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1. Help with amiodarone drip

   healthcare4life replied to healthcare4life's topic in Cardiac

   So you would've started the drip even if the pt converted back to

2. Help with amiodarone drip

   healthcare4life posted a topic in Cardiac

   Had an admission with new onset a fib with RVR. Pt was stable when she came to my floor, however her a fib came back with HR jumping to 150s, down to normal, then jumping to 160s. Although vitals were...

3. Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose

   healthcare4life replied to coolnursegirl's topic in California Nursing

   @coolnursegirl, I saw that you had an interview at Valley Medical way back. How was your interview experience and what kind of questions did they ask? Thank you for any

4. My instructor said...

   healthcare4life replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   "I'm more of a back door girl than a front door girl." "Make sure to flush out the bacteria after you have sex." Both were said by the same female clinical instructor...

5. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   healthcare4life replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   Miss Kansas for Miss U.S. pageant: *wakes up instantaneously* WHERE THE HECK IS MY CROWN?!? Doctor: (thinks to self) Yup, still delusional... *checks box for 5150

6. How did you feel when you got your first nursing paycheck?

   healthcare4life replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

   On my first nursing paycheck, I went and bought pizza for the nursing staff. I remind myself that I shouldn't let money change me because I've seen it with former

7. Question about changing chest tube dsg...

   healthcare4life posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work on a unit where we don't get many patients with chest tube and was wondering what the steps are for changing (not reinforcing) a chest tube dsg (if for instance it was soiled, etc) I always...

8. Any ICU nurses come from med/surg?

   healthcare4life posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hi guys, I have been an RN for about a year now and am on the med/surg floor. I float to tele at times. Would really love to be an ICU nurse, specifically in the CVICU setting. Anyone go into ICU...

9. How to properly measure intervals in an EKG

   healthcare4life replied to healthcare4life's topic in Cardiac

   Yes it does make sense. You mean to say that you look for a beat with the Q directly on the vertical line, right?

10. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    healthcare4life replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Hey all. This may not be the proper thread, and I'm sorry in advance if I offend anyone. I've been an RN for almost a year now and eventually want to head to the ICU path. Does anyone know of any good...

11. How to properly measure intervals in an EKG

    healthcare4life replied to healthcare4life's topic in Cardiac

    Yes. Guilty as charged. I use poor man's calipers.

12. WCU BSN program

    healthcare4life replied to dreezy562's topic in Western Governors University

    A friend of mine goes to WCU and he likes the program. He's graduating in about 2 months, I believe. I personally wouldn't enroll myself in a school that has a ridiculously high tuition... for several...

13. Any IV certified RN or taken a class?

    healthcare4life replied to xvii's topic in California Nursing

    Did you actually learn anything from taking the course? There's mix reviews about taking this sort of class...

14. How to properly measure intervals in an EKG

    healthcare4life replied to healthcare4life's topic in Cardiac

    Do you average out the intervals or do you take just one PR interval (for instance) when calculating an accurate measurement? Unless it's appropriate to document a range (ie. 0.12-0.14).

15. How to properly measure intervals in an EKG

    healthcare4life posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hi guys, Is there a proper way of measuring PR, QRS and QT intervals in an EKG strip? I swear I'm always 0.02 or 0.04 off (when practicing in my EKG book).