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Wow these are great. I have to say some of the anesthesiologists give crappy reports, or they come up and state "The pt had a valve replacement so I made them nicely hypotensive for you". Oh no... now I'm gonna have to chase BP. Things like that. Overall, fresh hearts are cool and everything is so sensitive/labile, love it so far! Thanks again!

Thank you so much, these are awesome pointers!!

Thank you so much for your input, appreciate it!

Thank you!!! These look amazing, can't wait to be competent enough to take care of open hearts ?

Yeah exciting. I already do CRRT and we don't do ECMO. So mostly CABG, biVADS, LVADS. I'm ok with ABGs but for open hearts will prob try to get more details. Thank yoU!

In our facility, we are required to have at least 1 full year ICU experience including preceptorship before we are trained on open hearts. But the training itself doesn't seem extensive to me - we take a class, watch an open heart surgery in OR and then have 1 or 2 shadowing shifts with a nurse. I feel like I need to get better at hemodynamics, numbers and needed interventions since our ICU gives a lot of freedom to nurses in terms of choosing the following steps. So just wanted to get a bit ahead in understanding how everything works. So far, saw a "monitoring hemodynamics" book on Amazon but need actual nursing reviews before I buy

Thanks for your reply! I'm an RN.

Hi everyone! So I'll be training on how to take care of post CABG patients soon and it's pretty exciting and stressful at the same time. What other resources besides your hospital training have you used to prep you for that? Any books or online courses? Thank you!!

Hi everyone! We are doing research on insulin protocols, so I was wondering what insulin protocols your hospitals use. You can keep the hospital private if you'd like but plz just maybe mention state/city? Thank you!!!

Don't use too many materials - that can get confusing! I recommend first of all studying throughout school, so you don't have to learn too many new things as you study. Get the Kaplan's question database - NCLEX format is the closest to Kaplan. Get the Uworld database for studying, their explanations are great, in fact I stopped using books because Uworld provided me with all the info regarding the questions. I opened the OB book a few times and read the highlighted info, peds milestones and developmental stuff, med.surg signs and symptoms of most common diseases. Other than that just did questions. Passed first time with 75 questions. Good luck!

It's tough. I graduated in May and there weren't even enough positions to apply for but nothing so far. I reached out to a recruiter that helped me before and he said there is a BIG demand for male nurses, but that's not a modifiable factor for me haha Good luck everyone

Does anyone have info on how long we should wait for a status change before we lose hope?

Hey everyone, I will be applying to the new grad program for Fall 2018, and I was wondering if you have heard of spots available in different units and what units have no spots at all. Any advice? Thank you!!

Just PM-ed you :) Thanks

I got the email and the letter in the mail. As for the math test - we are not retaking it. We will have to take something like a math class based on what mistakes each of us made... See you guys May 3rd! :)