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  1. Milking chest tubes

    tahoe77 replied to CleioRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Well yes obviously when faced with life threatening emergency such as tamponade in which case you have obviously contacted the surgeon and are simply trying to keep the pt alive sure. But surely you...

  2. Ambulate with Femoral Lines

    tahoe77 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Holy moly. Just the thought gives me chest

  3. Levo and pH

    tahoe77 replied to Maevish's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Absolutely, GREAT question! As your body becomes more acidic or aklaline the proteins in your body and the structure of different drugs, enzymes, metabolites denature and break down. When your pH...

  4. Milking chest tubes

    tahoe77 replied to CleioRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    There is a difference between milking and striping the Chest tube. I went to a class at stanford and they showed pictures of a heart where the nurses had been striping the CT after CABG. The negative...

  5. Arterial Line question???

    tahoe77 replied to BadgerCCU's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This is a great question. you would definitely need an arterial pump. I think it is doable, just need an arterial pump. Art pump has greater pressure for

  6. retroperitoneal bleed

    tahoe77 replied to rn4cicu's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm in agreement. The retro bleed probably would have already happened. Did the pt have a vascular intervention or groin incision? I have seen high doses of lovenox but its for treatment of thrombus...

  7. Employer's negative response to Reserves

    tahoe77 replied to tahoe77's topic in Government, Military

    hey, i'm a lefty and i totally support the mil. the situation with my manager is more complex than simple rep vs. dem. there are institutional pressures, financial pressures etc on the manager. not...

  8. Employer's negative response to Reserves

    tahoe77 replied to tahoe77's topic in Government, Military

    Hey Tango, Thanks for the feedback. I looked around at some of the posts and like you said generally it is hard to be accepted for a position right now, too many applicants I guess. I feel bad for all...

  9. Employer's negative response to Reserves

    tahoe77 replied to tahoe77's topic in Government, Military

    Also I HAVE already gotten the job. I am in the automatic probation period that all nurses go through when they are hired, like I said in my

  10. Employer's negative response to Reserves

    tahoe77 replied to tahoe77's topic in Government, Military

    wait, what do you mean my chances of being selected for the AF are slim? Is that true? How do you know my

  11. Employer's negative response to Reserves

    tahoe77 replied to tahoe77's topic in Government, Military

    I just did a search on google and my hospital was sued by a nurse for discrimination in 2007. She was high ranking in the military as a reservist having served for many years and had a high level RN...

  12. Someone from St. Mary's University of MN?

    tahoe77 replied to chrsbr's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey, I'm applying there right now for start 2012. How did you like the admissions process? Was the interview tough? I heard they have a more gentle interview

  13. Albany Interview

    tahoe77 replied to dewbler's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Did you ever find anything out? What do you know about the program? I'm applying there now and trying to find out. There admissions are

  14. St. Mary's University of Minnesota CRNA Interview

    tahoe77 replied to fyjsvw's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    How do you like the program so far? What date did you start classes? Is there any fin aid? St. Mary's seems to have that personal touch... I'm applying there right now. GPA 3.71, 3 years experience...