picuRN0430

picuRN0430 has 2 years experience and specializes in PICU.

Latest Activity

1. New to the PICU world...so many ?'s!!!

   picuRN0430 replied to LittleWing21's topic in PICU

   1) what is the most common type of diagnosis? typically in our picu, we see a little bit of everything. a lot of trauma, as i work in a major city, and a lot of respiratory illnesses. also included: rsv, hem/onc, brain tumors, dka, cardiomyopathy,...

2. Internship Hartford Hospital vs. Saint Raphael's

   picuRN0430 replied to the1anonlycarol's topic in Connecticut

   i would say HH, they have a level 1 trauma for their ED, and the hospital has Magnet status. they have a lifestar program as well, which you could possibly shadow.

3. Salaries at Ct Hospitals-All in one thread

   picuRN0430 replied to trepinCT's topic in Connecticut

   My best friend works at CT Children's and she started somewhere around $27, and after 2 years, is now at $30/hour.

4. Statlocks for CVL?? Anyone doing this??

   picuRN0430 replied to PICNICRN's topic in PICU

   We still suture our CVL's, have changed our catheter related BSI practices a little bit (creating a med-line with a port for blood draws, so as not to access the line as frequent, as well as cleansing techniques) and have found that our rate of BSI h...

5. acuity based staffing ratio

   picuRN0430 replied to picucrn's topic in PICU

   In our unit, the charge nurse constantly gets updates on every patient to plan for the next shift, so if the patient was stable overnight, but became really busy during the day, they can plan to make the pt. a 1:1 for the next shift. For the most pa...

6. share your touching moments

   picuRN0430 replied to AliRae's topic in PICU

   "C" had been in our unit since birth. She was born a twin, with multiple anomalies, including bladder extropy - her twin was fine. She had been through multiple surgeries, and yet still seemed to fight her way through. She was in DCF custody, and ...

7. Oscillators & sedation

   picuRN0430 replied to cannew304's topic in PICU

   In our PICU, the oscillated kids are always on sedative/analgesic drips (Fentanyl and Versed), as well as a paralyzing drip (Vecuronium). Our docs don't want any chance of our patients trying to breathe against the vent. We usually stop the paralyt...