MeganC012

I have been a nurse for about 10 years, with experience in the ER, ICU and OR in a level 1 trauma center and I am considering applying for CRNA school. I have also had supervisory positions in these fields and have my CCRN. I am concerned about the GPA requirement, though. When I went through my ADN program years ago I had about a 2.7 (this is not reflective of my potential as a student. I was admitted to the hospital for a few weeks almost every semester of nursing school. Unfortunately, I got a 0% on a test almost every semester due to this and my school was not willing to let me re-take the tests. I got at least a 93% on all the other tests and assignments, but with the missed tests, it averaged out to a C.) I recently finished my BSN a year or two ago, but the program was a pass/fail program. They do not give out letter grades. At the time, I was not considering going to CRNA school, so that did not matter to me. I am now reconsidering my options, however, I am concerned that the combination of the pass/fail BSN and the lower GPA for my ADN program will prevent me from admission. Does anyone have any thoughts on this or any suggestions to improve my chances for admission? Thanks for your input!

I'm wondering if nurses typically titrate these drips independently, or they consult with the physician for dose changes. I'm not sure about Narcan and phenobarbital.

I work in the ICU and would like to make a quick reference for titrating drips. My pharmacy doesn't have one. There are a few drips that I either have no experience with or haven't titrated in quite some time. I'm looking for what increments to titrate and how often. For example you typically titrate a Cardizem drip by 5mg/hr every 10 minutes or so. The drugs I'm looking for are: Lasix Lidocaine Procainamide Vecuronium My hospital, unfortunately, doesn't have a policy on any drips, and we still have handwritten orders so no computer to reference. Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Yes, this is what I am trying to describe. Thanks for the clarification

She had it set to run over 2 hours, so the patient would receive 10meq per hour. Im sorry I don't understand why this is dangerous if patient will receive 10meq per hour. Can you please explain?

I am a new nurse in a telemetry unit. One of my patients was ordered 4 runs of 10meq IV potassium. My preceptor primed a primary line with one bag of potassium, and then piggybacked a 2nd bag into that line. She then put it into an IV pump and set it so that both bags would run, one right after the other. I spoke to another nurse and she said that this is dangerous to do. Which one is right? I looked on the internet but found no results. If this is not safe, can you please explain why?