brentisbored

brentisbored

Advanced Heart Failure, Progressive Care

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About brentisbored

brentisbored has 4 years experience and specializes in Advanced Heart Failure, Progressive Care.

I work in Los Angeles at a large, teaching hospital. Clinical experience includes care of the advanced heart failure patient, the progressive care patient, inotrope dependent patient, high-flow o2 management, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, etc. I hold specialty certifications in Cardiac Vascular nursing and Progressive Care nursing. Next, I hope to earn certifications in CHF and Critical Care nursing.

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  1. New Grad on Tele Progressive

    brentisbored replied to KBRN15's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Generally, tele-PCU floors encompass post-MI patient's with PCI's/Stents, heart failure patients, those requiring high-flow o2 needs, general low-cardiac states, and some post-surgical patients. You...

  2. Tips needed to prep for a Cardiac/Telemetry/High Acuity Unit interview

    brentisbored replied to bridges12's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    When I hire for my unit, which is a high-acuity floor, I rarely ask questions to assess clinical competency (that can be proven on the floor and even learned through training). I appreciate someone...

  3. Alaris pumps?

    brentisbored replied to Tantorium's topic in Critical Care

    I like the Alaris pumps well enough but the alarms can be so tedious. The tiniest bubbles will set them off. My facility's alaris pumps wirelessly communicate things such as volumes infused, rates of...