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Dear stephenfnielsen, Congratulations and now you are a real Critical Care Nurse holding responsibility being patient advocate and extra. My self when I join nursing I started in surgical then medical later shifted to Heamatology which we consider it in our Sultan Qaboos University hospital as Minor ICU due to the critically ill patients presents over their. Ultimaltely my dream came true when I joined ICU and I was awarded the Best Nurse Of the year in six months only from joining and the reason behind that was you are a experinced nurse your quality care competency in your skills will shine through and people will be intrested to work with you because they can depend on you on crisis.:angryfire last year I was one of the leading members in opening our 4 bed Post Cardiac surgery ICU when have done alot of successful cases so far only 2 death since we opened in March 2008 . Any how now I am well known Critical care Nurse in our hospital and I am BLS instructor cerified by the AHA teaching aswell wroking as a shift in charge most of the time ACLS and PALS Provider and I got it all from our mix ICU which has PICU, Medical, Surgical, orthopedic and Gyn cases. I am on the spot to become ATLS instructor and be part of the Trauma team and disaster team. My advise to you is to begin by the Mixed ICU first then Narrow your long term specialization to Cardiac nursing.

Good evening everyone How are you doing fox ? it's nice to be with you once again. I was so busy at work teaching alot since I became BLS Instructor certified by the AHA last February. Well in our CICU unit, we usually change the dressing after 72 hours unless its wet or it becomes dirty when we remove the Chest tubes otherwise we keep it in situ. Matter fact, we still use Cosmopor and Mepore cleaning with antiseptic Solution ( CLARADONE) which constitue of Povidone-Iodine USP 10% W/V (1.0% Available Iodine), and the evidence of infection is very low. I believe the major role lies on the emphasis on Hand Washing all the time.:redbeathe

Hi everybody well in my Hospital we have ICU-CCU-CVICU-PICU and Dialysis in the same block and 1- we have a book of the nurses who went for what we call it pull out we do it in rotation so that no one will complain we love it coz its a break for as when our unit is hectic . 2 u have to increase the No of ur Staffing so that u want have this problem eating ur head. Take care:up:

u better get a clinical exposure for 2 months u will get along very fast easy do not worry pal:up:.

Hi i think u got the answer for ur question am here jsut to sharewith u some facts. In Both places it is gonna be aroutine practice as u go along it is exciting when u r learning but then to me i felt board very fast coz am hyperactive hate routine Loves ICU. but my services is required more in CVICU since i got the potientials to be a team leader their. Wish u all the best:up:

hi i went through some of them well thanks

Hi, I went through some of them well thanks

Hi am really speechless i do not know what to say to u but God bless u me i know what was the patient diagnosis was he going down or it was sudden heart attack lead to Cardiac Arrest? and were u thinking of DNR protocol that time Ethically. thanks

Hi am really speechless i do not know what to say to u but God bless u me i know what was the patient diagnosis was he going down or it was sudden heart attack lead to Cardiac Arrest? and were u thinking of DNR protocol that time Ethically. thanks

Hi mate Am Bader BLS instructor the answer for ur question might be already given to u but i just wanted to emphesize on 2 important things which u have to keep in mind. 1- if u were doing chest compression hard eoungh u will see the ECG Rhythm in the monitor attached to the patient or the victim is wide and steady maintaining remember 30:2 5 cycles with complete chest recoil to improve the circulation. 2- while u r doin the compression the second rescure is checking the Carotid Pulse looking for good pulse with a good volume and he/she will till u to press harder and so on.