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  1. Volunteer/humanitarian missions?

    Toby's mum posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Have you had experience donating your CRNA services to a humanitarian organization or providing emergency relief (either national or worldwide)? If so, would you please describe your experience....

  2. Cardiac Critical Care or Neuro Critical Care?

    Toby's mum replied to IndyGypsyNurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Cardiac RN--I didn't realize you could apply for a job at this point in the program. How did you go about it? I'm also in my final year of an ADN program and work as a Cardiac monitor tech on a tele...

  3. Notched QRS question & BBB

    Toby's mum posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm a nursing student and a cardiac monitor tech on a progressive cardiac/telemetry unit. I have two questions about recent rhythms that I'm hoping you can help me with. 1. A patient came to the...

  4. Need help on deciding to take an OR internship

    Toby's mum replied to audreyttu's topic in Operating Room

    See if you can shadow an OR nurse for a day or two during your ER internship. That way you can cover both to see what interests you more. I applied for an OR intership too, but was told there would...

  5. need major help with pathophysiology

    Toby's mum replied to jincyjoseph's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Try the Pathophysiology Reviews & Rationales book from Prentice hall. I've found it to be very helpful in summarizing the important information. It also has some useful test questions and...

  6. The Pre-crash hint

    Toby's mum replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work as a cardiac monitor tech on a 32-bed telemetry unit. The other night we had a patient who seemed like he was doing better. He was historically sinus brady in the high 50's. However, around...

  7. Question about cardiology NPs on your floor

    Toby's mum posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just curious about nurse practitioners that specialize in cardiology. Do you have NP's that work with cardiologists on your floor? What role do you see them fulfill i.e. what do they typically do...

  8. Bedside surgery with no sedation

    Toby's mum replied to Kiwi's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    SHAMROCKY I recently witnessed a surgeon re-threading a CVC line via a med/surg bedside with no topical anesthesia. The poor patient was howling in pain. When asked why the surgeon chose not to use...

  9. HELP!!! with ACLS Drugs!

    Toby's mum replied to Town & Country's topic in Emergency

    Chris, This sounds like a great idea. Would you be willing to share a typical flash card with us for one of the ACLS drugs so we can get an idea of how you would lay the information out? That would...

  10. Best ECG text?

    Toby's mum replied to Win98's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Win98 I'm also interested in learning about which advanced EKG book is considered to be an excellent teaching tool. You may want to copy and re-post this question on the Nurse Anesthetist bulletin...

  11. 38 too old for school?

    Toby's mum replied to akanarn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Motivation, determination and perserverance have no limits when you set your heart on something that really matters to you--age is not a factor. This is not saying that you won't feel more tired...

  12. Question about cardiology NPs on your floor

    Toby's mum replied to Toby's mum's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    ayndim thanks so much for posting this info. I appreciate you passing it on. From what I have been able to gather, it seems a very interesting role.

  13. What is a short spurt of PAT's???

    Toby's mum replied to kaseysmom's topic in Cardiac

    PHTLS, It's interesting you mentioned this because I saw an elderly patient admitted from the ER with chest pain throwing off multiple PAC's last night while on duty-in training as the cardiac monitor...

  14. Airforce nursing critical shortage specialties?

    Toby's mum posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hello, Does anyone know what nursing specialities the US Airforce really needs? I plan on going for my RN/BSN (accelerated program) and am thinking about joining the Airforce after graduation. This...

  15. NP or CRNA

    Toby's mum replied to sushinurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Jason, your post is very timely. I'm also trying to decide whether to pursue an NP in cardiology or CRNA. I've recently started working on a 32-bed progressive care/telemetry unit. There are 2 NP's...

  16. Crackles on auscultation

    Toby's mum replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    zacarias, I think it probably is good practice to ask someone to cough first before assessing lung sounds, especially if they have been lying flat for a while. I had a similar experience when I...

  17. Crackles on auscultation

    Toby's mum replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    zacarias, I think it probably is good practice to ask someone to cough first before assessing lung sounds, especially if they have been lying flat for a while. I had a similar experience when I...

  18. Congratulations To Me........!!!!!!!!!!!

    Toby's mum replied to nilepoc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Dear Craig, Those initials look fantastic besides your name! A hearty congratulations to you. It's been a lot of fun and very interesting to read about your journey via your blog and posts. To...

  19. Steps to assess bruit and thrill?

    Toby's mum replied to ameriarmybrattLPN's topic in General Nursing

    You feel (palpate) a thrill--which feels like a purring vibration and listen (auscultate with the bell) for a bruit, which sounds like a swooshing sound as the previous post mentioned. I think...

  20. Awake intubation question

    Toby's mum posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    CRNAs & SRNAs: I recently witnessed an awake intubation on an elderly female patient. The patient's dx was CHF and possible aspiration/pulmonary edema. After suffering from increasing respiratory...

  21. Med/surg

    Toby's mum replied to shirleyTX's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I echo the comments made regarding the tele floor experience. I'm currently a SN on the telemetry floor of 800+ bed inner city hospital. We see renal, oncology, DM, COPD, patients along with their...

  22. Would you recommend Army Nursing for GN?

    Toby's mum posted a topic in Government, Military

    Given your experience, would you recommend Army nursing for a new BSN grad? Why or why not? Does the Army offer new grads quality training?

  23. Scared of gross things!

    Toby's mum replied to LilStudent's topic in General Students

    I want to know how many pairs of uniforms she has so she can keep putting on new ones without doing the laundry. Too funny

  24. Scared of gross things!

    Toby's mum replied to LilStudent's topic in General Students

    LilStudent--no one 'likes' the 'gross' things--you learn to deal with it--some things will be more difficult than others. It may help if you focus on the physiology of the projectile, wound drainage,...

  25. Health Ventures?

    Toby's mum posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    To all RN entrepreneurs: I have a passion for business and for working with entrepreneurs. I've spent the last 13 years with an entrepreneurial investment banking firm, which focused on assisting...