Carrig RN

Carrig RN

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  1. Inverted QRS

    Carrig RN posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am a nursing student doing a project for A&P and was wondering what this ECG may be indicative of. Also, if you have any resources where I could go to do more research that would be great...

  2. New grad position Neuro ICU or CVICU

    Carrig RN replied to Liz33's topic in Critical Care

    CVICU will serve you much better as a

  3. CCRN

    Carrig RN replied to special1rn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I just passed yesterday. Used Pass CCRN question bank, Kaplan book, and AACN online review. Overall, it was difficult but just doing practice questions over and over again was the most

  4. Nursing assessments for abnormal CVP

    Carrig RN replied to Rudi7's topic in Critical Care

    Our docs/NPs ultrasound the IVC to monitor fluid status. Are you sure that's not what your's are

  5. oxygen sTaturations

    Carrig RN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

    Amniodarone is my pet peeve. It's AMIodarone

  6. Paracentesis.....bottle shortage

    Carrig RN replied to needabreak's topic in Radiology

    We're using standard wall suction... How do these shortages keep coming

  7. Can anyone help on care plan?

    Carrig RN replied to beka22's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For airway I would probably do impaired gas exchange r/t COPD. Also, why were they intubated? Mental status change, blood loss? Good things to know to ensure you're finding the right care plan. Risk...

  8. Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses course

    Carrig RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Critical Care

    I'm taking this class at the end of October. Any

  9. Tidal Volume of and Adult Ambu Bag

    Carrig RN replied to Five&Two Will Do's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't know how much is delivered but I think adult ambus are 2000ml in the whole bag. Clearly we don't deliver that much volume - but a place to

  10. Clinical tidbits I wish someone would've told me.

    Carrig RN replied to Mully's topic in MICU, SICU

    Also protects your eyes from splash back of blood when some is Hep C or HIV

  11. ICU nurses: Do you check cornea reflex and gag reflex q4h ?

    Carrig RN replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Critical Care

    To assess corneal reflexes I start non-invasive and become more invasive if I cannot elicit a response. I start by touching their eyelashes - if they try to blink they have an intact corneal reflex....

  12. Running multiple drips into one line

    Carrig RN replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in Critical Care

    I line up and connect as many 3-way stopcocks as I need for all my pressors and connect them all to the port on the CVL with a 10ml/hr carrier behind them. Everything runs into its own stopcock and...

  13. Hypothermic policy

    Carrig RN replied to cparra's topic in MICU, SICU

    My hospital uses the arctic sun. I love it. You set it and it does everything automatically. Pts on the cooling protocol for cardiac arrest are usually

  14. ICU Nurses I Didn't Know You Could Do This???

    Carrig RN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    You forgot the briefly asystolic patient when someone flushes the line without withdrawing the drug

  15. Shift differentials?

    Carrig RN replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    $5.00 for evenings $7.00 for nights $4.00 for

  16. Resource/Charge

    Carrig RN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been a nurse for just under a year, new graduate in the ICU and was asked by my nurse manager to begin training for the role of resource nurse. Any tips/tricks to dealing with the politics as...

  17. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Carrig RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    There were 35 or 36 that started in the ICU

  18. Resource/Charge

    Carrig RN replied to Carrig RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I guess I should give a little more backstory to this. It's a brand new 18-bed Med/Surg ICU that opened in a large teaching hospital. We get everything from sepsis to large traumas. More than 1/2 the...

  19. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Carrig RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I haven't heard anything about it. Most of the ICUs are fully staffed right now except our MICU but they just hired a bunch of people. I don't see anything about them opening another residency for the...

  20. How do you verify NG tube placement on your unit?

    Carrig RN replied to digitiminimi's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Auscultation when placed, usually hooked to suction to view contents, confirmed by CXR/KUB. After confirmed by KUB, q4h aspirates/residuals and auscultation of

  21. Need help ASAP: question re: Swan

    Carrig RN replied to Silverlight2010's topic in MICU, SICU

    I take all the air out of the balloon, lock the hub, empty the syringe of air, reattach the syringe and then open the hub again. This way air can escape if the balloon did not deflate all the way but...

  22. Vital Sign & I/O Assessment frequency

    Carrig RN replied to MONITORHOSPITAL's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    ICU: Q1h VS and I&O if stable, if titrating drips VS with every change in drips (I usually write the pressure that made me make the change and then a f/u set to show the effect); Q4 body balance;...

  23. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Carrig RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Jan 7 by Alvindudley I saw a picture of all the new folks who participated in this program on facebook. Interestingly they were all young, pretty and white. Interesting, huh? That...

  24. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Carrig RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    That's a ridiculous statement. We are a diverse group ranging in age from 20s-40s. The fact that most new graduate nurses are young seems to have escaped your attention. And in fact we have several...

  25. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    Carrig RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I was one of the graduates of the program and can say the experience I gained was invaluable. All people who completed the program are now working in an ICU at MGH, independently and at full RN pay....