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  1. What kind of certification hospital pays?

    thanatos replied to paula77720's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your hospital and, more importantly, whether the certs are required for your position. For example, since I work in the ER and BLS, ACLS, PALS (or ENPC), and TNCC are all required, the...

  2. lidocaine for IV starts?

    thanatos replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    I copied this post from a different post on IV starts: Try buffering the Lidocaine w/ Bicarb (we call it BiLi), it works great! It numbs the areas immediately around the site w/out the burning...

  3. Abg Help

    thanatos replied to laurakc's topic in Emergency

    I did a quick web search for "treatment of acid base inbalances" and came up w/ a number of hits. I didn't have time to look at them thouroughly, but here is one I have used in the past & liked:...

  4. NRP certification

    thanatos replied to CPB's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I took NRP as a nursing student several years ago. Whether or not you can take it as a student, I think is up to the instructor, similar to ACLS. I know some instructors will allow students to take...

  5. Any input on Glenwood school?

    thanatos replied to Roxygirl's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Roxy girl, I live near Glenwood Spgs. PM if you want and I'll try to answer your

  6. Tension Pneumothorax or Decreased Level of Consciousness

    thanatos replied to Rick Bourdier's topic in Emergency

    Although I see Speculating's point regarding the patient w/ the decreased LOC, the patient w/ the TENSION pneumo should be treated first. Even though the patient w/ the decreased LOC may or may not...

  7. FNP's

    thanatos replied to mstay's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Where you do plan on moving to? I work in a small rural/resort town E.R. (level 3 trauma) in Colorado and we don't have FNPs. There are couple of nearby E.R.s that do use them, but it is not common...