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  1. What's the difference?????

    cannie replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    Healingtouch We don't use levophed very much but see a lot of dopamine and dobutamine. The 2mcg renal dose of dopa dosen't seem to really have any effects on renal output and perfusion. Most often...

  2. Nurse to patient ratios

    cannie replied to stellaCat4's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a 45 bed CCU. We take acute and r/o MI's, 24hr post OH (lately we've been getting them just over 16 hrs though), cardiac caths with lines pulled by us, run all drips except levo, and trauma...

  3. How do you deal with lazy co-workers?

    cannie replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with fergus. Call the person out, preferably with witnesses. Try to teach by example. If you have the time volunteer to do something for another nurse, frequently. If all else fails go to the...

  4. New Nurses Poorly Educated

    cannie replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    It astounded me to hear of how the training is going now. I've been out for 7 yrs (and going back this yr) and feel that I had excellent hands on training. We had a checklist of procedures to do...

  5. Is it just me or all nurses??

    cannie replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    You're not alone. Some nurses know when to seek treatment but I tend to minimize my ailments. Three years ago I had a HA for days that wouldn't go away and got progressively worse. Our insurance was...