Nepenthe Sea

Nepenthe Sea

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About Nepenthe Sea

Nepenthe Sea has 5 years experience and specializes in PICU/Pedi.


Taking the scenic route to pedi - started out in SICU/MICU, went to adult Med-Surg...now working in PICU/Pediatrics.

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  1. Inane scripting

    My hospital a couple of years ago directed us to start saying "My pleasure" as "No problem" or even "You're welcome" were considered rude or not pleasant enough. I guess everybody must have blown this off completely because they haven't said anything...
  2. Now THAT'S a lab result

    Oh yeah, and recently had a newborn come to our unit in severe CHF, and pulmonary hypertension (I can't remember what heart condition she had - we are a small regional unit and ship cardiac kids off). Her BNP was over 5,000. Don't remember what the c...
  3. Now THAT'S a lab result

    In adults, I saw an ammonia of 300+. The guy had a bad liver and the doctors had been trying to get him on a transplant list forever, and he and his family kept declining. He finally agreed to it, and of course, he was supposed to be transported the ...
  4. Fired During Orientation

    I know it has been almost a year since you wrote this post. How are things for you now? I hope things are better for you. I have to say, your story could have been MY story, almost exactly. I went to nursing school with the intent of becoming a NICU ...
  5. Parents required at bedside?

    I think we are trying so hard to be "family friendly" that we try to accommodate people as well as we can. There is only room in our ICU rooms for one fold-out bed, so if both parents are staying, one will stay in the recliner. It does get pretty cro...
  6. Parents required at bedside?

    Yes. We sometimes have a unit full of vents/very sick kids, and sometimes we have one sick kid and some floor overflow. Our acuity is not as high as the other hospital here. We also tend to keep our ICU patients there until discharge, unless we need ...
  7. Are there any nurses happy to be a nurse?

    That was an easy trap to get into. The reason I didn't leave the area I was in sooner was because I liked the people I worked with and knew the doctors and what they wanted, for the most part. I was just comfortable enough to be afraid to make the ju...
  8. Parents required at bedside?

    I understand what you are saying. That is just the policy here. I can see how it makes it hard for the families. I was just wondering if that is the norm. What do you do with the younger kids who have a hard time staying in a room by themselves? We d...
  9. Parents required at bedside?

    I am a relatively new nurse in PICU/pedi (almost one year). We have a 5-bed PICU, and bed pediatric floor. I admitted a 4-year-old to our PICU last week, and mom said something about "I'm going to leave after I get her settled but I will be back in ...
  10. Nightshifts..how to prepare for them?

    I love nights and plan to never work days. I don't live on a night schedule at home, though, because it would be too hard with my young children. So I keep a regular schedule like most people when I am off, then the night before I go back to work, I ...
  11. Are there any nurses happy to be a nurse?

    I think it just depends on where you work and what you expect from your career. Anybody who goes into nursing thinking that they are going to make a lot of money is delusional. The money is decent, but you earn every penny, that's for sure. The area ...
  12. Kids Say the Darndest Things...

    I know this is an old thread, but I had to add something funny I aw from one of our patients. She drew a picture of a horse for the nurses (currently on display at our nurses station), and after signing her name, she added in parenthesis "The appendi...
  13. Advice for a new peds nurse?

    I agree with all the previous posters. I will say, however, that some of my teenagers remind me of the adults I used to take care of, in regard to not wanting to ambulate, not wanting to go use the bathroom, or eat, drink, whatever. I have especially...
  14. Advice, tips, knowledge..

    The previous posters are correct in that you will be spending a lot of time with these kids. Obviously, with the infants and very young kids, you will be dealing more with the parents (which can be a whole other issue in itself), but you will be educ...
  15. New Grad trying to get into PICU

    I went to school with the goal of working in NICU or PICU, but there were few jobs available, so I worked with adults, mostly in Med-Surg. I did that for almost two years before I decided to move on with my original plan, and applied for a job in PIC...