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I work in a CTICU, and I usually offer it to my patients. Sometimes they take me up on it, sometimes they don't. Our standard postop pain meds are morphine, usually 1-10mg IV Q2 (depending on who wrote the orders). I usually don't give versed, becaus...

In the CTICU I worked in, we used vaso frequently. Usually it was in addition to levo, after we had reached at least 10mcg/min. We typically started the vaso at 2units/hour (100U/100cc). It is actually kind of amazing to see - some patients just need...

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If you subscrube to the AACN, you automatically get a subscription to Critical Care Nurse, which is a good one. Go to aacn.org.

I went to Case Western as an undergrad and have been admitted to Case Western's CRNA program for this fall. They do not require the MCAT for the CRNA program. They accept either the GRE or the MAT. HOWEVER - Case Western is also one of the schools th...

I was at the end of my first year of nursing school when I got the job. I started that summer, and worked a couple of shifts a week. I was very lucky - they allowed me to work pretty much whenever I wanted when I was back in school, so I did a lot of...

Yes - definitely do a critical care rotation if offered the option. I began working as a clinical tech on a PRN basis in a cardiothoracic ICU when I was in nursing school, and it helped tremendously. I found that most of the nurses are willing to tea...

I also don't think you have to work on the floor for a while before going to the ICU. I went straight to ICU upon graduation from nursing school, and I have been successful. I graduated last May (2003) and about half of my class started working in ei...

I know some schools don't require it if you graduated within a certain number of years. Mine required either the GRE or MAT.

Six months experience by the time I applied...will have 14 months experience when classes start. My experience was in a surgical heart failure ICU (heart & lung transplants, VADs, ECMO) and regular open heart ICU. I have heard that CTICU experien...

HU_Nurse, I think you meant to post in an undergrad nursing forum...this is for students entering nurse anesthesia this fall.

Case Western Reserve University August 23 Nervous!

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I know you posted this a little while ago, but I thought I would give a little input. I did a nursing internship at Mayo, and was ultimately offered a job there. While I did not accept it, I can offer a few observations about my experience there. I w...

I did the Summer III program at MAyo in the summer of 2002, and I had a blast. You will get to knowso many other people and have an awesome summer...make sure you go to the Apple River to go tubing for a day or weekend...its a lot of fun! I was in Ei...

I am starting my CRNA program at the end of August...I need to let my NM know my last day...should I take a vacation for a week or two to mentally prepare myself for school? I had planned on working right up until a couple of days before, but am now ...

I am starting CRNA school in August, and I am still going to take the test in June. Regardless of what I do next year, I still specialized in critical care nursing, and want the certification that says so. But if the only reason you were doing it to...

I work at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland OH. We routinely do anywhere from 20-25 OHS patients per day, with 5 CTICUs. Here is a link about the program: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/about/surgoutcomes/default.asp?firstCat=59&s...

I will be at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH.

We used the DeBakey as a trial on two patients. One had a postop stroke with little residual. Typically we used the HeartMATE and are getting back into using the Novacor on occasion, depending on how long they expect the patient to wait for a donor h...

I work in the CTICU in the biggest cardiac surgery program in the US, and we most definitely do chest compressions on fresh post-op OHS surgery patients. However, patients who have had a flap (sternectomy) are most often our long-term patients and us...

I have heard conflicting stories on the NS/D5W debate for CO/CI injectate. During my critical care class during orientation, I heard that you should always use D5W because you are rapidly injecting 10cc into the heart, and the sodium content in NS ca...

It is a common assumption (at least from what I have heard) that students who attend AA school are those who applied to medical school, but did not get in. I attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland as an undergraduate, and I know many o...

I think you should definitely apply now. I applied with the expectation that I would get waitlisted or denied, and then focus on the areas of my application that were weak and reapply next year. However, I lucked out and got admitted. Here were my cr...

Applied to one school after 1 year RN experience in CTICU, interviewed, and accepted, start this fall. Guess I got lucky!