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  1. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    I had a pt come in to the ER the other day c/o back pain. She couldn't fill her pain medication for another 2 weeks. She informed me that she was allergic to shots. I didn't laugh, I asked what kinds of shots she was allergic to. "Something in al...
  2. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    I helped out in the regular nursery (when Peds is slow) which is connected to the NICU. A 4 year old was not allowed in the NICU to see his baby brother, so he was waiting outside with his grandfather. He was interested in everything that was going...
  3. I work at a rural hospital and immediately got a Peds position on graduating school. That's been cool and I've been cross trained to Nursery, but we're moving. The hospital I'm going to has 24 beds and I'd obviously be working med-surg. I feel rea...
  4. Reply please

    ha! We put in whatever we think will work. Sometimes 22G works better because the cannula is less flexible. You're the nurse, you're the one to guage it. If 22 doesn't work, you could always try 24G. remember a dehydrated kid is always going to ...
  5. Admitting Diagnosis

    Our admitting department keys in the admitting diagnosis. Often they are misspelled, but when I went to put this pts orders into the computer, I just about fell off my chair. "Hairy orbital cellulitis" Anyone else with wierd ones?
  6. Nurse Practitioner JOB shortage?

    Thank you for all of your input. I seem to be one of those people who like to get all their ducks in a row. I always thought that becoming an NP was what I would do after I got some practice. But when my professor said jobs were hard to come by, i...
  7. After I graduate w/ my BSN, I had planned to get my masters as a Nurse Practitioner (after waiting 2 years to get some experience, hopefully working w/ Peds). I want to go overseas, probably to a South American country, and had the understanding tha...
  8. 10 major things an old grad should know

    I'm a sophomore and I was just wondering what you wish someone had told you in nursing school.