ECUPirateRN

ECUPirateRN has 1 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. question about pediatric physicals

   ECUPirateRN replied to twahls65's topic in Pediatric

   I would assume that since breast buds develop about 2 years prior to the start of menarche, it would be important for a physician to examine the breasts of a 7th grader who would be approximately 11-13 years old. If there was no evidence of breast bu...

2. When did you "Know" you wanted to be a nurse?

   ECUPirateRN replied to markuskristian's topic in General Nursing

   My story is kinda long...kinda odd... When I was 4, I decided to be a doctor. I was going to be a pediatric oncologist. I was dead set on being a doctor. Until my senior year of high school. I started to think about what the role of the doctor is and...

3. Floor Nursing

   ECUPirateRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   I really respect you guys who can do home health. I just know it isn't for me. I was an EMT for about 5 years and one of the reasons I left (besides the fact that I much preferred my work as an RN!) is that I was tired of going to nasty people's nast...

4. RSV

   ECUPirateRN replied to oramar's topic in Pediatric

   You know, a few weeks ago I had an infant admitted for respiratory distress, ended up in the PICU for the night b/c I couldn't keep his sats above 90% on 3L HFNC. Turns out, he tested positive for RSV! Doesn't he know RSV season is over??

5. Everyone has a 4.0 GPA!!

   ECUPirateRN replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

   I gotta say...I work in pediatrics where I take care of sick infants all the time and I don't think I could ramble off infant or peds vitals off the top of my head! Every kid is different. Some kid is going to have a low HR due to physiological issue...

6. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

   ECUPirateRN replied to Jessiedog's topic in Humor

   A few months ago, I was taking care of a 15 year old who had an extensive psych history who had just come out of PICU after drinking 2 bottles of vodka. I was preparing to leave at the end of my shift when one of the peds residents told me that she w...

7. probably a dumb question about PIVs and drawing blood...

   ECUPirateRN replied to rach_nc_03's topic in Pediatric

   I guess my thought is why stick a kid if you can get a non-hemolyzed sample from a PIV? On my peds floor we routinely draw daily labs from existing PIVs, even babies with 24s or kids with fluids running. If you flush well and get a good enough waste ...

8. Two more weeks....

   ECUPirateRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in North Carolina

   It really is! You will quickly learn when Orientation and Open House are and know to not leave your house. You will know when move in weekend is and know to not go out to eat or to Wal Mart or Target. You will know when graduation weekend is and know...

9. ECU ANP

   ECUPirateRN replied to willtm's topic in North Carolina

   I went to ECU for my undergrad (before nursing school) and while I didn't go there for nursing school, I can say that ECU has a fantastic reputation nationwide for their nursing programs, both undergraduate and graduate levels. Succcess rate is very ...

10. What's the difference between REAL LIFE and MEDICAL TV-shows?

    ECUPirateRN replied to sergei1989's topic in General Students

    Yeah that is true...I guess I have seen our peds hem/onc doc attempt one when we were trying to get a second IV for an exchange transfusion.

11. What's the difference between REAL LIFE and MEDICAL TV-shows?

    ECUPirateRN replied to sergei1989's topic in General Students

    I just heard a statistic on the radio that said that on TV, 75% of codes are successful whereas in real life, only about 6% of patients that go into cardiac arrest survive. Half the things the docs do on the shows are really tasks the nurses do. Have...

12. vomiting: reflux, rotavirus, or NGT feed problems

    ECUPirateRN replied to jess41378's topic in Pediatric

    Rotavirus is extremely contagious so it is highly likely that the babies caught it from one another. However, I don't think it can be transmitted by use of the dropper as rotavirus is transmitted from fecal-oral contact. While rotavirus can cause vom...

13. Do even pediatric nurses get jaded?

    ECUPirateRN replied to ACRN06's topic in Pediatric

    Amen!!

14. Do even pediatric nurses get jaded?

    ECUPirateRN replied to ACRN06's topic in Pediatric

    Unfortunately, I think you can set yourself up for disappointment if you think peds nursing is always clowns and balloons and games and happiness and laughing. Sometimes you have to do some pretty horendous-seeming things to kids, like when you have ...

15. PALS Certification

    ECUPirateRN replied to Marcy Long's topic in Pediatric

    When you get your PALS book it will have a "cheat sheet" that has all the algorithms on it that you should be able to use on your practical test. Also, all of the scenarios that we did were in the PALS book.