link51411

link51411

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  1. Drawing blood from central lines

    link51411 replied to Altra's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I disagree I don’t think there is any more risk in doing this, if you practice proper practice, for infection than there would be in simply giving an IV med through the

  2. blood and levophed in same line?

    link51411 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    recently i had a pt that bleed out an estimated 1000ml of blood after pulling a jp on the floor had no pulse coded her back and sent her to me with a pressure of 50/30. i started an iv and a bolus and...

  3. blood and levophed in same line?

    link51411 replied to link51411's topic in MICU, SICU

    well we tried for another PIV for over an hour and just wasnt going to happen on this pt. but yeah about the bleeding from the JP i heard about 3 different stories from the floor nurse to the code...

  4. What position should I apply for??

    link51411 replied to NurseB_'s topic in Georgia Nursing

    the way i look at it is. no hospital says you need a year or two of experience in the medsurge before you can apply here. but for icu or er. the say you need a year or two experience of er or icu...

  5. MCCG, Coliseum, Or Houston Medical

    link51411 replied to curtRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    i must say also that i came from an ICU at UAB in birmingham so im partial to big teaching hospitals like mccg. and i have floated down to a few of the floors at houston so if you have more questons...

  6. MCCG, Coliseum, Or Houston Medical

    link51411 replied to curtRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I work at houston in the ICU and love it. but i know they will not hire new grads into the ICU. i wouldnt work at coliseum because we have a lot of nurses that come to houston after being at coliseum...

  7. Nice and safe place to live in Warner Robins?

    link51411 replied to FNPdude74's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I grew up in warner robins. and live here now. I lived and worked in birmingham, al for 5 years and i can tell you no place in warner robins is as dangerous as birmingham is. but what i can say is...

  8. Help! What are you doing for income while in school?

    link51411 replied to gina197880's topic in General Students

    EASY ANSWER. become a waiter or bartender you will work evenings hopefully after your classes are all done but i guess depends on the school, I made 20 bucks an hour in tips on average but i know this...

  9. BAD NURSING HABBITS

    link51411 replied to cincin1222's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you will see a lot worse stuff than that in the future. but keep your good habits. and technically as far as pt safety goes the napkin is just as sterile as a non sterile 2x2 or cotton ball so i see...

  10. healthcare cost

    link51411 posted a topic in General Nursing

    my wife just had a baby and the amount of money that my insurance and i were charged for simple procedures was astounding. 75 dollars for a lab draw, 400 for the md to check things out the day after...

  11. acls queston

    link51411 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    i recently completed my acls cert. one of the questons really made me upset. the queston was what is the best way to give epi in a code situation. the options were cent line, PIV, or ET tube, and...

  12. Leveling art line to tragus for cpp???

    link51411 replied to jimmy_hat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    if pt has an evd we level our A line with the EVD for

  13. Whats it like in your Trauma ICU?

    link51411 replied to strawberryheartRN's topic in Critical Care

    bottom line is. i have not worked trauma icu. however, i did get alot of trauma pts in my NICU simply because if you hit your head in a MVC chances are you also caused alot of trauma to the rest of...

  14. healthcare cost

    link51411 replied to link51411's topic in General Nursing

    to the post above about it costing 17 grand in 1994. i must say my wife did it natural without any pain intervention. which may change the contrast. however, altra made a good point about overhead...

  15. Best and worst states for new grads?

    link51411 replied to mysticpenguin's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Im not really directly answering your question. But what I have found in the South East US is that when I first graduated I was living in Birmingham, Al making not a lot of money working nights and...

  16. Fluid Imbalance

    link51411 replied to sarajane_10's topic in General Students

    not a good queston. it depends on the pt. lets just say for example the pt had a pit tumor removed. they may dump fluid and be dehydrated which is why you check NA and hr intake and output. however,...

  17. Treating elevated blood glucose - yay or nay?

    link51411 replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

    forget the bg. im an the icu and can handle any bg you give me. but i got a transfer from the floor one time at 1330 with a k result at 0700 of 2.3 that hadnt been tx, i was upset. get a cent. line,...

  18. how do YOU define NURSING?

    link51411 replied to nebulizer34's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    depends on where you work. hospital rns the role is to insure a safe experiance through the hospital experiance. to protect the pt from meds, other nurses, MDs, family, friends, themselves,

  19. queston on zofran

    link51411 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I recently went from a level 1 neuro icu to a general icu in a midsized county hospital. the other day i gave my charge nurse an update on my pt that i was having to give zofran q3h today so doc told...

  20. queston on zofran

    link51411 replied to link51411's topic in MICU, SICU

    thanks that answers my queston. its so interesting for me to see the way differant hospitals work. where i used to work an anesthesia resident told me that they used to give zofran vial after vial...

  21. taking work home

    link51411 posted a topic in Critical Care

    I work in the neuro ICU and see alot of deaths expecially from young people. my wife has recently gotten on to me about taking my work home with me. which she has a point, I pray for my pts., ive had...

  22. License by Endorsement in GA, How long did it take?

    link51411 replied to quiteone's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I had Alabama send the varification 3 times. On the third time I spoke to one of the executive officers. she was so mad. She went on and on about how many varifications they have to resend and how...

  23. Should I stay or should I go now?

    link51411 replied to MursingMedic's topic in Male Nursing Students

    stay a paramedic. I think you are getting better experaince now than you would be working in a hospital. I say this because one of my charge nurses was a paramedic and shes one of the best nurses that...

  24. I am having trouble getting a PCT job in Georgia...

    link51411 replied to apspct's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    look outside the metro. im not sure where exactly you are planning on living. but you can travel a very long ways outside of ATL in the time it takes you to get nowhere fast in

  25. New Grad moving to Athens, help please!

    link51411 replied to ahain0013's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I actually interviewed with armc and it was a peer interview. This was the very first interview that I didnt get called back they seemed to not like talking about my past experiance at a UAB ICU...