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I'm in an ABA Burn ICU in a teaching hospital. We use PiCCOs, A-lines, and CVPs. Our patients will often switch back and forth between PiCCOs and A-lines, depending on how intensively their fluid status needs to be monitored. Almost without exception, A-lines are radial; PiCCOs are axillary; CVCs are IJ or subclavian. I've never seen a pedal or femoral line, even with an upper body burn or weepy SJS. We use betadine-soaked gauze if we can't get a dressing to stick.

Yes, mf1211, a Facebook group would be easier! I don't get notifications from this site. I added you as a friend here so we message.

Hi, Dylai, There are a ton of volunteer positions at UNC hospital. I also volunteered with Duke Hospice for a while -- it was extensive training but a wonderful program. I'd think something like that, plus CNA work, could be really helpful. Good luck!

My letter came today (I live in Chapel Hill). I'm in! And shaking because I'm so excited.

Just wanted to say hi to everyone! Cannot wait to find that letter in my mailbox! Good to know it should be soon. I graduated from NCSU in 2005 with a major in English and minors in Classics and Creative Writing and worked as an book and magazine editor and high school English teacher up until this year. I began volunteering in hospice care in 2004 and have worked as a doula for several years. I love, love, love maternal-fetal care and am active in the UNC volunteer doula program. It was a huge leap of faith to take on the prerequisites and apply to the ABSN, but I am really excited to fulfill a dream that's been brewing for quite some time. Good luck, everyone!