Pug RN

Pug RN

Neonatal ICU, Pediatrics, some ER

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About Pug RN

Pug RN has 23 years experience and specializes in Neonatal ICU, Pediatrics, some ER.


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  1. Going back to the Kids

    Child psych. 4 to 12
  2. Going back to the Kids

    I was a pediatric and NICU nurse for the first 21 years of my career. About a year and a half ago I finally jumped into psych nursing on a very acute inpatient eating disorders unit. I love the psych part of it but so much of eating disorders was no...
  3. Tell me about your orientation

    Ours is about 8 weeks on our eating disorder units. I believe it is the same on the other units. If you are a float you spend several days on each unit to get signed off in meds, milieu, and charge. You are also expected to spend a week with the ...
  4. Coming from a pediatric med/surg/icu setting I was wondering if these people were the trauma junkies of the psych world.
  5. Going green/hands on is the term they use at my facility for all hands on deck for a possible physical intervention.
  6. I'm a seasoned nurse of 20 plus years but brand new to mental health nursing. Here is something I've heard several folks say that confuses me. "I love going green/hands on." Now I'm new to this, but possibly missing something. I could see where p...
  7. I did 12's while in pediatrics/medical nursing. No choice. I just started my first psych job, and it is 8 hour shifts, no options.
  8. Officially got the job!

    I'm excited? After 23 years of pediatric/picu/nicu, I finally chased my original dream and got it. I've been offered the dayshift charge poaition on the Child/Adolescent Eating Disorders unit at a very nice local psych hospital. What tips can you gu...
  9. Is psychiatric nursing a dying profession?

    I can tell you the local psychiatric facility here has 47 openings for nurses.
  10. Just out of curiosity for someone working on transitioning into psych nursing. Why do most psych jobs seem to be 8 hour rather than 12 hour shifts? Personally I like 8's so no big deal, but curious about this when most "medical" slots seem to be 12 ...
  11. Exactly! HCAP has made it that nurses can't even do necessary things because they may offend someone.
  12. CPN vs. Board Certification

    I have my CPN. It has been very helpful for me.
  13. I have been a pediatric and NICU nurse for 24 years and over the past several years have worked with an increasing number of kids and families with significant addiction and other mental health comorbities. I have really felt drawn to these populatio...
  14. giving morphine to neonate without CR monitoring

    All our NAS babies are monitored until they are at a very low dose of diluted morphine and are off any clonidine or phenobarbital they may have needed. Maybe suggest setting up some monitored rooms so that the babies can still be with mommy but can b...
  15. Moving to Oklahoma (Tulsa area)

    Hi everyone! My husband and I are moving to the Tulsa area in the next couple of months. I am currently in my Family Nurse Practitioner program and will be starting clinicals this fall. I am trying to find some preceptors (1 for Adult, 1 for Womens,...