frozenmedic

Yes. So much yes. I also learned dimensional analysis in high school chemistry, and it has since served me well as a paramedic and RN. Once you learn the system and it's rules you can use it for any time of med calculation, from simple to complex....

You'll just have to take my word for it that I'm a real nurse but here goes: 1) 4 years 2) Mostly hospital- ICU and med-surg, some peds private duty on the side 3) The combination of frustration, desperation, cynicism, anger, and apathy from the ines...

Take the SICU job. A step-down job with "the possibility to transition to ICU after 2 years," is just that, a possibility. The SICU job is an ICU position here and now. Getting paid more is unlikely to make up for being unsatisfied with your job, th...

I started as a new grad at Duke (with an ADN from a non-local school) so it is possible. I ended up staying there for a few years before moving to UNC. As multiple other people have noted, there are a lot of nursing schools in the area cranking out ...

It's also worth noting that for patients with a typical atherosclerostic/thrombotic MI, NTG has minimal effect on the involved coronary vessels. A coronary vessel will typically autoregulate and dilate to meet the needs of the myocardium it is perfu...

I'm not sure if this has already been beat to death, but I think it might be helpful to clarify a few of the most important ideas that have been scattered among the other posts to explain this PEEP/CVP/CO relationship. I've seen a few of the comments...