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    Ecmo on bleeding adult

    ghillbert replied to Jessica1982's topic in Critical Care

    What pump are they using, some seem to be more tolerant of reduced anticoagulation than others before they thrombose. We like the centrimag pump. It's a lot more expensive than the maquet, biomedicus,...
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    ICU ratios

    ghillbert replied to clarkheart's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Call your licensing authority and
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    New MSN student tips & tricks

    ghillbert replied to moonischasingme1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Be organized and ask for help early if you need it. Most of the professors want you to do well and will go out of their way to help you. If you get overwhelmed, talk to your school's counseling center...
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    Any Australian RN's gotten a Candian Visa?

    ghillbert replied to Nattynu's topic in International Nursing

    Trust me as a new grad RN you will have a steep enough learning curve without adding a new country, new drug names, new systems etc. I would think even 12 months experience was minimal. It's...
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    I am BOTH RN Bsc & Paramedic,wanna work\do my M.A in Usa\Eu ! any ideas ? please

    ghillbert replied to Tarek's topic in International Nursing

    If you are on a work visa or green card, you can study at the same time. If you're on a student visa, you cannot work at the same time as you study (well not except on campus work). What visa are you...
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    overseas RN working visa

    ghillbert replied to Dixie9's topic in Immigration Advice

    Yeah E3 is definitely the easiest way to go, provided you are happy to work on a temporary (albeit indefinitely renewable right now) visa. Cheap and fast. You have to find an employer though and don't...
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    EB-2 visa

    ghillbert replied to ice_orange's topic in International Nursing

    Just to play devil's advocate, how would USCIS know if your program was online or in person? Most universities give out the same degree certificate with no mention of the online/on the ground status....
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    International nursing students in the US

    ghillbert replied to suzanne4's topic in Immigration Advice

    Change status ASAP if you no longer meet the requirements for your F1 visa. Don't wait 12 months. Don't wait 12 days. Do it before you accumulate unlawful presence. Also be aware - just because you do...
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    USA Labor and Delivery RN moving to Australia

    ghillbert replied to UStoOz's topic in Immigration Advice

    Read the form. It clearly lists what you need to attach. And yes, filling in the form and attaching your documents is the only way you are going to get
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    Nursing CV for AHPRA-where to start?

    ghillbert replied to 02008106's topic in International Nursing

    If you haven't done a bridging program, leave it blank. If you don't know, you haven't done one. The other sounds like it wants to know what areas you trained and did clinicals in (ie. psych, med,...
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    Visa stuff

    ghillbert replied to bsnwnab's topic in International Nursing

    That's kind of what this is. Answer to your question: it depends. Talk to an immigration
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    US ADN grad to Aus

    ghillbert replied to Meowmixer's topic in International Nursing

    On what basis do you plan to move to Australia? ie. work visa? spouse visa? This will dictate whether you can work and in what jobs you can work (ie. you won't get a work visa to go and work as an...
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    Work in the usa

    ghillbert replied to zara111's topic in International Nursing

    Yes, that's right. CRNAs are advanced practice nurses, so they do all require a nursing license as a start. You need an RN license for the state in which you will do your clinicals. Choose the school...
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    ABG treatments?

    ghillbert replied to PayitForwardHolistic's topic in General Nursing

    Treatment of acidemia depends on the severity of the pH derangement and the cause. The question is a little awkward because if it's "fully compensated" then the pH is normal.. you would probably watch...
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    Can I state that I am "Legal to work in US" before OPT approval?

    ghillbert replied to gr9153's topic in International Nursing

    You can't say you're "legal to work in the US", you can say that you will be "eligible for work
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    Can I carry my own pulse ox?

    ghillbert replied to TeleRN311's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I was not clear. Patients weren't restricted from bringing electrical items in, but they had to be checked out and tagged by BME before they could be used on the hospital power
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    Would you take THIS NP position without looking at other offers?

    ghillbert replied to BlessedOne's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I
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    Setting up arterial lines

    ghillbert replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    Excerpt from attached article: "Air-free priming starts with removal of all air from the flush solution to prevent air from going into the solution as a result of the pressure...
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    Can I carry my own pulse ox?

    ghillbert replied to TeleRN311's topic in General Nursing

    What can't you believe? This policy has been in place in every hospital I have worked in over the past 15 years. Every item of electrical equipment brought into a hospital needs to be inspected for...
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    EKG Interp. and Axis

    ghillbert replied to Schuur451's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Most useful in deciding on VT -v- SVT with aberrancy for
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    CMC/CSC Certification

    ghillbert replied to NeuroNP's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have CCRN-CSC and will do CMC soon. Did it more for my own learning than anything, don't think it has necessarily helped me in my career. Definitely good to look that material over and refresh...
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    CVICU/CTICU help!on caring for pt with an open chest!

    ghillbert replied to sweetart4988's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    As stated - internal massage/defib with open chest. Re VAD and chest compressions - depends on the device. Generally a bad idea (but may be only idea if other option is being dead.. you can fix...
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    man in houston lives with artificial heart

    ghillbert replied to SNB1014's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    this is not exactly a total artificial heart - it's biventricular heartmate ii vad placed in tah configuration attached to the native atria (both ventricles removed due to amyloidosis). it is very...
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    beta blocker function question

    ghillbert replied to BlockIVstudent's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Antihypertensive action is not an off-label indication. It is right there on the package insert of most BB as FDA-approved indication for
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    At what point are employers asking TMI?

    ghillbert replied to KayRN910's topic in General Nursing

    Agree to the millionth degree. Most not only agree with this thinking, but vehemently argue against healthcare as a basic right if it affects their take-home pay. Well, welcome to utopia where...