murseman24 MSN, CRNA

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    Destined to Be a Flight Nurse

    murseman24 replied to skorupar's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Yep, keep the CRNA dreams a deep and dark secret, then GTFO when you've learned everything you can, as a means to an end. The best ICU nurses go on to become CRNAs, and the ICUs should be grateful...
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    Should I have accessed her port?

    murseman24 replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    If whoever had their port placed for chemotherapy, then that's why it was placed and is for. Not for pain medicine. CLABSI to avoid a needle stick is the ignorant thing to
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    Should I have accessed her port?

    murseman24 replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    She wasn't withholding pain medicine. "it works better in the port" is a pretty poor reason for accessing it. I understand your concern, but there is a risk/benefit for using them. There IS an...
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    Should I have accessed her port?

    murseman24 replied to guest947568's topic in General Nursing

    Did you tell them they had the wrong number, as you work in a hospital, not in "customer service." That would be my response ALL DAY
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    If the QT Is prolonged wouldn't the QRS Always be widened?

    murseman24 replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    no
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    Pr interval

    murseman24 replied to love lilacs's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    second
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    Pain Management Fellowships for CRNAs?

    murseman24 replied to Migrating's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Some CRNAs do fluoro-guided invasive interventional pain management much like their physician counterparts. This is not the norm, and as is done with most autonomous, advanced provider roles, is...
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    BLS renewal—ouch

    murseman24 replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    oh hell no! who are these
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    BLS renewal—ouch

    murseman24 replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I did a code I always eventually jumped on the chest because, well, I'm a dude and it's hard work. I always bounce on my toes and get a good rhythm, letting my legs do most of the work, but...
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    Written Up

    murseman24 replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    As a word advice to the OP, DO NOT DO THIS. Do not call the cardiologist about an order for Xanax from another provider. That should not concern him and you will look like an idiot when he tells you...
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    Written Up

    murseman24 replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. CNS depressant, benzo, opioid all together create a synergistic "avalanche" that can culminate in a stormy blizzard of respiratory depression. 1 mg PO Xanax (an appropriate dose) is not in and...
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    Written Up

    murseman24 replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    You had me at pathologic
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    Written Up

    murseman24 replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    1 mg PO, *gasp! What would Dr. Google
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    Any way you could stay over and work a few hours

    murseman24 replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    I had no problem giving them a big NO when I didn't want to work. It's their problem, not
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    Good Part-Time Job for Nursing Student- thinking Pharm Tech

    murseman24 replied to BSNbound21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Get a job as an assistant in the unit you want to work in, and you're
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    ICU approach vs Floor nurse

    murseman24 replied to Flylik3abr1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She just sounds like a biotch ICU/ED nurses tend to not stress the "small stuff", as they tend to have a better grasp on pharm/physiology, and take care of much sicker patients, so I would expect...
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    Good Part-Time Job for Nursing Student- thinking Pharm Tech

    murseman24 replied to BSNbound21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would lean HEAVILY towards CNA. Find out if you even need to be "certified" as a patient care tech (CNA) if you're in nursing school. Many of my classmates took jobs as PCTs during nursing school...
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    PCU Nurse Feels "Second Rate"

    murseman24 replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like an ideal candidate for an ICU hire IMO. The fact you are excited to learn about new drugs and monitoring modalities is fantastic. PCU is where we preferentially hired our non-ICU...
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    Blood Transfusion

    murseman24 replied to Elena88's topic in General Nursing

    Current recommendations vary with regard to the frequency of change of a red blood cell (RBC) administration set. A full review was undertaken to evaluate the recommendations for how often a RBC...
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    Blood Transfusion

    murseman24 replied to Elena88's topic in General Nursing

    If everyone did everything exactly according to policy, NOTHING would get done. Bedside reports would take 30 min/patient, doctors would go NUTS with never ending phone calls for a written order for...
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    Excuse my ignorance....

    murseman24 replied to AbbyLane's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    In most large urban centers you will work in what is called an "anesthesia care team" (ACT) model. This is where you will have one anesthesiologist in charge of usually 4 rooms. They will see the...
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    Post op Local Anasthetic for Pain and Bowel Sounds

    murseman24 replied to BTC2019's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Only thing you need to know is that more local anesthetic is not to be injected b/c of the risk of toxicity (no reason more should have to be injected anyways). It should help with post op pain and...
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    COPD and O2

    murseman24 replied to Dcsobe's topic in Pulmonary

    It's generally thought that since COPD patients have a normally high amount of CO2 that the normal drive to breathe caused by hypercapnia is reduced. Their sensitivity to CO2 is decreased, and...
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    Will my stats get me into school?

    murseman24 replied to CVRN931's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Actually, go on facebook and join the SRNA page and you will get any and all information you might possibly want to
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    Will my stats get me into school?

    murseman24 replied to CVRN931's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The blogosphere is strong. I felt like I knew generally the reputation of the school and its dirty secrets just from posts on this forum and ones on the anesthesia sites. If you're local you can ask...