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hi, so i currently have 5 yrs-nights exp under my belt. med/surg, cardiac stepdown, ccu. relocated and now in new hospital, now 5 months in open heart unit. honestly i don't love open heart, prefer my medical cardiac patients any day, but wanted to s...

hey, first relax! secondly, what "JJHC2006" says is true or was true for many ADN programs. When you are enrolled in a ADN program sometimes after you have taken fundamentals, med-surg, psych-they will let you sit for the NCLEX-PN or apply to get a l...

yep it is. i believe sotalol is one if you've ever given that...its non FDA approved. given for arrythmia prevention-afib patients. don't know where it would be documented but its been done. thats the only 1 i can think of at the moment.

just being acls recertified...survey says...its always epi 1st...then spent some time with my educator last week going through the acls pretest...rhythms....always epi 1st...i once too thought atropine (in that particular situation) but it is epi all...

well i worked for 2 yrs and went back and completed my bsn-online...now in bridge bsn-msn online. what about working per diem/ part time. is your school onsite or distance learning-online? if its online its totally doable while working. personally i ...

i agree with the first poster...stay where you are...then take a long vaca-well enough for training...try to orient to an ICU job if it works out that way. so you can moonlight on the side, and gain the experience you want. if you are happy than stay...

thanks for replying....no prob about the post. awesome for him !

i disagree with you on so many levels....but answer me this...if you don't like nursing so much. then why are you here posting about it? are you a nurse? then i ask again why? go be a "professional" somwhere else...just my opnion ! maybe whatever job...

respond to facility A, and tell them yes. and then if facility B offers, then politely send a email or letter to the manager explaining, and phone call-recruiter to let facility A know that another opportunity has presented itself...blah blah blah......

well i don't know where you work, but i definately don't write out nursing diagnoses from the textbook, and i don't go to a physcian with one either. as for what you said about seizures. yes of course you want the RN to take action and get the seizur...

as julie stated, they help the student, learn why we are doing what we are doing. not just carrying out tasks. yes the wording may be fluffy and beating around the bush. but like you said we are not physicians, therefore we can not use medical diagno...

not sure about the child abuse-haven't taken it again since i graduated....but infection control is mandatory every couple of years-i just updated that. other than that no ceu's are required here in ny. just pay up to the office of professions. corre...

i agree....its a bunch of crap !

i second that nurse mike....seriously ! going on vaca...had to change planes...boyfriend woke me up 3 times....there was a radiologist, a emt, and myself. 1st flight diabetic didn't eat....and falling over out of seat. other diabetic passenger had gl...

it is an incident. so you should have written it up, because the resident did touch the floor. it can get very technical for these things. and although a pain....its just better to do it than to not. i don't think you didn't write it up purposefully,...

i think that it's totally absurd. i still work per diem as a supervisor from time to time in a facility where i worked as an aide. anyways...the night shift should collect the laundry...yes. but how can they adequately care for the residents and main...

an idea to the OP get certifed and take the PCCN, and you could put the title after the like so.... RN, PCCN....it may help. it shows that you are comitted to excellence in progressive care-a lot of the content is cardiac. or become board certified a...

where i work...its about twice for policy...i will try a third time only if i am 99.9% sure, but i am a pretty good, and i usually go on the back of the forearm....there is always a nice fatty waiting hehehehheeeee. if all else fails then i call some...

well i didn't keep my patient cooled for 72 hours...i think the whole process is 72 hours cooling...rewarming....maybe it's done differently? anyways he was cooled for 24 hours and then passively warmed. but it was pretty cool...pardon the pun lol......

Well I honestly have been in your shoes...worked on a cardiac step-down before going to the cardiac ICU. It was on the step-down that the patient was ordered for coreg and lopressor. Kudos! to you for questioning it...who cares if they have kittens, ...

hi all my fellow cardiac nurses, i would like your feedback on my current situation. i plan on relocating by august, and have a few potential opportunities. i am currently debating over 3 positions a ccu or cicu position in a level 1 trauma-large uni...

hey all well i have narrowed it down to 2 units in one hospital. the ccu and the csicu. i got to interview with both nurse managers and spent time on both units 1-2 hours each unit with a staff nurse. overall i think the interview went well. i of cou...

Hello Everyone, I previously posted this in the Pre-CRNA forum and thought it would be better use to me here...sorry ! I was wondering if there are any NP's who are going back to CRNA school or who have. I've been a nurse 5 years now. Started out in ...

well yes i did take a general college chem, but not what is required by the schools that i have looked into. so in regards to that i would need more chem or bio. yes i got into a program and i do plan to continue it and finish. yes i know that there ...

gerry, i am not sure if i will really do nurse anesthesia....it's just a thought. i would like to but it may or may not happen depending on what i make priority in my life when i complete NP school. i could continue on or i could try to start a famil...