[CHONY RN]

- you have to talk about nemo for 30 minutes to get your pt to cooperate with taking 1 tsp of tylenol

- you know all the elmo songs by heart and you wish he would just find his blankey so he could stop singing that damn song!

-you tell the parents a million times to save the diapers and you still end up going in the garbage to measure I/O's for the ones they threw out!

- you are trying your hardest not to trip on the IV lines or pulse ox line when taking vitals when the pt is in the parent bed! Let's not forget trying not to wake them up and raise their b/p!

-you have no kids of your own, but everyone you know calls you when they have a medical question about their child!

you can't recall how to cook a certain meal, but you know all the components of TPN.

more to come!

[rnurse2b]

I'm a peds/PICU nurse and aI have to agree with all the above posters! I left for a little while (3 months) and had to come back! I missed my slobbery kisses and hugs from my little ones!
I love my little ones, and miss them terribly when I'm off.
Oh, and I almost forgot..........Adults scare me!

[evaruth]

- you catch yourself sing baby/kid songs while driving or cooking.:Melody:
- you find yourself talking baby talk to your 9 year old.
- you wear no jewelry because a 3 year old attempted to yank them off.
- your stethoscope is to lil when assessing an adult.
- you have stickers on your name tag.
- you find slobber/milk stains on your uniforms.

[KidzNrz17]

OMG, you guys know me and my co-workers so well.

I love being and peds nurse. Where else can you have fun with your patients.

[MrsGPR]

OOOOOOO!!!! This is really convincing me to pursue pediatric nursing when I graduate!!!!! I can't wait until my peds rotation next semester!!!
Please post more!!!!

[BSNDec06]

These are great! How about:

Instead of telling the patient that you're getting their BP and temp, you say to the kiddo "Let's give your arm a hug and your armpit a tickle"

You woke up a parent at 4am to get vitals on their sleeping child, who happens to be underneath them on the bed

Or better yet, you managed to get the vitals without waking the parent up (I did this last night! )

You spend half the day trying to keep the 2 year old sibling from running down the hall and coloring on the walls.

You say "Mom is great" or "Watch out for Dad" and you're not talking about your own parents- you're just giving report to the next nurse.

You don't balk when a kid orders pizza and mashed potatoes for breakfast, because at least he's eating!

You find yourself bribing your patients with stickers and Beanie Babies on a regular basis

The cupboard in your unit's kitchen is filled with Spaghetti O's and Kraft Mac N Cheese and the freezer is full of Push-ups

[lauron9]

- you've had to wash your hair and change your scrubs because you bent down to get a diaper out of the drawer and left the 2 month old male patient uncovered
- you've taken a thermometer and flashlight into a room to get a rectal temp on an infant
- you can rattle off at least 10 different names each for urine, stool, and each gender's genitalia
- you've said, over the intercom in a patient's room, "Johnny, this is Santa Clause. If you don't settle down right now and go to sleep, I'm not bringing you any presents for Christmas"
- you've said to the parent of the bratty patient "I'm going to step out and give you a minute. And just know that when the door is closed, I hear nothing"
- you've told another adult, "you have something on your nosey"

[lisab82]

these thread fantastic total agree with the comment, when asked about adult problems , i don't do adults , one of my favourite line.

the program times for cbebbies (uk based kids channel)
manage to do iv antibiotics with out waking the patient even when lying on there iv line

[nyapa]

I am still on rotation in paeds, so I am still learning but:
- I start to play games with babies being held by their mothers/fathers in the street.
- I am becoming extremely clucky
- I am finding that it is allowed / expected as part of the working day to cuddle your babies and walk around with them instead of just taking obs, having a quick chat as you would with an adult pt (actually got congratulated by my senior for doing so!)...awww I love it!
- my mathematics skills have improved out of sight! And so has my dexterity thanks to having to draw up miniscule amounts of IVABs
- I am starting to dig up and sing nursery rhymes from the deep dark recesses of my mind.


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[pirituba]

I just graduate from nursing schools and passed the NCLEX. I want to be a peds nurse, but I know I have a long way to go. I currently have ADN in nursing and I know it will be difficult to get a job as pediatric nurse with only an ADN! In 2 years will go back to school and get my BSN and hopefull be a nurse practioner one day!