NoviceToExpert

NoviceToExpert

CCRN-CMC-CSC: CTICU, MICU, SICU, TRAUMA

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  1. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

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

    Dennison's CD for practice test questions is invaluable... and the book itself is an excellent reference... I keep mine in my locker... Yes, it's dense, but you should not expect to learn everything...

  2. Csc/cmc

    NoviceToExpert replied to CVICURN2003's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey Xigirs, I sent you a private message.

  3. Csc/cmc

    NoviceToExpert replied to CVICURN2003's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey Xigris... Are you able to maintain CCRN-CMC-CSC through your clinical hours as a CRNA? I see on the AACN website nurse anesthesia was counted... but I know a lot of CRNAs let their CCRN and...

  4. Csc/cmc

    NoviceToExpert replied to CVICURN2003's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yupp... totally serious... Congrats

  5. Csc/cmc

    NoviceToExpert replied to CVICURN2003's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    By the way, Intra-aortic... I just found out from AACN that there are only 129 (including you and me) nurses nationwide that hold both the CMC and CSC credentials simultaneously... something to be...

  6. Am I the only one??

    NoviceToExpert replied to fungirl's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I had read an anesthetist post some advice on the topic of being the goat...he said that one particular MDA suggested that he "think of everyone [who acts in an abusive fashion] as mildly...

  7. Has anyone taken the ecco course from AACN?

    NoviceToExpert replied to Eirene's topic in General Nursing

    ECCO can be very informative... However, the modules, if you do them carefully, take much longer than specified... My issue with ECCO (aside from typos here and there and the occassional miskeyed...

  8. Csc/cmc

    NoviceToExpert replied to CVICURN2003's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    :ancong!: That's just awesome, Jake. It's a great feeling, isn't it?!!! ps... if you look on AACNs website for proper use of subspecialty initials... they want them hyphenated after the CCRN... as in...

  9. Please help, orientation problems

    NoviceToExpert replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    The CMC and the CSC are cardiac subspecialty certifications... they stand for, respectively, cardiac medicine certification and cardiac surgery certification. They are separate examinations that have...

  10. Please help, orientation problems

    NoviceToExpert replied to pupnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have some things to add... since I was in your shoes... I lived through one heinous orientation... My second week I was told, "As long as I'm your preceptor...you're going to be my b*tch!!!" It went...

  11. accepted SRNAs

    NoviceToExpert replied to nynurse!'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    GPA 3.93, GPA 4.0, GPA 3.88 No GREs, waived because of GPA 1.5 years CTICU Now MICU/SICU/Trauma unit

  12. Thomas Jefferson Univ. interview

    NoviceToExpert replied to hell000nurse's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    :ancong!:

  13. UPenn Interview

    NoviceToExpert replied to mark2climb's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    :ancong!:

  14. How do you spell relief?P A S S E D B O A R D S

    NoviceToExpert replied to dansingrn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    :dncgbby:

  15. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

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

    Hey ghillbert... I wrote a little more of what I thought of the CMC and CSC certification exams on the CSC/CMC thread... if you can't find it let me know or if you have other questions after finding...

  16. Mean Arterial Pressure

    NoviceToExpert replied to eaetaylor's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I agree with all posts on here... but remember, it all depends on pt Dx... if you are talking about certain myopathies and diastolic dysfunction the picture changes, if you are talking about CABG pts,...

  17. What do you think?

    NoviceToExpert replied to 4jen's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Congratulations!!!!! :ancong!: I started in CVICU right out of school... I am now, in less than two years, the only CCRN-CMC-CSC in my hospital. It can be done...if you are up for the challenge......

  18. New grad to CVICU?

    NoviceToExpert replied to PaulieGooner's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Take the night job on CVICU, get your orientation and then move down to days on that unit, or another, or at another facility after you have your experience if you need days...I have seen nurses who...

  19. ARDS + prone position

    NoviceToExpert replied to RoyalNurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've only seen proning in a very rare circumstance... From what I've read proning can be efficacious... the problem is that patients are proned, often, too late to appreciate the benefit... in other...

  20. freaking out!!!!! please help me fast!

    NoviceToExpert replied to glamgalRN's topic in Pain Management

    Don't forget that when your patient's pain was well managed on the dosage prescribed it was preoperative management, as least that is how your post reads. You don't mention what type of surgery your...

  21. Csc/cmc

    NoviceToExpert replied to CVICURN2003's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey everyone... I just passed both the CMC and the CSC. They are very different. I thought the CSC to be more difficult than the CMC... but both very fair. Bojar is very helpful and also the AACN...

  22. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

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

    i'm so happy about it...!!! thanks for the big to do... all these happy cheerleading icons!!! so fun..... as far as reward... the hospital i work at pays $ 0.25 per hour more for certifications... if...

  23. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

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

  24. IABP and CPR

    NoviceToExpert replied to Tornadochaser's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I did a little research on this... I think ghillbert beat me to the punch... but the pump will default to the best trigger

  25. "If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school"

    NoviceToExpert replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    ....And that's why you need a nurse to save your life... good