I moved to Omaha eight years ago, and wouldn't be living anywhere else. My family and I live in NorthWest Omaha by Elkhorn. I love this area of town. It is quiet at night and is generally that way during the daytime as well. We have lots of const...
MamaGinger replied to tbanurse's topic in Nebraska
I use to work within the Alegent Health system when I first started nursing. I worked on a step down/cardiac unit, and I worked 12hr nights. Our pt load was 3-5pts at night, and days was 3-4pts. Currently I work at Methodist Hospital as a cardiac...
MamaGinger replied to Lisa Schenker's topic in Cardiac
At the hospital it work at...it is part of our pre-cath order set to have 2 lines in the pt. We will start two lines in the pt before the cath unless they are a hard stick. If they have poor venous access we have our iv team or cath lab nurses put...
I hate to sound like such a tardy, geek...but it's really not within our scope as RN...unless you are an advanced practice nurse...to try and tell this patient if it is a normal thing they are going through or not. Post pacer/avr is really something...