I have been tasked with the purchase of a biphasic defibrillator for my department. I am looking for some input. What manufacturer do you use? What do you like and why? What don't you like and why? Thank you for your comments!!
Dear Hissythecat, Find cardiologist that is board certified, and has been in practice at least 5-10 years. Transthoracic echo is a good place to start, especially if they have a machine that is capable of 3D imaging. As unsavory as it may sound, a ...
I graduated from nursing school 18 yrs ago. For me, nursing school was, at once, horrible and insipiring. Horrible in the sense that all of my instructors, save one, felt it inappropriate for me to be in the program. Inspiring in the sense that a...
Theoretically, EF can be 100 %. Though, after 17 years in the cath lab, I've never seen such. However, in some patients, the LV cavity will nearly obliterate. These cases would be those patients with LVH, and/or a hyper-dynamic ventricle. I have ...
I would agree with the above: get your feet wet again, re-learn what you forgot. But don't take too long.... Then I would highly recommend you take ACLS. As stated above, even med-surg patients crump. Remember, these people are sicker than ever ...
Dear ShellRN, I live in Giles County, TN, which is about 60 miles south of Franklin as you travel down I-65. On a weekday morning, it would take approx 60-75 minutes from my house to downtown depending on traffic. The Franklin area is a suburb of g...
It was my first job as a new grad. I was working telemetry nights. Often I would sit next to the monitor tech and watch and learn. "What's wrong with that one," I said. "She's dying!" the tech replied as he vaulted over the desk into the patient'...
Male patient to female friend RN, "I need a vase" (pt was referring to a urinal). Not realizing what he was asking for, she replied, "How big is your bouquet??"
I started in cardiac nursing/telemetry when I was still in nursing school. I loved it! N-P ratio at that time was 4:1. For all the same reasons Kitty RN mentions above, I loved it. I worked tele for two years and then moved to the cath lab. I no...
Dear CatRN - I am arriving late in this conversation. I am appalled at the doc's actions. However, I am pleased that "the fates intervened" and you are no longer in that situation. I would echo the majority of what has been said already. You will...