ambersky004 BSN, RN

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    If the QT Is prolonged wouldn't the QRS Always be widened?

    ambersky004 replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The QT interval is the time from the start of the Q wave to the end of the T wave. From the time taken for ventricular contraction and relaxation. How fast the ventricles recharged for the next cycle....
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 posted a topic in General Nursing

    There was this experience that I will never forget in my nursing career. Patient N came back with Afib with RVR. She converted to SR during shift change. The night nurse said she had episodes of...
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    Nclex June 2016

    ambersky004 replied to fmay's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!
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    Pacemaker and irregularity?

    ambersky004 replied to brdavis17's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    There are many causes of Afib and there different types of Afib. First priority is rate control because some people will always have an Afib rhythm. They call it chronic Afib. Some of these people are...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Thank You for your kind words. I am trying to be gentle with
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    What have I learned are 1. I know i failed the patient 2. I should have documented the event. 3. I shouldn't point fingers because I know everyone in that room does not know her code status until I...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    I know, i was focus on my next admit and its documentation. I told the nurse who activated the rapid response to document what she did. But i forget to make my own note. I did make a late entry note...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, so much in my hands that day. The only thing I was upset about is that they did not listen to me when I was the patient's nurse, they did not even listen to the attending doctor who was also in...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    On initial admission, if the patient has a AND code status, we should put a blue bracelet on the
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    You have a point. I break the pt's advocacy. I was thinking about why i didn't yell at the doctor or in the whole room to hear me. I told him she is a DNR but told me to call the doc. So the...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    I might look at our hospital policy regarding this. Thank
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    What if the patient did not have any complications following survival? She consented to get a cardiac cath the next
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    I did not since Saturday. Tomorrow, I will be back to work. Appreciate you for telling me about this. I was so tired and did't really care that day. Just want to go home. I feel a failure to my...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Thank
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    I know this was a huge mistake, didn't even documented that day. So i didn't get to sleep and keep worrying about
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Yes you are right. I told the heart doc and the team and also the hospitalist. I even asked my co-workers and they've heard that she is a DNR, "but why is doctor so and so continued? that's what i did...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Will it be an issue for lawsuits if we break her code status and she is alive and she decided to get a cardiac cath? I should have documented that I told the rapid response team that she was a...
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    Revived when there was a DNR/AND code status

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in General Nursing

    Will it be an issue for lawsuits if we break her code status and she is alive and she decided to get a cardiac cath? I should have documented that I told the rapid response team that she was a...
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    Eligibility to take the NCLEX

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in Nurse Registration

    How have you been
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    Eligibility to take the NCLEX

    ambersky004 posted a topic in Nurse Registration

    Hi everyone!! I would like to ask a few questions. 1. how to know if you are eligible to take the NCLEX? 2. I applied in Minnesota board of nursing and is waiting for their response. I'm living and...
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    AF RVR + levophed

    ambersky004 replied to zzyzx's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    So i had an experience where I came in to work and the patient was on Amio drip. The pt had a BP that is slightly low. She complains of chest pain when I came in and short of breath. HR was still afib...
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    Eligibility to take the NCLEX

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in Nurse Registration

    Thanks! I'm planning to retake the English exam again. But i am hoping to hear from the BON soon. :) Have a Good
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    filipino nurse already in US

    ambersky004 posted a topic in International Nursing

    hi everyone!:) i'm an RN in the philippines and just got here in US on a fiancee visa. I was planning to take my nclex exam but still undecided on what state to apply without CGFNS and IELTS or TOEFL....
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    filipino nurse already in US

    ambersky004 replied to ambersky004's topic in International Nursing

    thank you so much ginger's mom and sir juan de la cruz :). Godbless you