surferbettycrocker

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1. Coreg, dig, bradycardia

   surferbettycrocker replied to jbhetman's topic in General Nursing

   would wonder if the doctor wants to check blood levelsof digoxin? sounds like you work as a VNA unlessyou are a lurker wanting medical

2. guidelines for BP

   surferbettycrocker replied to kagmc's topic in Cardiac

   always always obtain a 12 lead ekg with any CP FIRST. i would not blindly treat that CP without an EKG with active chest pain and post treatment to compare. as another poster said the patient could be...

3. honestly, how soon will you leave bedside nursing...

   surferbettycrocker replied to EDnursetobe's topic in First Year After Licensure

   ASAP! kudos to those who love bedside nursing it means i will be well taken care of from all the nurses who absolutely love it cant picture life without itifg*dforbid i should need to be in a gross...

4. What new nurses see in experienced nurses that would flunk them in Clincal Roatations

   surferbettycrocker replied to ricksy's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i agree with always checkin the 5 (or 6 ) rights . i truly hope that when its the elevenhundreth time you are slapped by the MRDD( as u referred) during the tenhundreth shift in a row you are working...

5. You make the decisions on YOUR shift and I'll make the decisions on MINE

   surferbettycrocker replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   i think alot of nurses think they will accidentally od the patient and maybe the apprehension is a guise for anxiety over potentially overdosing the pain med seeker (although how opiate naive would...

6. Electrophysiology RN??

   surferbettycrocker replied to silverbelle's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   are you lookking to transition into working in EP lab? you could take a course on pacemakers and pacemaker concepts but did you work in cardiovascular surgical ICU? then you must have a good...

7. bp in heart failure

   surferbettycrocker replied to samjoe's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   ACEs and ARBs arent necessarily simply to control 'blood pressure' for HF patients per se sure the pills can reduce afterload but that's not primarily what these medications are 'good for'in HF. I...

8. Depression After Graduation...

   surferbettycrocker replied to Despareux's topic in Health, Stress Management

   i dont think it was graduation that got you feelin depressed and restless i think it was quitting

9. Nursing New Grad - Feeling Stressed and Discouraged

   surferbettycrocker replied to HppyRN's topic in General Nursing

   as cliche as it sounds take it one shift at a time and if thats too much take one shift 4 hour blocks at a time. it sounds like the stress and anxiety you are feeling are actually fueling you to work...

10. help please! morphine side effects!

    surferbettycrocker replied to missnurse2012's topic in Patient Medications

    the order for .01 ml should come with either a) magnifying glass to dispense .01 ML or b) clarification of said order to mgs. was she supposed to get 0.1 mg of morphine for ....? i suspect if you...

11. Need Advice on Metoprolol

    surferbettycrocker replied to Stormy8's topic in Cardiac

    i think more information of the patient condition is needed here (like who wrote the incident report a medical resident or a cardiologist:uhoh3:) before we ride away on the 'beta blocker overdose...

12. PCCN?

    surferbettycrocker replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Critical Care

    i am using the ANCC book to study from anyone have any input/luck with these publications for studying for

13. HR drop/rhythm change during sleep..Would you call Doc?

    surferbettycrocker replied to BandaidBunny's topic in Cardiac

    to the OP- iwould not have called at 3am for 'sinus' arrhythmia 40-50 which is not crazy for a sleeping person at all. again i know let's get the background and the whole story first./ for the person...

14. EKG strip help

    surferbettycrocker replied to Breanna13's topic in Cardiac

    i would guess ths owner of this heart rhythm has history of af. does this person have a history of afib? you have a sinus with 1st degree av block and a bundle branch block then a burst of afib. you...

15. Need some advice

    surferbettycrocker replied to SJE RN's topic in Cardiac

    was this pacemaker really put in the patient in the OR? i would think that it highly unlikely. i would think holding plavix for a procedure and not an 'operation' is NOT standard. i would hedge a...