arblackburn90

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1. Sedation Titration

   arblackburn90 replied to arblackburn90's topic in Critical

   Thank you! I love teaching and precepting because, as cliche as it sounds, I feel like with each new nurse, I learn new things and refresh my memory/sharpen skills not routinely used and I LOVE watching those moments when you can tell that something ...

2. Sedation Titration

   arblackburn90 replied to arblackburn90's topic in Critical

   Yeah we use the RASS scale and individual order sets for each patient, and like you said, there are so many factors that go into it. I was just wondering if anybody had any type of hand outs that kind of hit the high notes so to speak. I have some si...

3. Sedation Titration

   arblackburn90 posted a topic in Critical

   Hi fellow nurses! I work in a Surgical Trauma ICU at a Level 1 Trauma Center and I'm currently precepting a new graduate nurse who is struggling a bit with understanding when and why to titrate sedation up or down. We've talked about it multiple time...

4. Carolinas College of the Health Sciences admissions questions!

   arblackburn90 replied to spnunnery's topic in North Carolina

   I definitely think you can get in! I graduated from CCHS in December of 2016. A couple of things to consider: -If you already have an undergraduate degree, you may not need to apply to the pre-nursing program, depending on what courses you took durin...