peds4now RN

peds4now is a RN and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. How to get hired in Peds

   peds4now posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi, I've been a nurse for a year, all of it in Peds. I'm at a magnet children's hospital, and I actually am not required to have PALS certification. I like where I am, but I want to be marketable in case I want to change jobs sometime in the next c...

2. Posterior Vs. Anterior lung sound ausculation

   peds4now replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

   you cannot auscultate lower lobes from the front, so I hope you are not charting them if you only listen on the front. Very few patients cannot be turned at all. And in fact you should be turning them to cya concerning that giant pressure ulcer the...

3. Need Help with Blood Administration

   peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your help. Now I remember being taught prime the NS to the filter to stop hemolysis. I think that's what I'm gonna do in the future. Makes sense. It's good to see there are people doing it the various ways too. Thanks!

4. Need Help with Blood Administration

   peds4now posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi. I'm a newish nurse and there seems to be some disagreement on my unit about blood administration. Yes, I'm gonna look it up in books, but there are so many very experienced and knowledgeable people here-maybe you can help? We've got the transfu...

5. Getting assessments done

   peds4now replied to suewolfie's topic in General Nursing

   As an RN, assessments are one of the few things only you can do. Maybe you are very task-oriented and are thinking about everything that must be done, but ASSESSMENT is #1 on that list. By 4-5 hours into your shift you should be on your first follo...

6. I am waiting for my CA NCLEX result!!! Please give me some positive thoughts ...

   peds4now replied to imhopeful's topic in NCLEX

   IMHOPEFUL, I'm so sorry. You can do this. It is worth it. Once you are an RN, you can have that license forever if you keep it up. In the greater scheme of things this is just a little setback. When I was younger a horrible thing (that turned out...

7. Best Scrubs for Fatties

   peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

   buildingmyfaith57, I wore solid black scrubs with a bright T underneath once as a student nurse intern, and a nurse pulled me aside and told me people don't like to see that color in the hospital (it was preop, I was learning to start IVs). LOL! I ...

8. "Traditional Orientation Programs" or "RN Residency Programs"?

   peds4now replied to nurseJ88's topic in New Nurse

   I also just became an RN and also am taking a Versant Residency position. I actually think that by the 5 month mark I'm going to be dying to be off "probation" as it were and on to doing my thing, but I figure you only get to be a new grad once. My...

9. Best Scrubs for Fatties

   peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

   1st of all, ty for all the you're not fat posts. Technically, I am edging into the obese category, and my BMI is really hi, plus my waist is way too big (truncal obesity). Take my word for it, I don't carry it that well. I guess I'm also totally ...

10. Best Scrubs for Fatties

    peds4now posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am fat, and not bold and beautiful fat. I'm 5'4" and 148 lbs. I wear a size 12 if it's generous, otherwise a 14. I look small (bones, arms, below knee), but my hips are 44, waist 35, bust 43. And I'm a new grad. Yes, my goal is to lose 20-30 p...

11. New grads....where do you work?

    peds4now replied to PACU queen's topic in New Nurse

    Peds surgical floor

12. What Nsg Journals do you read?

    peds4now replied to peds4now's topic in Pediatric

    thanks for your replies! I hope to move to PICU, NICU, CTICU within a couple years, I hope the competition isn't still so thick!!!!!

13. What Nsg Journals do you read?

    peds4now posted a topic in Pediatric

    I'm a new RN (like, as of today I have a license number!). Anyways, an instructor told me to choose a couple journals and keep up with them, but I have a hard time judging which are respected and good, and which are fluff. I'm also going into Peds...

14. ONE more week to go..should i be doing more than q's?!?!

    peds4now replied to moetiny's topic in NCLEX

    I would continue doing questions, but maybe take a "breather" and read that content you mentioned. Review medications, what you would use them for, and any weird side effects or admin. instructions Good luck. I had 75Qs and have joined the nervous...

15. I am waiting for my CA NCLEX result!!! Please give me some positive thoughts ...

    peds4now replied to imhopeful's topic in NCLEX

    I took mine July 26, still waiting. Right now the website says it was updated July 27, so it would be a bit early. Don't lose hope. 2 days was exceptionally quick for bogeyboy. Maybe your file is being handled by a different person who has a big ...