Five&Two Will Do

Five&Two Will Do

cardiology/oncology/MICU

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About Five&Two Will Do

Five&Two Will Do has 3 years experience and specializes in cardiology/oncology/MICU.


Nursing is the best thing that has ever happened to me! I am a world away form the life I used to lead in the corporate world.

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  1. Tidal Volume of and Adult Ambu Bag

    Thank you very
  2. RN's forced to do CNA work

    \ Ok, let me try again...I believe that I apologized for any misunderstandings from my earlier post. Either way, the OP probably doesn't need you to defend her/him. I never cease to be amazed with...
  3. RN's forced to do CNA work

    I don't know what kind of unit you work on, but it is nice too leave the monitors and gtt's and definitley doctors behind for a
  4. RN's forced to do CNA work

    And sooner or later after many hard shifts of work overload and all of the extra responsibility that comes with the letters "RN" a good shift of patient care or sitter duty is quite appealing to me...
  5. Calling All VA employees

    PM any questioins you may have. I am in NC, where are you
  6. RN's forced to do CNA work

    I hardly think disparage is a word that would rate my comment appropriately. All I am saying is that "patient assessment and meds, treatments, dressings" are only part of the entire nursing practice....
  7. Calling All VA employees

    Congratulations and welcome to the largest healthcare network in the world! I love the VA. I would work at another hospital, but it would have to be a VA as
  8. RN's forced to do CNA work

    I work in a medical ICU, we do not have any nursing assistants most of the time. I was a CNA for 5+ years before going to nursing school. The term "CNA" work is really really insulting. NURSING begins...
  9. I feel like everybody hates being a nurse!!!

    I love being a nurse. I like the ICU more than I did the floor, but it was fine too. I do not mind working hard, and that seems to be one of the important components to enjoying this career. The...
  10. Tidal Volume of and Adult Ambu Bag

    Hi does anyone know how much volume is given per squeeze from an adult ambu bag? Just curious and I could not seem to find this info on the manufacturer's site. I am not asking about the assessment...
  11. I never understood putting all of your personal life on the internet. I have personally seen nurses call in sick to work and then our coworkers see that they post later that afternoon what a wonerful...
  12. Cardiac gtts???

    I like Tarascons pocket critical care guide, but as has been previously stated each facility has its own guidelines for gtt's. For example we have several nurses on this unit that came from a major...
  13. post mortem and dentures

    We always send them with the body to the funeral home. I have never put them into a person that had expired. I guess they could fall out or go down their throat or something, but if it made the...
  14. Do RN's insert EJ's at your hospital

    I am not talking about central lines. We just need a better alternative for patients that are difficult to maintain access on. A short term bridge until central line placement can be acheived. This...
  15. Do RN's insert EJ's at your hospital

    Hello all. We are working with the PICC placement nurses to develop a competency for EJ insertions. I wonder what size catheters, length included, taht you have seen used for this. Does anybody have a...