thatoneguyRN

thatoneguyRN has 2 years experience and specializes in CTICU, CT-Stepdown.

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1. Does it matter the specialty of nursing your in prior to applying for FNP programs?

   thatoneguyRN replied to thatoneguyRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thank you for the info, I really appreciate

2. Cardiac Critical Care Interview Questions to Ask

   thatoneguyRN replied to Fortous's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   1. Nurse to patient ratios 2. aides do they have them what can they do 3. opportunities for advancement 4. type of work culture 5. what is thier turn over rate, more is typically an indicator that the...

3. Does it matter the specialty of nursing your in prior to applying for FNP programs?

   thatoneguyRN posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Hello nurse peoples, I work in critical care now, in a big busy cardiac surgical ICU. I have about 2 years of critical care experience. We have lots of devices and really sick people. I love it, and...

4. I am scared to do CPR

   thatoneguyRN replied to Luna1326's topic in General Nursing

   I agree about teaching during teaching moments; however, when someone is coding if you're not keeping their maps up, get out of the way and let someone else do it and a word of advice to...

5. Staffing of ECMO patients

   thatoneguyRN replied to jrsquire1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   1:1 RN with a perfusionist, though the perfusionist may watch multiple ecmo

6. The benefits of therapeutic hypothermia in a comatose pt after arrest?

   thatoneguyRN replied to thatoneguyRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   I think I got my witnessed and unwitnessed wires crossed. The article I looked at was for witnessed arrests as you guys pointed out. It makes

7. The benefits of therapeutic hypothermia in a comatose pt after arrest?

   thatoneguyRN replied to thatoneguyRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Interesting, and thanks. It does make sense that it would be for witnessed arrests and the piece about preventing reperfusion injury is fascinating. I will have to look into that. Also part of why we...

8. The benefits of therapeutic hypothermia in a comatose pt after arrest?

   thatoneguyRN posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hello all you critical care nursing peoples, I had a patient try to go meet Jesus on me the other night. Witnessed cardiac arrest, we got him back within a few minutes, and they were following...

9. Not learning IV starts

   thatoneguyRN replied to Mnstn's topic in Washington Nursing

   My BSN program in Portland, OR did not, and the reason cited was litigation concerns...which seems silly to me but there it is. It is an issue, as it can be seen as one of the big tasks and cause for...

10. Negotiating Salaries/wages in Nursing

    thatoneguyRN replied to thatoneguyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah it does, thank you for the input. I am originally from california and eventually want to go back but am trying to figure out if its worth it to do so with the high cost of living assuming I could...

11. How long should you stay in a bad unit?

    thatoneguyRN replied to thatoneguyRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you for that input, I have some decisions to make and it helps to look at it not as a problem but as an opportunity. Its hard as the moral on my unit right now is pretty dismal and its easy to...

12. How long should you stay in a bad unit?

    thatoneguyRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I want to clarify what bad means, I work with some very dedicated RNs who bust their butts and we give excellent care. It is not my co-workers or the pt population, both of which I love, but the...

13. when to start compressions?

    thatoneguyRN replied to NurseCollins799's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    If the patient is conscious and has a pulse then they are tolerating this rhythm, it would be considered a stable tachycardia but for how long is another story, but you would want to quickly manage...

14. Crazy days when I take a CABG

    thatoneguyRN replied to cabgnurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I dunno but its the go to phrase for our really sick pts! Thats pretty cool you could pull tubes, to be honest I have watched the mid-levels do it and it doesn't look too complicated, but then again...

15. Crazy days when I take a CABG

    thatoneguyRN replied to cabgnurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yeah pretty normal from what I have seen, though not always do you have two patients to transfer only sometimes. Its usually one to hurry up and get to step-down then a fresh admit... This is day...