BellaInBlueScrubsRN

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  1. Arterial Line Question

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to wonderbee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Nope, just the midwest! We've had some late night discussions on the real point of zeroing often. Whats your policies on

  2. IABP

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to BellaInBlueScrubsRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I actually think it was in Auto R Wave Deflation mode. The guy was on the pump for a while. I had him a few days after I wrote this post. A few nurses tried to troubleshoot it, but the numbers were...

  3. IABP

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to BellaInBlueScrubsRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    To quote from ICUFAQS.ORG Now look at the place where the pressure in the aorta is lowest, at the end of balloon deflation – this is called the BAEDP: the “Ballooned Aortic End-Diastolic...

  4. IABP

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to BellaInBlueScrubsRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Resurrecting this post! I'm sorry that my question was so muddy. I am trying my hardest to figure out exactly what I wanted to know. On the paper we chart the numbers: Assisted systole Diastolic...

  5. Arterial Line Question

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to wonderbee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We have a policy to re-zero all of our lines

  6. Sororities/Fraternities

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to AdrienneRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    I was a member of a social sorority for all 4 years of my college. It is a HUGE committment! Mine was even harder since I had to work also to pay those bills (and sorority dues!). Still, if I had...

  7. Uninterrupted breaks

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    We have the same problem at my work! I get that its an ICU and I wouldn't want to be told when to take my break. However, when no one else is leaving the unit to eat.. I feel like I am the slacker...

  8. a few questions for an RN new grad

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to studychick's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What field of nursing do you work in? I work in an ICU What best prepared you for your transition to new grad? Probably the last clinicals we had to do, which I did in the same ICU that I work in now....

  9. new grad questions - when does it all come together?

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to kxvc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated dec 08 and work in the ICU. I feel like just now things are really starting to click. It made my night when an older nurse asked me a question about her pt! Sometimes I still feel like...

  10. Need advice and guidance

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to meandmymen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm confused by what you mean when you say that one job is PRN and you wonder about getting childcare on short notice. PRN you still make up your own scedule, you just aren't made to work a certain...

  11. Why did you become a ccu nurse?

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to ccuNEWBIE012087's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I started in the ICU right out of school. During school I NEVER thought I would want to work there. It just seemed too scary, coupled with the fact that my dad died in the ICU when I was in high...

  12. Don't check residuals?

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to TangoLima's topic in MICU, SICU

    We are to check residuals on NG/OG and PEGs q4h as well. I wonder why they are differentiating

  13. New to Patients on Vents

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to flowergirl627's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Very VERY rarely do vents go out of our ICU and to the floor. And I think its only one unit that they can tx to and ususally someone thats been on a vent a long time. I'm so used to vents now it...

  14. how long do i feel like an idiot?

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to belindalou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'll be at the 1 year mark next month. Just now am I really getting comfortable. I still feel REALLY stupid sometimes.. And sometimes feel like I am asking way too many questions. There is just so...

  15. CCRN question

    BellaInBlueScrubsRN replied to AnRNIam's topic in MICU, SICU

    Right out of school I got the Notes on ICU Nursing by Hammerschmidt and Mulholland. Its a good book about equipment and basic skills. But pretty much you can read the book online @ icufaqs.com. I...