p-nut-pod

p-nut-pod has 16 years experience and specializes in Geriatric, Prenatal, Q.I./Education.

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1. Pregnant in Nursing School....

   p-nut-pod replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

   It can be done! I was accepted into the ASN program May of 1992, after being wait listed in 1991. Early July I found out I was pregnant. The nursing program stated that if it was OK with them if it was OK with my OB/GYN. I had my daughter by planned ...

2. Neonatal Isolation (Protective Isolation) on the pediatric unit?

   p-nut-pod posted a topic in Pediatric

   Comrades in the general pediatric units: Do you use protective isolation (neonatal isolation= birth to 6 weeks) on your newborns? I am working on policy and procedure for this quite possibly antiquated policy. The majority of our Pediatrician are alr...

3. IV Sticks in a pediatric pt

   p-nut-pod replied to imintrouble's topic in Pediatric

   Proactive, ask your supervisor to send you to rotate in ED specifically for Peds IV sticks. Fifteen years is long enough torture worrying about this, now it time to act. It is difficult at first, but it gets better. They are sick and you help them ge...

4. HELP with IV starts

   p-nut-pod replied to DoniaRN's topic in Pediatric

   PLEASE....give yourself a break. Even those who have been in peds forever have a dry streak every once in a while. Don't give up, keep trying, you are saving their little lives. P:tbsk:

5. Pedi Rapid Respone Team

   p-nut-pod replied to guardwife's topic in Pediatric

   Our community hospital started a Ped RRT ~ 6months ago. We have no PICU. How it is to work, a ICU nurse is to relieve a ED nurse then the ED nurse and RT is to come to our assistance with standing orders. Haven't used it enough to feel confidence in ...

6. Floor paediatric nurses, do you site IVs at all?

   p-nut-pod replied to Djuna's topic in Pediatric

   On my pediatric/ short admission unit...we do put in I.V.'s. In the perfect world the pediatric patient would always arrive from the ED with an intact and functioning IV. The majority of the time they do, just got to set them up on our pumps quickly ...