I may get my own cardiac nurse!

[catwoman]

My niece called the other evening to say she's interviewing for an RN job -- will graduate May 12 from nursing school. She's already a paramedic/EMT, wants to get into air ambulance nursing. Has been advised to work for a hospital, with patients on ventilators.

So she's focusing on cardiac nursing. At the hospital where I had my surgery...

 

[catwoman]

So she's focusing on cardiac nursing. At the hospital where I had my surgery...

Should have added: That's where there's a number of job openings...

 

[ericaj]

Good Luck to your Neice!!! And that in the long run may benefit you!! Double dose of goodness. Take care,

-E

 

[Ross]

Good luck to her, but keep her far far away from me. I've had my fill of ventilators thank you!

 

[geebee]

I am sure you were some of the inspiration. Your success story must have motivated her to go into cardiac nursing, a place where the news is not always positive. She must have seen the good results that can come from good nursing.

I wish her well and, should she get to work at the hospital where you had your surgery, I pray you will never have to be her patient (and I mean that in a good way)

Take care.

 

[catwoman]

Gina:

I'll be visiting Baylor in 2 weeks. My parents are members of the Dallas Camera Club, and a club member's wife is having AVR on 3/15. Member is a retired M.D.; he & wife interviewed quite a few cardios and surgeons in the Dallas area. They settled on my surgeon and cardio.
So I'll probably go w/ my parents to visit the patient. Always good to show someone right out of surgery they'll be OK again.

A co-worker's dad is having AVR on 3/18, in Fort Worth.

 

[Harpoon]

Very cool...

A lot of paramedics seem to take the next step and move onto a full nursing degree. I'm still early on in my EMT quest (practicals are in a week and a half, EEEK!!!!) but the thought has crossed my mind several times. If I'm successful with this first step and it's going well for me, I might just push on to at least a paramedic level.

I've also given a lot of consideration towards either PT (or assisting PT, my wife thinks I'd be VERY good since she's observed that I tend to do a lot of the stretching for her "intuitively" just like a PT would...) or possibly echocardiography given that it's something I'm VERY familiar with.


Plus, it would be wicked cool to work with/for my cardiologist.

Maybe I oculd use Dr. Mee as a reference!

 

[catwoman]

Harpoon:

Good luck on the practicals. Is that the same thing as having to sit at the fire station and pray there's an emergency you have to ride out on? My niece did those -- and her mom (my baby sister). First go-round was much easier, I think it was EMT, whatever is the first rung. When they went for the higher certification, they had to do X# of advance situations, such as intubating patient while en route to the hospital. I remember both my niece and her mom talking about sitting @ the fire station and waiting and waiting for an ambulance run...