by Nurse Susan | Mar 19, 2018 | Nursing tales, Study Guides
Are you thinking about becoming a Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN)? Want to know what to study and how to study? Ever since I passed the CEN, I have been getting asked what I did to study for the CEN. Before I answer this question, I want you all to know, I studied...
by Nurse Susan | Dec 2, 2017 | Emergency Medications, Pharmacology
When it comes to terms like Cholinergic, Anticholinergic, Adrenergic, etc. I find myself in a sea of double negatives and symptoms swirling about so much so that I lose my footing. It’s complicated, but not SO complicated that it can’t be simplified, at...
by Nurse Susan | Nov 13, 2017 | Emergency Medications, Pharmacology
Besides being fun to say, Amiodarone is no joke. In the Emergency Setting, it is used for atrial and ventricular cardiac arrhythmia’s, you know the kind you press code blue for and pee your pants a little. It also has some not so awesome side effects that you...