CLC172

CLC172 has 2 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Male pediatric nurses?

   CLC172 replied to FutureNurseKyle's topic in Pediatric

   I've worked with quite a few male pediatric nurses and I think they're great! I have a male friend who is an LPN, pursuing his RN and I keep trying to convince him that peds is the way to go. :) Do NOT let your gender dictate which area of nursing y...

2. Frequency of BP in Pediatric Patients

   CLC172 replied to CLC172's topic in Pediatric

   Thank you all for your responses. I apologize that it's taken me so long to get back to you. I usually attempt once, maybe twice, and chart "Unable to obtain BP, pt kicking", as a night nurse. We have found literature that states that taking childre...

3. Frequency of BP in Pediatric Patients

   CLC172 posted a topic in Pediatric

   I work for a hospital that recently opened a general pediatric unit. My background is in pediatrics, but only at large Children's teaching hospitals. Our director has insisted that the standard of care for our patients is to do vitals, including a B...

4. Is Nursing as Stressful as Nursing School?

   CLC172 replied to imjustme123's topic in General Nursing

   I'm work in a pediatric hospital in the medical/surgical arena. I've been a nurse for just over two years. I'll tell you, for me, it's a different kind of stress. Nursing school is stressful because you feel like you've always got someone on your ...

5. Interested in School Nursing

   CLC172 replied to CLC172's topic in School

   I'm so sorry it took me so long to reply to your entries. Thank you both for your comments and advice! I do love working in the hospital, but honestly, I don't see myself doing it forever, at least not full time. I've been interested in a few areas...

6. Interested in School Nursing

   CLC172 posted a topic in School

   hello, all. i just wanted to say hi. i'm a pediatric rn with 2 years of hospital experience in pediatric medical/surgical/endocrine nursing. i was wondering what you would say are the qualifications needed for school nursing. also, what are your o...

7. Anyone work at Allchildren's Hospital in St. Pete?

   CLC172 replied to NP Sam's topic in Florida

   "I wanna say I heard they accept about 10-15% of the 100-150 that apply. I am interested but, they really are off the mark with the Aug start date for May graduates" Actually, that's pretty common for RN graduates for May anywhere. I work at ACH. I ...

8. 2nd RN job, big move, feeling frustrated

   CLC172 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I was very blessed, right out of nursing school, I worked in a very specialized pediatric unit in a "prestigious" pediatric hospital in a large city. It was tough at first, I had a hard time adjusting the first couple of months to the fast pace and ...

9. How many years as a RN?

   CLC172 replied to xInspiredx's topic in Pediatric

   I was hired as a new grad to a Magnet teaching hospital with an ADN. I didn't work as a CNA prior to graduating, but I did volunteer at this hospital, to get my foot in the door. Good luck!

10. HELP!

    CLC172 replied to dankimal's topic in New Nurse

    I feel the same way, and I'm just glad I'm not alone. Your story sounds like mine, great last semester, everyone's really nice, but I know I'm not doing things as well as I should be, even though I'm trying really hard, and questioning whether I'm r...

11. BSN Required?

    CLC172 replied to latebloomer74's topic in Pediatric

    Go ahead and apply. I'm a new grad ADN and I didn't think I had a prayer to get hired at the hospital I recently started working for in their RN Internship program. I did volunteer for them for 6 months to get my foot in the door, and to get to kno...

12. littman pediatric stethoscope vs ultrascope pediatric stethoscope

    CLC172 replied to SpecialKRN's topic in Pediatric

    LOVE my Ultrascope! I have an adult one, but I'll soon be purchasing the dual pediatric/neonatal or just the pediatric one soon. I have used other people's Littman's before and they were awesome as well, but I'll admit, I like the cute picture in t...

13. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    CLC172 replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and about to start working nights. I'm really excited, but also really nervous about how this will affect my mental and physical health. The posts I've read on here so far have been positive and encouraging. Any extra advice would b...

14. Vaginal Delivery May Be OK After C-Section

    CLC172 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I totally agree! The human body "knows" what it's doing as far as labor and delivery goes, and I believe in the vast majority of cases, the least amount of medical intervention, the better! Looking at statistics of other countries, with much lower ...

15. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    CLC172 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

    Yes, answer that you took the exam.