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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 "clicks". That's a great suggestion about the pharmacokinetics component. Our MARs have education leaflet hyperlinks that we can print out that discuss the indications/pharmacokinetics/side effects/adverse reactions so maybe that will help her better correlate her patients' clinical presentation to what the gtt rate should be! Thanks!

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 similar hand outs for pressor titration but couldn't find anything for sedation. But thanks!

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 times but she is more of a visual learner so I was wondering if any of you had any quick reference guides that I could print out and give to her to help with her learning process! Thanks in advance!

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 during undergrad. The pre-nursing coursework includes A&P 1 and 2, Medical Terminology, College Math, and Microbiology. If you have already taken these courses, then you don't need to go the Pre-Nursing route. -If you are missing a few of the pre-reqs, I'd apply to both direct admission and pre-nursing as you may be surprised. There were a few students in my graduating class that didn't have A&P prior to admission but had a bachelors degree. They were admitted directly into the nursing program, they just had to take A&P during their first two nursing semesters. It was tough for them but possible. -As for letter of recommendations, I suggest at least two. One professional and one academic. No, it's not required, but strongly recommended. Best of luck to you, hope that helped!