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  1. Unsure if this is a reasonable job offer. Advice needed.

    lazz1 posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi Everyone! I was just offered a full time day, with benefits job as a RN on a Progressive Care unit in Plantation Florida (broward county). I worked as a RN in Canada for 2 years on a busy cardiac...

  2. Unsure if this is a reasonable job offer. Advice needed.

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Florida Nursing

    It's at Westside Hospital. I didn't hear favorable things about Plantation General either. Not sure if Westside if the same. I did accept the job, so we'll see what comes from it. I was quite...

  3. Unsure if this is a reasonable job offer. Advice needed.

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Florida Nursing

    Ok, thank

  4. Unsure if this is a reasonable job offer. Advice needed.

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Florida Nursing

    Thank you, I appreciate the

  5. Cardiologist ordered nitro spray for pt with critical AS

    lazz1 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hi Everyone, I had a patient with critical AS. I forget how small her valve surface area was, but it was very small. She often would develop chest pain from just transferring to the commode and back...

  6. Cardiologist ordered nitro spray for pt with critical AS

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Cardiac

    You're right in that nitro doesn't have a direct effect on the valve itself, and I wasn't thinking along those lines. I was considering it's effect on the smooth tissue receptors in the aorta, but...

  7. Cardiologist ordered nitro spray for pt with critical AS

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Cardiac

    Opps I mean aortic stenosis, not aortic insufficiency. Sorry, I don't remember the surface area of the valve, it was a while ago. I really do respect doctors and I often don't question them because...

  8. Cardiologist ordered nitro spray for pt with critical AS

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Cardiac

    I'm not a doctor nor a pharmacist, but I'm almost positive it does to a certain effect. I'll search on pubmed to see what the full effects are. That's not the only direct effect of course of nitro,...

  9. Cardiologist ordered nitro spray for pt with critical AS

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in Cardiac

    Yea you are certainly right when you say nitrates aren't always contraindicated. I think though for a person with critical AS, who's cardiac output is dependent on having a higher blood pressure and...

  10. Canadian RN relocating to Florida

    lazz1 replied to lazz1's topic in International Nursing

    Thank you, I