traumarn1 replied to Amy O. Darone's topic in Cardiac
I started in the cvicu as a new grad 13+ years ago. Thick skin and an ability to let the "little things" roll off your back is also helpful. It was my time on that unit that afforded me the ability...
There is also a device out there called the syvek patch, similar in size and shape to an alcohol prep. It is placed over the punture site with manual pressure held for 6-10 minutes. The patch itself...
we will usually have 2 rn's and 1 rad tech assigned to each lab, the rn's are trained to do all 3 jobs....record, circulate, and scrub. the techs can record and scrub. Once upon a time the tech's...