bluemoose21

I was just wondering about zeroing arterial lines. Do ya'lls hospital have standard protocols for zeroing the arterial lines or do they not want them to be zeroed. the CCU that I am in requires art lines to be zeroed and compared to cuff pressure. Another Level 1 trauma center across town does not want there nurses to zero there art lines or even compare to a cuff pressure. just wondering what yalls take was.

I think that some of you should be excited that a NURSE is even considered for such a position and such a salary. I dont know about yall but i think that the pursuit of happiness includes finance. lots of it at that. if you are a nurse and you dog out nurses that extend their knowledge base than take a look around. i am excited that nurses even have that option. think about it...we are the most uneducated people in the hospital. all the other professionals enter their careers at least at the graduate level.

the answer is on the tip of my tongue on how it actually got started...im lookin through my old books and notes tryin to find it....get back with you later.

The school that I attend consists of 5 semesters once you are accepted into the nursing program. Each semester you take is considered a "level". Each level is different such as one might be geriatrics, another med-surg, another ob-gyn/pediatrics and so on....I guess that each school is different. I even read a post on here once that said there was 6 semesters of clinicals at this one school. anyways....ttyl

I am currently a 4th level BSN nursing student. I spent my whole last semester in OB/GYN. I was miserable. But i am a guy and i guess that is to be expected. Anyways, this semester i got my wish and was placed in the CCU. I love it so far and have learned so much the past week. At one point I thought my head was going to explode. Hope you have the same luck and find something that you enjoy along the way.