06-28-2007, 07:15 AM
Hi ceb and yatra,
You are exactly right.
There are some residents who still ask RN what medicine is better to give to the patient, and I have experienced it myself.
There are units like CVICU where they do not even let residents to write orders, but RNs have lots of autonomy for actions such as lowering BP and correcting PCWP before they even call CV surgeon.
Goljan in his lectures mentioned RN help in time of "code" as well.
Nothing changed guys, and fresh redidents look quite frozen during cardiac arrest.
Do you think MDs who are teachers in redidency do not see that?
Needless to say that RN in this country does about 30% of what MD does in some other countries: admissions, transfers, teaching, assessment, EKG interpretation, resuscitation etc.
Thank you all for you participation in this topic,
Good luck.
You are exactly right.
There are some residents who still ask RN what medicine is better to give to the patient, and I have experienced it myself.
There are units like CVICU where they do not even let residents to write orders, but RNs have lots of autonomy for actions such as lowering BP and correcting PCWP before they even call CV surgeon.
Goljan in his lectures mentioned RN help in time of "code" as well.
Nothing changed guys, and fresh redidents look quite frozen during cardiac arrest.
Do you think MDs who are teachers in redidency do not see that?
Needless to say that RN in this country does about 30% of what MD does in some other countries: admissions, transfers, teaching, assessment, EKG interpretation, resuscitation etc.
Thank you all for you participation in this topic,
Good luck.