Marnaby

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  1. Hematoma/ecchymosis?

    Marnaby replied to zacarias's topic in Cardiac

    Although it does hurt to put pressure on a groin hematoma it's also VERY necessary. Otherwise your patient will continue to bleed from the artery/vein that was punctured under the skin. Then you get...

  2. funky situation + cardizem = eep!

    Marnaby replied to Indy's topic in Cardiac

    Sorry to hear about your horrible night w/ that patient. They may also have been able to try doing an Amiodarone bolus w/ a drip. Still can drop the blood pressure, but it's another option. Then...

  3. Starting Salary

    Marnaby replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I work at Beth Israel on a cardiac floor. Started out here in April of 2004 as a new grad at $25.13/hr. I'm up to $28/hr now with my recent raise and market adjustment. The salary thing that they...

  4. staffing on nights

    Marnaby replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work on a 14 bed cardiac stepdown floor. When we are full at 14 we have 4 nurses at night with 1 aide. Right now the census is only at 7 with one pt filling that "stepdown" criteria (she's on...

  5. Question about internal defibs

    Marnaby replied to Antikigirl's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a cardiac stepdown unit and a majority of my patients have ICD's and PM's. I actually have taken care of a woman for the past few days who's ICD shocked her 27 times in one day (needless to...

  6. ASU vs GCU

    Marnaby replied to maneses's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I graduated from ASU in Dec of 2003. I just had a discussion with some nursing friends about the benefit of going to ASU versus a community college. While we agree that the community college students...

  7. Glendale Community College

    Marnaby replied to GlendaleStudent's topic in Arizona Nursing

    GlendaleStudent- That's what I meant to say, but you said if for me. Thanks for clearing up some of the confusion. Good luck to all at GCC!

  8. Glendale Community College

    Marnaby replied to GlendaleStudent's topic in Arizona Nursing

    thrashej- Patho was a pre-req that I had to take at GCC before applying to the professional nursing program at ASU. Cullinan use to teach Patho back then. I'm not sure if she does it now. I think...

  9. St. Joes NICU

    Marnaby replied to texan's topic in Arizona Nursing

    If you meet a nurse by the name of Brianna Brady tell her Marnie says hi. We went to nursing school together and we were in the same learning community. Good luck with the rotation!

  10. Glendale Community College

    Marnaby replied to GlendaleStudent's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I went to GCC a couple of years ago before transfering to ASU for the nursing program. I had Cullinan for my patho class and she was great. At the time the class was a little overwhelming, but...

  11. St. Joes NICU

    Marnaby replied to texan's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I did my leadership/managment portion of my Senior II semester in the NICU at St. Joe's. I loved it there!!! All of the nurses were very helpful and the environment was fun. They have a Level III...

  12. Slow forum! Anyone have any experience with St. Joe's?

    Marnaby replied to klone's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I did a rotation in the NICU at St. Joe's and I loved it! All of the nurses were fun and really helpful. I toured the OB floors and watched a couple of c-sections and lady partsl births. The nurses...

  13. ASU Student-Help!

    Marnaby replied to IWannaBaBabyNurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You are very welcome! If you have any more questions let me know!

  14. ASU Student-Help!

    Marnaby replied to IWannaBaBabyNurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I can tell you are smart and I haven't even met you! If someone were to drop out it would either be before the semester started, or after about the first month. You would definitely be able to fill...

  15. New Grad pay

    Marnaby replied to gerry79's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I work at a large teaching hospital (new grad since December '03) at

  16. Asu?

    Marnaby replied to chuckcamp's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I graduated from ASU's College of Nursing back in December. The first semester is very difficult. I remember wanting to quit every week. It's all about organization! They throw a ton of notes at...

  17. ASU Student-Help!

    Marnaby replied to IWannaBaBabyNurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I graduated from ASU this past December. When I applied I had a 4.0 from Glendale Community College. I think that community college is the way to go for pre-reqs. When I entered the college (in...

  18. Help with abbreviations

    Marnaby replied to mathew's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh, and BOW stands for Bag of

  19. Help with abbreviations

    Marnaby replied to mathew's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm pretty sure that GBS stands for Group B Streptococcus. It a very popular thing to test the mothers for prior to delivery (if I remember correctly). Good luck with the rest

  20. Treatment for Rheumatoried Arthritis

    Marnaby replied to agent0068's topic in General Nursing

    My father-in-law has been suffering from RA for as long as I can remember. He's a postal worker and has had to miss many days because of extreme pain in his knees and hands. His doctor had him on...

  21. EP Question

    Marnaby replied to Dinith88's topic in Cardiac

    I just took care of a pt last night who had an atrial flutter ablation, but did not have a pacemaker put in. We don't see a great deal of ablation

  22. I need a nurses opinion

    Marnaby replied to shllby1's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in Boston. I just graduated from nursing school in December and I make $25/hr on an intermediate cardiac floor. Not bad for being such a fresh

  23. Naproxen questions

    Marnaby replied to sdg's topic in General Nursing

    I would check with the pharmacist again because of the conflicting stories. My nursing drug book from 2004 does not saying anything about not crushing the pill. You probably need to stay sitting up...

  24. Tele Techs??? what do they do?

    Marnaby replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Cardiac

    The tele techs on my floor are responsible for monitoring and recording telemetry on each patient every two hours. This includes the rate, rhythm, and any ectopy that occurs. They also set up tele...

  25. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    Marnaby replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    I got my first "real" paycheck three months ago. My husband and I went out to dinner and just relaxed. I didn't go all out like I wanted to because I needed to save