick up elsewhere. We will see how that one

  4. Responsibilities of a CCU nurse...

    CCURN replied to PACU queen's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The responsibilites of a CCU nurse involve the complete managment of the patient, intepret hemodynamic waveforms, titrating multiple gtts, using judgements over ordered medications. I always use my...

  5. One thing I'd wish I'd known before going to the USA......

    CCURN replied to RGN1's topic in United Kingdom

    Yes, we could complain about the lack of vacation time in the USA, but in the state of MN, or at least at the hospital I work at, most of the RN's work 4 days a week, I only know of 2 RN's on our unit...

  6. What are N-to-P ratios on your units?

    CCURN replied to steu's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    1:2 usually, depending on the patients, vents, iabp, crrt are usually 1:1......Our hypothermia protocol patients at the start are 2 nurses to one patient, as it is a super busy

  7. Pulling Femoral Lines

    CCURN replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In my experience, just as long as you can apply enough pressure over the femoral artery, then you can pull it first before the venous sheath. Either or, it doesnt matter, just as long as you can...

  8. Charge nurse.

    CCURN replied to pani's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    3 months after graduating, and that was in the UK One year on Telemetry 3 years on

  9. Which pressor to use???

    CCURN replied to cardiacRN2006's topic in MICU, SICU

    Probably would use Neo, Levo or Vasopressin and definately shut of the nitro, would probably turn down the Dobut (drop bp), check Ionized Ca and give some if low, maybe give blood if Hgb low. I guess...

  10. Is it just me, or are nurses pushy?

    CCURN replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    For the most part I ask my patient permission with procedures, unless they are intubated or confused. I had a patient once that was so scared of everything, I had to tell her what I was doing with...

  11. Aortic Stenosis & Nitro

    CCURN replied to CCURN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thank you all for the explanations..... I am so glad there is a forum where you can get your questions answered.......after all we always have

  12. Aortic Stenosis & Nitro

    CCURN posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Please help, I am precepting tomorrow, and we have a patient with AS, and I cant remember the mechanism for avoiding nitroglyercin in patient with severe aortic stenosis. I know that it can drop BP...

  13. Q 30 Min Finger Sticks For Glucose And Macerated Fingers????

    CCURN replied to brutuss7's topic in MICU, SICU

    A line would be

  14. Vent settings?

    CCURN replied to raindrop's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    VT (tidal volume), How much volume of breath that is given to the patient with each breath. AC: Assist Control: The vent provides the patient with a breath, at a rate determined by the machine, and at...

  15. Amiodarone Admistration Info for a Class

    CCURN replied to KneenaM's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    300mg IV Push for pulseless VT and VFib, of course shock first....then 1mg/min gtt per hospital protocol.....150mg IV over 10 minutes for VT with a pulse if you have enough time then gtt, some MDS...

  16. CVVH and the 1:1 assignment

    CCURN replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

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  17. CVVH and the 1:1 assignment

    CCURN replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    On our CCU are CRRT patients are 1:1, and on the med/surg ICU they are 2 nurses to one patient....these patients are just so busy, we barely have time to critically

  18. Pulmonary Artery Catheter and Patients Mobility?

    CCURN replied to steini's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It is not uncommon on our 16 bed CCU to allow our swan patients to get out of bed and walk around the unit with the assist of a RN....We obviously do not let them off of the unit, however some of our...

  19. UK->USA: What's it like once you're there?

    CCURN replied to kermit27's topic in International Nursing

    I always make my patients bed and I work in a CCU....However it is ten times better than working in the

  20. UK RN Studying in USA, have question about degree

    CCURN posted a topic in International Nursing

    I trained in the UK getting a DIPHE in nursing and want to start my BSN in Nursing. I work in the USA and find it hard to find a degree program, as I really dont want to take all the non-nursing...

  21. UK RN Studying in USA, have question about degree

    CCURN replied to CCURN's topic in International Nursing

    It is called a BSC, a bachelors in science, which is basically the same thing, it is a four year degree, but the modules within the degree are all nursing related, as it is expected that you have your...

  22. I am not a cardiac nurse but isn't ASA supposed to be DCd

    CCURN replied to MargRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Pre cath, we usually give 325 aspirin, IV heparin gtt, and then post procedure, plavix 600mg loading dose, then 75mg QD, Integrillin gtt, and then continue the heparin gtt if the EF is less than 35%....

  23. how many times can a human be defibrillated?

    CCURN replied to TinyNurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We were talking about this at work, and somebody said that they shocked somone 40 times during a code, but I am not sure of the

  24. Potassium piggybacks

    CCURN replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    When we give Potassium peripherally we ususally add Lidocaine, you can always run it a little

  25. What is the longest shift you have ever worked

    CCURN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is the longest shift you have ever worked, doing patient care in a acute