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  1. ICU for EP Lab?

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in Cardiac

    I believe that we do require ICU experience but, I feel that almost all of EP is learned on the job. I'm also an EP nurse and I can tell you that after 17 years of working in an open heart ICU, I was...

  2. Paced and Vtach

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to FWRNCA's topic in Cardiac

    You should always care about VT even when someone is paced. Granted there are some VTs which do not affect the blood pressure as much as others (RVOT VT), most will cause some bit of hypotension,...

  3. EP Nurses

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to SMYSJanie's topic in Cardiac

    I have worked in the EP lab since 2002. I had worked 17 years in an open heart ICU before that. The reason I mention that is because, I felt so dumb when I started working in EP! For the first 20...

  4. EP Nurses

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to SMYSJanie's topic in Cardiac

    ALmost always trained on the job. PCU is a great

  5. Homelessness

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    You may be able to rent a room in someone's house till you can get on your

  6. Is leaving before hurricane abandonment?

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to CNAbutLPN2be2017's topic in General Nursing

    Listen, we are all nurses here. And we KNOW that MANY of the patients in the hospital don't need to be there. For starter, all patients that CAN be discharged SHOULD be, and be sent home early...

  7. How not to puke on your shoes during your first real ICU shift?!?!

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to dogmombyday's topic in Critical Care

    Remember a few things. You are there to do your best to help the patient...but, don't blame yourself, sometimes people die. Sometimes families can be a pain in the butt but, think of what they are...

  8. PPM and Magnets during Cardiac Arrest

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Catticus11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Placing a magnet over a pacer will make it pace asynchronously. (While placing a magnet over an ICD will ONLY turn off tachy therapies and do NOTHING to pacing) If prior to the code blue, the...

  9. IABP Alternative

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to HeliKel's topic in Critical Care

    Bi V pacing can help increase EF but not always instantly. The IABP is a great tool. Not all hospitals have the Impella . I agree with Dobutrex for it's inotropic properties. Epi will vaso...

  10. IABP waveform clarification

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Catticus11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Any "seasoned" nurses remember doing Endocardio viability ratios "EVR's" back in the "olden days" to wean IABPs? Oh, the good old

  11. Lpn told me she works ICU??

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Runnergirl84's topic in Critical Care

    I worked with an LPN in an open heart ICU. We had to do her IV meds, but she did everything else. BTW, some of the best nurses I ever worked with were LPNs. And the best nurses I ever worked with...

  12. Where are all of the holistic nurses?

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Holistic

    Been a nurse 35 years. I have always thought that touch was very very important. That is the reason I learned Reiki. I am now a Reiki Master. I also believe that essential oils have their place...

  13. Learning about Sutures

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to lnp0205's topic in Operating Room

    Great post! Thank you! I also want to say that 0 silk is used when you want to hold something in place forever, for example a pacemaker/ICD tied to the chest muscle, and it's leads. You wouldn't want...

  14. How much documentation is too much?

    Pghfoxfan1 posted a topic in Operating Room

    I work in an EP lab where we place ICD's and Pacemakers. I would like to know from an OR nurse what we need to document. I think we OVER document. Of course we document, in room times, supplies and...

  15. How much documentation is too much?

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Pghfoxfan1's topic in Operating Room

    When I saw what the OR documents (hardly anything), I questioned that we are documenting way too

  16. How much documentation is too much?

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Pghfoxfan1's topic in Operating Room

    I do too! Why do nurses do this? Are we covering our

  17. Bradycardia during surgery

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Jenna07's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    A little too much pressure could have been put around your carotids. I agree with Vagal

  18. Beacon Award

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Steph41's topic in Critical Care

    Our CTICU has the Beacon award and now our hospital is trying for Magnet. I always say, we already DO great work, now it is time to write it all down to make it "official". I have a friend who left...

  19. Swan-Ganz Usage

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to Cvepo's topic in Critical Care

    They are rarely used anymore in our

  20. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to 06crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Where I work, the CRNA's refuse to witness Anesthesia Consents. Where is it written where this is not

  21. EP/Cath Lab Device documentation.

    Pghfoxfan1 posted a topic in Cardiac

    I work in an EP lab where we place ICD's and Pacemakers. I would like to know what we need to document. I think we OVER document. Of course we document, in room times, supplies and procedures, "Time...

  22. Interventional Radiology Tips Please!

    Pghfoxfan1 replied to beachfashionnursing's topic in Cardiac

    What are nurses allowed to do with fluoroscopy? I was told only an RT or someone certified in, could operate fluoro. Can an RN pan, move RAO and LAO? Does a RT have to be in the lab on IR or Cath...