I have also thought the same. While some of them are silly, I have been held back by: -whether I would get bored -if surgery is too cold for me (yes, I am...
djverville@...
Oct 2, 2005 3:05 am
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My suggestion would be...Of all of the places I have worked in 20 years most have that element of people who go into nursing with the lure of big money in the...
Jethro Crenshaw
Homeopathus420@...
Oct 2, 2005 4:15 am
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I can only address 2 of those....As for the schooling...I believe that there is nothing out there (short of Pharmacist school) that is harder than Nursing...
i am a new grad in the ICU and the ER scares me!--at least in the ICU you know who you are getting and you have some time figure out what you are going to do ...
OK --- I am interested now because where I work-- california-- the nurse practioner doesn't make much more an hour then a RN and a CRNA starts at$150,000.00 a...
That's interesting to hear. I think it is all fear of the unknown and being out of our home element. It all depends on the type of ER too. I work in a ...
djverville@...
Oct 3, 2005 6:10 pm
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Hi Roxan...As for zeroing a-line, or swan-ganz or just a cvp - the stopcock is closed toward the patient...the port is then uncovered and then zeroed - the...
As for zeroing a-line, or swan-ganz or just a cvp - the stopcock is closed toward the patient...the port is then uncovered and then zeroed - the pigtail on the...
If you are at a a teaching hospital, there should be a CRNA or two rotating through - talk to them. If not, seek them out in your hospital and find out if you...
oops....sorry, wrong response the first time.... Roxan Temaat <rtemaatemict@...> wrote:The stopcock is positioned off to the patient, remove the cap and ...
Has anyone ever seen them count ER experience instead of ICU? Thanks! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
djverville@...
Oct 4, 2005 5:06 am
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can anyone explain what it means if your wave form is dampened? Roxan Temaat <rtemaatemict@...> wrote:The stopcock is positioned off to the patient,...
The easiest way I can describe it is when the wave form is not crisp; does not have a sharp peak and/or dicrotic notch, but rather a sloping up and down...
Usually...the pressure is transmitted from the artery (or whatever you are monitoring) thru the pressure tubing (which is stiff) and fluid to the transducer....
When there are bubbles in a line or kinks in a line, or the line is perhaps, adhered to the wall of the vessel/heart, the waveform may flatten or appear...
Joy Casto
jcasto@...
Oct 5, 2005 3:21 pm
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Your waveform is damped if the top, or systolic pressure, is underestimated and the bottom, or diastolic pressure, is overestimated. Also the dicrotic notch...
thank you just took my cicp / flightmedic test had a similar ? thanx fro taking the time to clarify Joy Casto <jcasto@...> wrote:When there are bubbles...
I have been an ICU nurse for twenty two years. I was thinking of CRNA. I
shadowed an anesthesiologist on several days and knew immediately it would not...
Actually the data with the a-line zeroing actually state that you do not need to remove the cap at all, and you just have to loosen it. Joanne RN, CCRN ICU ......
Stephanie White, R.N. Education Coordinator Education Resource Center 601-973-1605 swhite@......
SWhite@...
Oct 11, 2005 11:44 pm
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We are going to be bringing them onto our unit and I was just wondering how people found them. When you power them up do they come up in AED mode or manual? If...
The Lifepak we use in our unit (I'm not sure if it is 20) is biphasic and you can choose which mode it come up on. You turn the dial to AED or the equivalent...
Jay Prosser
jayprosser@...
Oct 16, 2005 1:53 am
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We have the lifepak 20. It comes up manual for us, but you basically push whatever buttons you want to use. It is small and the little door falls off alot...
djverville@...
Oct 16, 2005 3:56 pm
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You change from AED mode by opening a door that exposes the manual controls....very easy. L. Joy Casto, RN Clinical Manager CVICU/CVIMC 252-633-8544 ... From:...
Joy Casto
jcasto@...
Oct 17, 2005 12:41 pm
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They are a good defib/AED. When you power them up they do come up in AED, but if you open the door or press the lead button, it switches to manual mode. We...
We leave the door off in critical care areas. It saves time and skips the AED mode Linda Linda E. Rowey RN,BSN,MEd Nurse Educator Care Coordination ... From:...
Rowey, Linda
lrowey@...
Oct 17, 2005 3:18 pm
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Yes, we have removed the doors in critical care as well. L. Joy Casto, RN Clinical Manager CVICU/CVIMC 252-633-8544 ... From: nursebob@yahoogroups.com...
Joy Casto
jcasto@...
Oct 17, 2005 3:19 pm
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Across the top of the ECG strip there should be tick marks in 3 second intervals. Use calipers or even a blank piece of paper. Have the calipers on each beat...
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