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As it's been said over and over again... It's the whole picture. Experience, attitude, leadership, certifications, GPA, GRE, type of unit, communication skills, etc etc etc. But your GPA is fine if you want this specific question answered. Good luc...

It's 1mg/min x 6 hrs followed by 0.5. Not mg/kg/min. Weight based is 0.8mcg/kg/min usually and thats typically a more aggressive dose.

I was recently accepted. Unfortunately I can't speak from experience other then talking with current students and faculty, but they pride themselves in how they prepare their students to practice independently in all settings. TONS of lines, epidura...

Any reason to maintain AACN membership or keep up with CCRN and other certs as an SRNA/CRNA?

Haha! I love this. Thanks all. CCRN-CSC-CMC..... sorry but you are all expiring in 1.5 years.

I got in this week and I've told everyone including my manager. 9 months until the start of the program. She wrote me a letter of rec so she knows I applied. Fortunately I have a good relationship with those I work with. We've had several RN's go to ...

1.5 cc air in, 1.5 cc air out... How can there be any residual air if the syringe passively fills back up to the 1.5 cc mark?

That's what I meant. I see I accidentally said supply greater then demand in code in my first post.

Oh and a grad level patho or pharm course wouldn't hurt! That's what I took to show my academic abilities NOW.

I got in with 3.1. High acuity CVICU, great GRE score, committees, charge nurse, CCRN-CSC-CMC... I'm a lot more mature then when I was 18-19 and they get that. Just keep moving forward towards your dreams. Make the grades happen now and own up to you...

We do therapeutic hypothermia quite a bit in our unit. We mostly do it on out of hospital WITNESSED arrests. Those that were unwittnessed have had little success because no one knows how long the patient was down before resuscitation efforts were sta...

What do you want to DO? You shouldn't pick a track because its easier/cheaper/faster. If you want to be a CRNA, get your BSN and get into a critical care area. If you want to do anesthesia without going to nursing school, go the premed route and app...

My problem is I only have the one "nursing" chemistry that my school required of me. I wasn't planning on ever going back to school. I've already started applying and I've had a couple "not this year"s and an interview invite. Obviously if all goes ...

truly it comes down to who you know and making connections. ask to shadow in various units and find opportunities to talk with managers.

Exactly, you need to speak up when things aren't being done correctly, MD's make mistakes too even though they might disagree.

CRRT's in my hospital are 1:1 unless they aren't that sick (not vented or not on many pressors). HD nurses come to bedside when ever the kidney clots off/is due to be changed. Its such an easy thing (we use NxStage) but the dialysis company that our ...

Were the classes you took "intro to...". Even at the community level you took a full 2 semesters of gen chem and then took your 1st of 2 semesters of ochem. These classes are stand alone "intro to..." classes not designed for multiple semesters or ri...

I've never done peds or neonatal in my life, just adult ICU... I have to say you NICU nurses are hardcore. Thanks for what you do. Sounds like you care and did everything right and just had a very sick patient. Sometimes despite out best efforts thin...

Oh! (Sorry I'll stop after this) if your patient had persistent metabolic acidosis despite treatment it's because she had inadequate perfusion. Yes epi increases O2 demand but she could be on an epi gtt all day long and experience no acidosis as lon...

And for the fluid loss part of it: same concept Fluid deficit can cause poor perfusion. If this causes O2 demand to be greater the supply lactic acidosis will ensue. Also if kidneys stop making urine because of severe dehydration, the patient may exp...

Code -> poor perfusion -> O2 supply greater then demand -> anaerobic metabolism -> lactic acidosis -> pH drops Epi -> increases O2 demand -> O2 supply already sucks because patient is coding -> potential increase in lactic aci...

I agree with the above comment. In my experience though, those who have at least a year of step down experiences do better in the CC area. I did 1.5 years prior to but then again I know plenty if great nurses who did CC right out of school. Connectio...

Good job! That's an accomplishment!

You may have a hard time getting into an ICU right out of school no matter where you go. I went to a private school and did my time in the step down unit (1.5 years in my case) before I got a great opportunity to work in a CTICU/CCU and now I do open...

Really encouraging thread! Making me very excited for school!