AMR21

AMR21 BSN, RN

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About AMR21

AMR21 is a BSN, RN and specializes in PICU.


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  1. Sodium bicarbonate push

    If I have time and access I like to give an amp over 10 min.
  2. Blood cultures

    I have a question about blood cultures. I'm a PICU nurse. We have pts w dialysis lines a lot. Temporary, permanent, subclavian, femoral. Seen nearly them all. We are good at hep locks/ citrate locks/ even been seeing some TPA locked lines. We are wel...
  3. CRRT-effluent bag nightmare

    We empty into the hopper in the dirty utility. New bag every time.
  4. Wait, what the what ?!

    We recently had to present a diploma to be able to run out ISTAT machines. They didn't even care what diploma it was. I couldn't find my one from nursing school so I brought in my one from my BA in anthropology. Honestly, I have zero idea why. The m...
  5. Forgetting to prime peripheral IV line...

    Peds ICU nurse is slightly freaking out about that question. There has been no research about what about of air could be harmful to a Peds pt. in a "heathy" kid it might be ok. In a kid w a PFO, deadly. Air emboi are no joke. I've taken care of a ge...
  6. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    We dual sign off all infusions at shift change. A couple nurses read drips as "migs per kig per hour" I don't know why it gets to me. Please, "milligrams per kilogram per hour"
  7. Stethoscope Case

    A woman I work w stages hers in a little plastic school box. Like a pencil box from elementary school. Seems to work.
  8. Not where I work. If you have 'a disease of childhood' or have been refinery followed by one of the doc at our childrens hospital u end up in PICU. I really have had a 60 year old pt. it's fun looking at the central monitors and wondering if that HR...
  9. Try PICU nursing. Every speciality rolled into one. Ages 1 day- 60+ years. Ecmo, crrt, codes, multiple sizes I've every every single device. Kiddos can be fine one second and just crump the next. Every single day we are seeing new things. On top of t...
  10. Mistakes as a new pediatric oncology RN

    In re: mistakes. We ALL make them. Best thing you can do is learn why is was a mistake, why it happened, and how you will never let it happen again. Keep your chin up. Nursing is hard. I bet teaches don't fill the guilt like we do when they grade a p...
  11. Any good "nurse" shows on tv? Netflix?

    I think it's called The London Hospital. On amazon prime. About nurses at The London in the 1800s. Loved it!
  12. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    I must work at Fort Knox. Everything but saline flushes and sterile water for reconstituting meds like vec is in the Pyxis or comes from pharmacy. And to override anything we need 2 RNs. And once something is an override it pops up as a big purple li...
  13. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    Without the NS order how are you pulling the 50 ml bag from the Pyxis? How are you charging the pt for said bag? Perhaps where I work is just strict and MDs are understanding. But I would get an order.
  14. Journals and confrences for picu rns

    Hope it pans out. I would love a place to find picu specific articles and such in one place!
  15. Election day in the hospital

    Where I work, the social worker had like emergency ballots or something. Contact them.