PaSSiNGaS

PaSSiNGaS MSN

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  1. Best men's watch for male nurses

    PaSSiNGaS replied to binggrad's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I wear a Breitling SuperOcean 44 with a rubber band at all times when I'm working. Love it. It's automatic, waterproof, and has sapphire crystal so no

  2. Anesthesia for CPR

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Rinto's topic in Critical Care

    If a patient is pulseless and requiring CPR and chest compressions giving them sedatives in any form can cause further cardiac suppression. Anesthetic/amnestic drugs like versed and morphine can and...

  3. ICU Drips

    PaSSiNGaS replied to MeganC012's topic in Critical Care

    Honestly its not a hard and fast rule that says you have drip X so you titrate it by 2mcg every 5 min. Best thing for you to do is to look each of these drugs up and learn the pharmacokinetics and...

  4. Question about Cardiac Caths

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Tneo8385's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It can and is done all the time. Parkinson's is not a contraindication at ALL for cardiac

  5. PVCs on monitor

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Matt8700's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Did you look at the rhythm on the monitor? What did the rhythm look

  6. Interventional Radiology considered critical care experience?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to AJ1980's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    No its not the same at all and will not

  7. University of Miami SRNA starting 2017

    PaSSiNGaS replied to tnk11's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You should get WELL MORE than 600 cases at Miami. Whoever only got that either didn't finish the program or something happened to

  8. CVP/ BP and mechanical ventilation

    PaSSiNGaS replied to lmarti10's topic in Critical Care

    When someone breathes normally it is negative pressure in the chest. During mechanical ventilation it is with positive pressure. The positive pressure is generated over all pressures which increases...

  9. Who is Right?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to Delia37's topic in Critical Care

    What is a limp? I'm guessing you mean limb, and in the OR the Ortho surgeons all hold the limbs by the actual fixator with no

  10. Two CRNA Questions

    PaSSiNGaS replied to fredb's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You're right, you can teach yourself these concepts but you were asking about anesthesia text books and that is a waste of time for someone in your shoes right now. You don't start reading about...

  11. Anion Gap Acidosis

    PaSSiNGaS replied to cassmorin's topic in Critical Care

    I do see the problem and stated it in my reply. Just because someone is new and doesn't understand something doesn't mean they should get the info handed to them on a silver platter. You want to make...

  12. Versed IV push or Ativan IVP

    PaSSiNGaS replied to icumurse1122's topic in Critical Care

  13. Normothermia and shivering

    PaSSiNGaS replied to calivianya's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm guessing that's a typo because 37.5 degrees is not

  14. Two CRNA Questions

    PaSSiNGaS replied to fredb's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I would buy or "download" lippencotts illustrated pharmacology before buying an anesthesia pharm book. Plus the anesthesia book you have now is plenty pharm for

  15. Two CRNA Questions

    PaSSiNGaS replied to fredb's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Big Miller as we call it (2 volume set) will be WAY over your head, no offense. There is honestly no point in you reading anesthesia text as you won't really understand the basic concepts its...

  16. Normothermia and shivering

    PaSSiNGaS replied to calivianya's topic in MICU, SICU

    Regardless you need to remember supply and demand of oxygen. The heart takes a very large amount of the oxygen given to it that is available. This supply and demand all revolves around oxygen...

  17. University of Miami SRNA starting 2017

    PaSSiNGaS replied to tnk11's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Feel free to PM me and I can talk to you more about the

  18. Anion Gap Acidosis

    PaSSiNGaS replied to cassmorin's topic in Critical Care

    You all beat this guy up for simply stating the obvious. The OP asked a question and even said how they've heard this a lot but NOT ONE time did they say they looked up anything. They came here and...

  19. University of Miami SRNA starting 2017

    PaSSiNGaS replied to tnk11's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Most important thing with this school is FLY UNDER THE RADAR oh and try not to stay at UMH any longer than you have to

  20. Request for advice from veteran CVSICU nurses

    PaSSiNGaS replied to CarpeDiem'15's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    What I tell all CRNA students, RNs, etc is to get a good physiology book and start reading. Nursing school is a joke when it comes to physiology and disease processes. If you understand the basic...

  21. How woud you treat this patient...

    PaSSiNGaS replied to zzyzx's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Besides rate what does 12 lead show? Ischemia?... C/O CP with arrhythmia deserves further workup. Send off lytes, cardiac enzymes, put on 100% O2, give sublingual nitro or start on NTG gtt,...

  22. Do crnas deserve that much salary?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to jasy's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    This thread and a bunch of the posts in it are what's wrong with this profession. People make comments that are ignorant and without actual evidence to back up their opinions. What you see and what...

  23. CCRN Resources giving different answers!

    PaSSiNGaS replied to RNexplorer's topic in MICU, SICU

    COPD and things like asthma you want a longer than normal I:E ratio. Normal I:E ratio is 1:2, so for a 60 second or 1 minute time period you are inhaling for say 2 seconds and exhaling for 4 seconds...

  24. Would you use a Mentor/Tutor for Nursing?

    PaSSiNGaS posted a topic in General Students

    So I am trying to see what people think of the idea of a mentor during nursing school that is something similar to a tutor but is more directed at contributing to the education in more of a direct...

  25. study tips for advanced pathophysiology?

    PaSSiNGaS replied to lpumah's topic in General Students

    Patho is not an easy course and from what I've seen many nursing students struggle with the concepts introduced in courses like this. The science courses are something you have to be able to...