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  1. Charge Nurses

    NeuroNP posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Do you use Charge Nurses on your unit? If so, what are their responsibilities? Do they carry patients as well? Who fills this

  2. Charge Nurses

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Do you use Charge Nurses on your unit? If so, what are their responsibilities? Do they carry patients as well? Who fills this

  3. Need some advice

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hello all. I am a 30 year old male with a BA in History and I ahve decided to go back to school to get my nursing degree. I'd like to work in Critical Care and maybe eventually go the CRNA route....

  4. What if all docs had to nurses first?????

    NeuroNP replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    Well

  5. What if all docs had to nurses first?????

    NeuroNP replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing and Medicine are totally separate things. Right now, there's no real "pre-req" for Med school except the basic science courses. You don't have to have a particular degree. I think that's a...

  6. Procedural Sedation in the ICU

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    How many of you are in a place where you (or some anesthesia provider) has to go to the ICU to perform procedural sedation. Here, RNs can't push Propofol, Ketamine etc, so often times the doc will...

  7. IV Site Prep

    NeuroNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    How many of you consistantly prep your IV sites with Betadine (or something equivalent) rather than just EtOH? I used to work with a nurse who said that she'd read somewhere that EtOH prep was almost...

  8. Cincy Children's

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Anyone know much about Cincinnatti Children's Hospital from a CRNA standpoint? I recently worked on a research project in their PICU and was really impressed by the entire hospital. I looked on...

  9. Nurse-Patient Ratios

    NeuroNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, I know this will set off a firestorm, but I'm hoping for honest feedback. What is the solution to the nurse-patient ratio problem? I've worked as a tech in the ED and on a Telly Unit (floating...

  10. Male RN's vs. Female RN's in ICU setting- difference?

    NeuroNP replied to JMP's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. This is all opposite of my experience. I used to work as a Tech (CNA) in a busy Level I ER. I was CONSTANTLY getting dumped on by management. I didn't understand why I was getting in trouble...

  11. "Some Dude" sure gets around!

    NeuroNP replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    You know, Some Dude also has a buddy that sometimes hangs out with him. "these two dudes.." I have also found out that the MOST dangerous thing that you can do in America today is mind your own...

  12. Clients?

    NeuroNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious, why do nurses refer to patients as clients? I'd never heard this until I got into

  13. Chart Review

    NeuroNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you handle chart review on your unit? Is it done exclusively by nurses (or others) who do nothing else, or do staff nurses do it? If it's handled by staff nurses, is it done as part of your...

  14. Clients?

    NeuroNP replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    You know, the idea of calling them clients I personally think is dumb, but the idea of TREATING them as customers is a good one. I try to remember to treat them as I would want my mother, father,...

  15. Day in the life

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Along the same/similar lines as the Induction list, I'd be interested in hearing from folks (CRNAs and SRNAs) what a "typical" day is like for you. What is your day like? Are you in the OR all day...

  16. Anesthesia Techs

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What do Anesthesia techs do? Are these the folks who act as runners in the OR (like, getting equipment when the anesethetist can't leave the room? Is there more to it than

  17. Day in the life

    NeuroNP replied to NeuroNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

  18. Day in the life

    NeuroNP replied to NeuroNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    What is involved in setting up the room? It seems (unless I'm reading it wrong) that most people are taking almost an hour. Is it that involved or is there more for SRNAs to do (as compared to CRNAs...

  19. Biphasic Defibrillation

    NeuroNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone use biphasic defibrillators? All I know about them is that they require less juice to

  20. Precordial stethoscope

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OK, I hate to sound like an idiot, but what exactly is a precordial stethoscope? I've seen people on this board mention them, but I don't know what exactly you're talking about. Is this different...

  21. Academic Department

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have a few questions: My ideal practice setting would be someplace where I got to do a variety of cases (including peds, OB, and outpt.), and got to see and do interesting things such as...

  22. Gas Law question

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    OK, this isn't directly an Anesthesia question, but it has to do with the gas laws, so it's at least tangentially related. The other day a friend of mine had a bottle of soda that she took out of the...

  23. Gas Law question

    NeuroNP replied to NeuroNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Yeah. that makes

  24. Gas Law question

    NeuroNP replied to NeuroNP's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    That's what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure if you considered that because the system is now open to air, the volume was also increasing. (It's been awile since Chem!)

  25. OR Dress Standards

    NeuroNP posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I've observed in the OR in 3 different hospitals and the standards of dress were different in each. The first (community) required you to wear scrubs in the OR suite (I assume that's the correct term...