NtannRN

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  1. What is a good sedative for a hypotensive patient?

    NtannRN replied to nursingdude78's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    What about Versed (midazolam) and

  2. Good critical care apps for IPOD

    NtannRN replied to nurseiam08's topic in MICU, SICU

    The original poster wrote ipod so that's what I thought she was talking about. not an iphone. I was thinking about getting a droid, I wonder if I can get those same apps for

  3. Good critical care apps for IPOD

    NtannRN replied to nurseiam08's topic in MICU, SICU

    ipod or iphone. I think that's where I'm a bit

  4. Good critical care apps for IPOD

    NtannRN replied to nurseiam08's topic in MICU, SICU

    I just followed the link, looks like it's only for pda's not an ipod. A few nurses I work with have the book version. They use it all the time. itunes has a podcast called icu rounds. I've only put 1...

  5. Levophed vs. Neo

    NtannRN replied to hell000nurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Never Levo Peripherally - ever. where I am but we DO use Neosynepherine peripherally. The low dose and usually for a very short amount of time. Usually our surgical patients get a "spash" for a little...

  6. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    NtannRN replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a community hospital, we are a mixed unit icu/ccu. 16 beds. Only on rare occasions do we have more than 2 patients. Maybe if you have 1 or both patients on transfer and you're only doing...

  7. Levophed vs. Neo

    NtannRN replied to hell000nurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Neo you can use peripherally, levo is always on a central line of some

  8. DKA protocol?

    NtannRN replied to TemperStripe's topic in MICU, SICU

    I wish we had a more definate protocols instead of badgering the resident every 1hr. We do have lyt protocols but if there's any renal imparement they're not on lyt sliding scales. Working nights we...

  9. Proning

    NtannRN replied to nightshift82's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's what I thought but supposedly, now I'm not the expert by any means but it forces the patient to recruit other lung fields. I'll have to ask out intensivist in the

  10. Proning

    NtannRN replied to nightshift82's topic in MICU, SICU

    We hardly ever prone. We don't have a special bed for proning, no one wants to go through all the hassel. I've never had a pt. who needed it yet. But, we will use sandbags on the pt's chest instead....

  11. DKA protocol?

    NtannRN replied to TemperStripe's topic in MICU, SICU

    We don't have anything specific, Blood sugar over 300, elevated gap, + urine ketones. They're put on an isulin gtt with usually a 3 unit regular insulin bolus then started at 3 or 5 units/hr. D5 us...

  12. Phantom saline in the ICU

    NtannRN replied to Artemis2's topic in MICU, SICU

    Where I work all of our IV bags are on a cart in our med room. We have electronic emar but do not scan them. We actually don't charge them at all. It comes from the storeroom not the pharmacy and I do...

  13. CVP And PowerPICC

    NtannRN replied to NerdyRN's topic in Critical Care

    At my facility, we do not use any Picc lines for CVP monitoring. The site just lists that you can use it for cvp monitoring but does not give any kind of special

  14. Do you actually wear gloves/gowns/masks ?

    NtannRN replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in General Nursing

    As I sat here and read the posts, I find it disgusting that a facility would not provide PPE for their employees or visitors. How do they keep their accreditation? Do they care about the liability...

  15. A-fib + metropolol + diltiazem gtt + soft bp

    NtannRN replied to buddiage's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm not a huge fan of Dilt. I haven't been in the ICU for a long time but I have yet to see it actually do it's job. I prefer Amiodarone, just personal preferance I guess. We follow MAP's, (Mean...

  16. what?...q 15 NIBPs with an art line???

    NtannRN replied to ICUmama's topic in MICU, SICU

    PICNICRN, I think you just hit the nail on the head. At my facility we "corrolate", along with zeroing,leveling,square wave tests, to make sure we are getting the most accurate numbers humanly...

  17. New Grad starting off in ICU

    NtannRN replied to shoegalRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I graduated a bsn program may '08 and went directly to CCU (Critical Care Unit) at a local city hospital. Our orientation consisted of what they called a consortium. We went to classes (lectures) at...

  18. Regis, NEU, MGH, Simmons, UMass, Curry - Your experiene?

    NtannRN replied to pugdaddy's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I graduated from Curry College in '08. I think your first decision should be what kind of degree do you want? When you look into your future, what do you see? Are you at a job where you need an...