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  1. Pr interval

    offlabel replied to love lilacs's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    ....ignored.

  2. Placing PIV in stroke affected arm (Evidence Based research)

    offlabel replied to Tracykg's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    So...As you become more experienced you'll find that, for the vast majority of our practices, no one has ever decided to establish a scientific basis for doing or not doing something. We get the...

  3. Placing PIV in stroke affected arm (Evidence Based research)

    offlabel replied to Tracykg's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I suppose you could search as easily as anyone else. But You're not going to find anything meaningful if you find anything at

  4. Placing PIV in stroke affected arm (Evidence Based research)

    offlabel replied to Tracykg's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    So don't place a peripheral IV in someone that is intubated, sedated and paralyzed? If the best vein and site for what is needed is in a limb affected by a stroke, then it should be used without...

  5. PACU nursing

    offlabel replied to filigirl23's topic in PACU

    Ask to shadow a CRNA in the OR during your off time. You'll be able to practice with the different airways and hand ventilating patients and maybe even see how they manage laryngospasm. Bounce...

  6. anaphylaxis

    offlabel replied to Dacatster's topic in Emergency

    Managed a few anaphylactic reactions in the OR....at least 2 required 4 or 5 mg of epi followed by an infusion in addition to everything else (fluid, vasopressin etc.) Very few patients read the...

  7. Medical marijuana

    offlabel replied to momofm1998's topic in Advanced Practice

    Odds are they already use it and it ought to be part of their medical

  8. How "recent" of an ICU experience do they accept?

    offlabel replied to foreverchasingdreams's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Ultimately, this kind of question is best asked at the programs you're interested in applying to. The PD's assistant (who answers the phone) fields these kind of questions all day long. That said, the...

  9. Vaseline without parental permission?

    offlabel replied to nyy2's topic in School

    There might be value in just not doing anything

  10. Opinion: Is Nursing considered STEM Why or Why Not?

    offlabel replied to Migrating's topic in General Students

    Saying nursing is STEM or even STEM based is like saying playing pool is golf based 'cause you use long things to hit balls into

  11. Go Fund Me

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

    That's what you

  12. Heard a heart murmur

    offlabel replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    Sound like respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Common in children. Really helpful to palpate the pulse while listening to determine if the "irregularity" is

  13. Clinical ideas

    offlabel replied to InstructorSmith's topic in General Students

    kegger

  14. 2 offers at Hospital, dream job wants interview after accepting first offer

    offlabel replied to Shimmer580's topic in Nursing Career

    You're considering 2 nursing jobs that couldn't be more unrelated. OR nursing involves taking care of the people taking care of the patients. ER nursing is being attached at the hips to patients....

  15. Chest tube (water seal chamber)

    offlabel replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Specialties

    The water seal chamber served two purposes. One was, of course, just to provide the "water seal" which was to prevent entrainment of air retrograde up into the pleural space, thus not helping or...

  16. Chest tube (water seal chamber)

    offlabel replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Specialties

    Well, wait a minute. Technically speaking, the pneumothorax should be mostly resolved with the chest tube. The thing that caused the pneumothorax, the hole in the lung, may or may not still be there....

  17. Go Fund Me

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

    So, Bluebolt...I replied to you, but I guess I didn't hit the 'submit reply' button, as my post isn't here. I'll just take a screen shot just in case it happens again Anyway, what I said was that I...

  18. Becoming a CRNA

    offlabel replied to SRNA95's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Not sure when all CRNA training programs will be DNP...think it's 2025. That said, until then, no reason to limit yourself to those program which award a DNP. They're longer and therefore more...

  19. Veterans Administration Nurse Anesthetist

    offlabel replied to GaMommy81's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    VA's run the gamut in terms of practice model, case type and acuity. Big ones like San Francisco, Seattle and Washington frequently have university affiliations and are training centers for doctors...

  20. Specialty change Flight RN to CVOR

    offlabel replied to RickyRescueRN's topic in Operating Room

    I'm sure you'll do fine as far as interview dynamics go, but I don't think you could have chosen a subspecialty further away from flight nursing than CVOR. Be prepared to convincingly explain that...

  21. What would you do

    offlabel replied to nagar's topic in Emergency

    Get a fs bg and go from

  22. If the QT Is prolonged wouldn't the QRS Always be widened?

    offlabel replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    It measures the time interval of 2 events, ventricular depolarization and repolarization. So, depending on which one (or both) of those events are prolonged, that corresponding element of the ekg will...

  23. Post-Extubation Policy

    offlabel replied to A_RN's topic in Critical Care

    Are you working with your department of Respiratory Therapy? There is no need to re-invent the wheel and doing so risks missing some big things. As no one that has responded has (apparently) attached...

  24. Atrial kick and A-flutter

    offlabel replied to usernamee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We're talking about 2 compensatory responses to heart failure that result in "congestion", which is what keeps forward flow occuring, at least in the compensatory phase. 1. Fall in renal perfusion...

  25. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    offlabel replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

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