curly73 BSN, RN

curly73 is a BSN, RN and specializes in Pediatric.

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1. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   curly73 replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   I have realised over my 15yrs of nursing that everyone feels out of touch with reality on the night shift, check out with other nurses you may know or have a chance to work with. I have many times had giggling hysterics with my collegues at 4am over ...

2. Pediatric Urine Output

   curly73 replied to JOLLIEHOLLY's topic in General Nursing

   I have always used 0.5 - 1ml or cc/kg/hr to be a good range hope that helps you to calculate so if a 3kg baby then 1.5 - 3mls/kg/hr or in a 12hr span at 18-36mls, or for your 75kg person 38 - 75mls per hour or in a 12hr span then 450-900ml is adequat...

3. Requesting tips for student nurses

   curly73 replied to Tutly's topic in International

   I always look forward to working with a new nurse who listens, who asks a million questions, especially if they are not sure about something, and who remembers what has been previously discussed (may I suggest a little notebook in your pocket). Also ...

4. Fluid Balnce Charts

   curly73 replied to JenMarie's topic in Pediatric

   We have several paper fluid balance sheets that we use in our hectic paeds ward with varying accuracy. Which may give you some ideas. We also ensure that the offgoing RN charts are checked by the oncoming person as a part of handover process and any ...

5. fixing nasogastric tubes in place

   curly73 replied to samrakaan's topic in Pediatric

   We use the duoderm/comfeel on the cheek to nares (to dry skin, warmed with a hand to stick) with elastoplast tape on the tube, sometimes an extra elastoplast loop onto nose, but some children do react. We have also tried just using the white stretch...