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  1. Anyone applied to or currently attending a CRNA program in California?

    rcon posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hey Everyone, I was wondering if anyone could provide some light on the CRNA programs in California. I have been doing research for some time now and I know quite a bit about the schools. I was...

  2. Cedars-Sinai vs Keck Hospital of USC

    rcon posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi everyone, I was hoping I could get some input from people who live in the LA area. I have about 1 year experience in a medical/surgical ICU and I am looking to change hospitals for various reasons....

  3. What to do about disruptive behavior?

    rcon replied to Mudwoman's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would write up an incident report against that nurse for sure! We have all had those days where you are so busy, you cannot do everything you are supposed to...so you must prioritize! That nurse...

  4. Large teaching hospital vs. Community hospital ICU experience- Chances of getting in?

    rcon posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello everyone! I have been in the ICU for a little over a year and I recently changed hospitals, from a community hospital general ICU to a level one teaching hospital in the SICU. I loved working in...

  5. Etomidate medication

    rcon replied to rnmomgcmc's topic in MICU, SICU

    At my old facility, the RN would always push the emergency meds granted the physician was at the head of the bed ready to intubate and RT was prepared as well. We pushed etomidate, succ, vec,...

  6. Large teaching hospital vs. Community hospital ICU experience- Chances of getting in?

    rcon replied to rcon's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Anyone else have any opinions on CRNA acceptance and ICU experience in a Level 1 Trauma center vs. Level II Community Hospital? Thanks

  7. Large teaching hospital vs. Community hospital ICU experience- Chances of getting in?

    rcon replied to rcon's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi bloomRN, Thanks for the encouraging words! I was wondering, would you mind sharing how many years of experience you had when you applied/got accepted to CRNA school? I hope to apply either this...

  8. How detailed is your change of shift report?

    rcon posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I have been an ICU nurse for a little over a year and I recently made a switch from a 450 bed community hospital to a SICU in a large teaching hospital. At the community hospital, I felt like change...

  9. How detailed is your change of shift report?

    rcon replied to rcon's topic in MICU, SICU

    That is exactly how I feel! I used to give a report pretty much exactly how you detailed...but now when I do...the nurses just look at me and then cut me off...like what I am saying is not important....

  10. Cedars-Sinai vs Keck Hospital of USC

    rcon replied to rcon's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi getmethisnownurse, If you don't mind me asking, what about the hospitals did you not like? Are there any other hospitals in this area that you really did like? Thanks for any

  11. Large teaching hospital vs. Community hospital ICU experience- Chances of getting in?

    rcon posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello everyone! I have been in the ICU for a little over a year and I recently changed hospitals, from a community hospital general ICU to a level one teaching hospital in the SICU. I loved working...

  12. FFP off the pump?

    rcon replied to chris_mnd's topic in MICU, SICU

    I used to work in a general ICU and we always ran FFP free flow, never on a pump. Some nurses would run platelets on a pump and some would free flow. Everyone always ran PRBCs on a pump. Now I work...

  13. The next pressor...

    rcon replied to MLB55's topic in MICU, SICU

    I used to work in a general ICU, but we mostly got MICU patients (severe sepsis, GI bleeds, ARDS). We almost always used levo, then vaso, then neo. Sometimes we would use dopamine if the patient was...

  14. Organ transplant questions!!

    rcon posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello all! I am new to the SICU, past general Medical/Sugical ICU (more toward the MICU). I am transferring shortly to the SICU at a very large hospital. I was told a good amount of the patient...

  15. Peg Tube Nightmare

    rcon replied to GoNightingale's topic in Gastroenterology

    The free water is also used to decrease serum sodium levels in someone who has high sodium on the morning

  16. Turning patients while cooling

    rcon replied to maloneys's topic in MICU, SICU

    At my facility when a patient is put on "hypothermic protocol," we almost always put the patient on some kind of paralysis. Usually an atracrium drip to titrate using the train of four. The...