unbelievable. we have a patient in cvicu who's gonna need another week because someone else applied bronzer to his bypass incision
August 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
unbelievable. we have a patient in cvicu who's gonna need another week because someone else applied bronzer to his bypass incision
As a former CVICU nurse, all I can say is lmao
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu
Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."
reut.rs
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
As a former CVICU nurse, all I can say is lmao
CVICU attending surveying the undifferentiated chaos of the MICU
August 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
CVICU attending surveying the undifferentiated chaos of the MICU
in true CVICU nurse fashion I must now tell you all that I am now a CVICU nurse
May 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
in true CVICU nurse fashion I must now tell you all that I am now a CVICU nurse
As a former CVICU nurse, I’m legally allowed to laugh at this.
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
As a former CVICU nurse, I’m legally allowed to laugh at this.
friend seems pretty confident they can get me a position in CVICU…chat watch this space
March 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
friend seems pretty confident they can get me a position in CVICU…chat watch this space
Alex Pretti reminds me so much of an amazing CVICU nurse my dad had during one of his last hospital stays, a Marine veteran named Riley with a great mustache who treated my weary, terminally ill father with compassion and respect at a time when he desperately needed it.
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Alex Pretti reminds me so much of an amazing CVICU nurse my dad had during one of his last hospital stays, a Marine veteran named Riley with a great mustache who treated my weary, terminally ill father with compassion and respect at a time when he desperately needed it.
CVICU vs MSICU
August 2, 2024 at 1:53 PM
CVICU vs MSICU
managed to release our cvicu patient early after a podcaster fixed him with a colloidal silver enema. home early 🙏
August 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
managed to release our cvicu patient early after a podcaster fixed him with a colloidal silver enema. home early 🙏
When my dad was in the CVICU at OHSU in Portland earlier this year he had a fantastic nurse named Riley who had been a Marine aviation mechanic (Riley had an extraordinary mustache). I would bet my life that him keeping planes in the air did more for US military capacity than Hegseth's heroes.
You know what wins real wars against peer opponents? Warehouses full of bombs and bullets and tourniquets, maintenance crew to service the vehicles that move them and "warriors" to where they need to go, and boring spreadsheets to tell you how much of everything you have. Logistics! Logistics!
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
When my dad was in the CVICU at OHSU in Portland earlier this year he had a fantastic nurse named Riley who had been a Marine aviation mechanic (Riley had an extraordinary mustache). I would bet my life that him keeping planes in the air did more for US military capacity than Hegseth's heroes.
I resent having to actually look at a telemetry strip and measure a PR interval. What is this? A CVICU?
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I resent having to actually look at a telemetry strip and measure a PR interval. What is this? A CVICU?
a year and a half ago I'd be reluctantly defending tylenol but after working in a cvicu? nah. I respect it now
September 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
a year and a half ago I'd be reluctantly defending tylenol but after working in a cvicu? nah. I respect it now
I think my all time favorite acronym from my CVICU days is: POBA
Plain (or Percutaneous if you’re boring) Old
Balloon
Angioplasty
Plain (or Percutaneous if you’re boring) Old
Balloon
Angioplasty
April 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I think my all time favorite acronym from my CVICU days is: POBA
Plain (or Percutaneous if you’re boring) Old
Balloon
Angioplasty
Plain (or Percutaneous if you’re boring) Old
Balloon
Angioplasty
Wife (CVICU & transplant coord RN) disagrees, FWIW.
August 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Wife (CVICU & transplant coord RN) disagrees, FWIW.
Nah. That’s a H U G E surgery that requires CVICU stay plus long hospitalization.
August 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Nah. That’s a H U G E surgery that requires CVICU stay plus long hospitalization.
I was not a CVICU nurse when I first watched this show and so I did not fully grasp how deranged it is that Burke is letting Christina decannulate a heart by herself as an I N T E R N.
March 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I was not a CVICU nurse when I first watched this show and so I did not fully grasp how deranged it is that Burke is letting Christina decannulate a heart by herself as an I N T E R N.
"Sinus pause" is the most CVICU nurse thing I've ever documented in a progress note now working in the NICU.
December 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"Sinus pause" is the most CVICU nurse thing I've ever documented in a progress note now working in the NICU.
Who would win the "Most Annoying Person in the Room" award: CVICU nurses or vegans? Please discuss.
May 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Who would win the "Most Annoying Person in the Room" award: CVICU nurses or vegans? Please discuss.
Yeah, it's weird how they never said this about CVICU patients.
July 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Yeah, it's weird how they never said this about CVICU patients.
Her: I actually think I want to work in the CVICU
Me: *shakes head at waiter bringing the engagement ring*
Me: *shakes head at waiter bringing the engagement ring*
May 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Her: I actually think I want to work in the CVICU
Me: *shakes head at waiter bringing the engagement ring*
Me: *shakes head at waiter bringing the engagement ring*
CPR on an 84 year old in his home. He’s on a ventilator and ECMO in CVICU.
July 3, 2026 at 1:17 AM
CPR on an 84 year old in his home. He’s on a ventilator and ECMO in CVICU.
Don't come for me. I worked CVICU and am extremely annoying!
May 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Don't come for me. I worked CVICU and am extremely annoying!
A normal preceptor: So this is a train of four device also known as a peripheral nerve stimulator. What do we use it for in the CVICU?
Me: ⚡️ *slapping the electrodes onto my own arm for a demonstration* ⚡️
Me: ⚡️ *slapping the electrodes onto my own arm for a demonstration* ⚡️
May 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A normal preceptor: So this is a train of four device also known as a peripheral nerve stimulator. What do we use it for in the CVICU?
Me: ⚡️ *slapping the electrodes onto my own arm for a demonstration* ⚡️
Me: ⚡️ *slapping the electrodes onto my own arm for a demonstration* ⚡️
Allow me to discuss the Cajun/Sicilian CVICU nurse I dated
May 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Allow me to discuss the Cajun/Sicilian CVICU nurse I dated
Me: whips out Bohn's paper on cardiopulmonary interactions for bedside RN teaching of Fontan physiology
CVICU Lead RN: can you just say that spontaneous breathing increases venous return? For once in your life can you TL;DR this
CVICU Lead RN: can you just say that spontaneous breathing increases venous return? For once in your life can you TL;DR this
August 21, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Me: whips out Bohn's paper on cardiopulmonary interactions for bedside RN teaching of Fontan physiology
CVICU Lead RN: can you just say that spontaneous breathing increases venous return? For once in your life can you TL;DR this
CVICU Lead RN: can you just say that spontaneous breathing increases venous return? For once in your life can you TL;DR this