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  1. Peds Stethoscope or not?

    I can't live without my peds scope. I don't like assessing a small child with an adult scope. As the PP said, it can cover the whole chest, also, I don't think you get good contact due to the curvature of the child's chest against a larger flat sur...
  2. Pt beds in the hallway

    Picturing myself wheeling a guy who happens to be sitting on the commode (with his hairy butt sticking out) down the hall to store him in a closet until the fire alarm is over... Seriously, no. Not OK. We've kept pts in the treatment room, day room,...
  3. Help!! Maternity scrubs?? Are they necessary?

    Unless Mom is on bedrest there's no reason she can't work if she wants to. As I hinted, I worked on my due date (Silently grumbling everytime I heard the lullaby played on the intercom for other babies) and I worked the day before my baby was born t...
  4. Advice for nurse considering OR

    :rotfl: ... good point
  5. Help!! Maternity scrubs?? Are they necessary?

    I lost my first post. The summary- Maybe it was just the way my baby was positioned but I needed elastic. In the OR, I either wore a BellaBand over bigger pants or looped an elastic band around my back when I got too big for the BellaBand. (My Be...
  6. Our meds are seperate but we keep pretty much back-up stock. Not nearly as much as Mat though where most pts get the same meds. Not only is everyone on different meds for a variety of dx, the dose is tailored to weight- so forget grabbing stock ant...
  7. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    Where ever I've done private duty in PA schools they are "Health aides" or "Health room techs" Actually, even RNs cannot be called "School Nurse" unless they are cetified, here. The complete opposite is that I've had teachers refer to me as So-and-s...
  8. Strange S.O.

    Ugghhh, I don't know why but I got an abusive vibe just from the way he first spoke to you. I'm sure he's hate for his wife to find out that there might be nice men in the world. I think Dayray has a pretty reasonable approach going on. By the wa...
  9. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    Our hospital changed policy- we're not giving it any more at all. If they do want you to give a 15 min push- can they get a few bard pumps for you? Our hospital only had them for peds but I used them a couple times for adults who needed slooow push...
  10. observers/students and pt rights

    thanks, mike. and if anyone else is interested, this is the ama standard. i'm off this week so i don't have an aorn standards handy- i'll look into that when i go back. e-8.087 medical student involvement in patient care (1) patients and the public...
  11. license to breed

    Don't think that didn't cross my mind, that's part of my reason for saying "assuming". The story is most memorable to me, the other details, not so much. I seem to remember this kid not being a frequent flyer. I'm also pretty sure parents did not ...
  12. New Grad interested in Peds - NJ/PA area

    I assume you're looking at St Chris's, too? I've had homecare pts and family at St Chris's, CHOP, and DuPont and I prefer St Chris. I ran into an aquaintance there one day and found out she works there and loves it. I has a community hospital feel...
  13. observers/students and pt rights

    Unfortunately common courtesy may be as common as commen sense. That's why we need policy committees and I'll be bringing this issue up with ours. Typically, out of common courtesy, we do introduce and ask, but there are times that the educators bri...
  14. Latex Allergy

    We would have done it the way you did.
  15. I'm interested to hear how everybody handles all those extra people in the OR. When a pt is in any other hospital dept they meet everybody involved in their care- students, interns, job shadowers, etc. They have the chance to be upfront and say, no- ...