sjalv

sjalv has 1 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. What's your favorite thing about working in CVICU?

   sjalv replied to shan_elle's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   We take care of a lot of renal patients, particularly when their hemodynamic system becomes unstable and they require pressors to maintain their blood pressure and therefore cannot tolerate their...

2. What's your favorite thing about working in CVICU?

   sjalv replied to shan_elle's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   What's your favorite thing about working in CVICU? This is probably applicable to all kinds of nursing, but you never know what you're going to walk into when you get to work. You might be walking...

3. Nursing wages.

   sjalv replied to Medic2RN33's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

   I started in the CVICU as a new grad at a hospital in Tulsa at $23/hr base, and went up to $25/hr base after a year of being there. I can't speak to OKC hospitals but can't imagine it would be too...

4. Possibly relocating.. Best area for rural job-OR specialty.

   sjalv replied to chili514's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

   There are many rural areas within an hour of Tulsa, such as Skiatook, Collinsville, Sperry, and large swaths of land between these towns and the city. I'm not sure about OR jobs specifically but there...

5. Should ED put in lines before sending up arrest patients?

   sjalv replied to Paris01's topic in MICU, SICU

   I'm an ICU nurse and am always enthralled when I get in report that the patient already has a PICC or central line, but I don't expect it. I do expect that the patient have two IV sites though. We...

6. Recommended experience for first time travel assignment.

   sjalv replied to Samc144's topic in Travel

   She is not telling her to take the discussion elsewhere, she is giving her additional places to get feedback. The Facebook groups that I am a part of have over 20,000 members. You get at least 5-10...

7. Nursing Dreams and Nightmares

   sjalv replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   I've dreamt before that a patient of mine started coding and I knew they were, but my body couldn't perform compressions. I could yell for help, push the code button, position the bed supine, but my...

8. How do you get into the ICU?

   sjalv replied to renae0404's topic in Critical Care

   CCRN is a certification, nothing to do with any board. 'board certified' tends to refer to physician certifications upon completing a residency and passing their respective boards. I think to say...

9. How do you get into the ICU?

   sjalv replied to renae0404's topic in Critical Care

   I got hired into an adult CVICU before I even graduated ADN school without any tech experience. It really depends on where you

10. What do you keep in your locker/make sure to take to work with you?

    sjalv replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    I keep my stethoscope, headphones, a phone charger, some nonperishable food as previously mentioned, and an IV drug reference book, although each med room on my unit has one so I rarely use

11. Quitting my 1st RN job

    sjalv replied to Nori.Giselle's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if you are asking me or if you were just clarifying that that was the question you were trying to figure out, but in case it's the former, I'm not too sure. On one hand, you have ICU...

12. Quitting my 1st RN job

    sjalv replied to Nori.Giselle's topic in General Nursing

    Disclaimer: I'm speaking as a nurse who started in an adult CVICU, and that's still where I am. Obviously our hospitals' orientation programs and environments differ, as we don't even do transplants...

13. Missed H.R call

    sjalv replied to MiamiR.N.'s topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I know someone has already said this but whenever HR calls you, it's for a reason. Voicemail or not. Keep that in mind for whenever you do work for a

14. CABG recovery ratios?

    sjalv replied to brook0224's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    At my hospital, hearts are 1:1 for the first 6 hours. Hearts are never doubled before this point, and if they have an IABP, they're kept 1:1. Even if the heart technically goes off 1:1 during day...

15. Do you pre-inflate the balloon on a foley cath?

    sjalv replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to not inflate and I never do. I also do not know any nurses that