pedsallergynurse

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1. Which nursing skills do you dread?

   pedsallergynurse replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   Anything with sputum - ICKY!!! In my peds office I would have to say irrigating ears. Thyey either scream or jerk away with water going every where. Not to mention the amt of q tip material that comes out and the parent swearing they never put a q ...

2. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

   pedsallergynurse replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

   LOL!! Try 46! I had to switch from an RN program to an LPN program way back in 1979 due to my daughter being diagnosed with ALL. Through the ensuing years I took classes working towards an RN degree while working full time and raising two children. W...

3. Is anyone using this model?

   pedsallergynurse replied to cleo's topic in Management

   Hi. I work in a multi physician pediatric office. We have 2 dedicate aphone traige nurses every day w ith anothe 1-2 nurses helping out during the busy 2 hours of the morning. We are just changing over to using Barton Schmidt's telephone triage proto...

4. Calling All Nurse Managers/Clinical Directors

   pedsallergynurse replied to RNPATL's topic in Management

   Hello. I am the nursing care manager for a multi physician pediatric office. I am only 6 weeks into the position though I have worked in this office for 19 years. I amzes me the how differntly my co-workers are since I accepted this position!!! Sudde...

5. Office nursing policies,procedures,standards

   pedsallergynurse replied to pedsallergynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the info. The site looks good. If anyone knows of any resources specific for office nursing I would be truly apreciative :-)

6. Office nursing policies,procedures,standards

   pedsallergynurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi. I hope some one can help. I have rrecently become nursing care manager in a multi physician pediatric office. Moral is low and there was not a lot of effective managing. I was shocked to find no policies, procedures, etc. I am trying to locate an...

7. question for the Peds experts

   pedsallergynurse replied to Vman's topic in Pediatric

   Having worked peds in th hospital and a busy primary care office for years I have experience with bp. We take bp on all well checks 3 and above. No automatic cuffs in my office too expensive. I have found explaining you are going to give their arm a ...

8. How long to b/co a head nurse?

   pedsallergynurse replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

   I have recently accpted position of head nurse in my office. The former head nurse stepped down from that position voluntarily and is stillworking as staff nurse in our office. I am finding she is badmouthing and trying to undercut my dicisions - ver...