anh06005 replied to foreverLaur's topic in Cardiac
I agree with the above. I work on a cardiac/stepdown (not sure if everything will overlap) but we deal a lot with MI (possible or diagnosed), CHF, a-fib and/or flutter -- these are the more common...
I graduated with my BSN May 2010 and started on my MSN in fall 2010. In my program you may start the classes without any RN experience but you cannot start the CLINICAL portion until you have about 2...
Once the schooling really gets started you will probably realize that studying is priority for sure. Nursing school keeps you busy especially once you start clinicals (we had to drive 30 minutes to a...
anh06005 replied to rnvancouver's topic in Cardiac
I'm really not too sure if amiodarone can get to toxic levels. I mean, after a point anything can, but I have seen patients on the maintenance infusion rate of amiodarone for days before. Our protocol...
I looked at several other people's and sort of combined them into what made sense for me (I can't figure out how to upload it here...so yeah). I still tweak it sometimes if I notice something is...