pghnurse07

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1. Rady Children's Hospital-New Grad RN Program

   pghnurse07 replied to TiffanyMonroeRN's topic in Pediatric

   Hey I am a travel nurse at this hospital. All the new grads I have talked to have not had any complaints!

2. Common Pediatric Meds?

   pghnurse07 replied to ForeverDreaming's topic in Pediatric

   Allopurinol

3. is this a low ball offer?

   pghnurse07 replied to cincin1222's topic in Travel

   I would never take a rate that low.

4. San Diego

   pghnurse07 replied to auntlala's topic in Travel

   I have been at Radys since December and living in Pacific Beach. I love it here :)

5. Has anyone traveled to Rady Childrens in SD?

   pghnurse07 replied to pghnurse07's topic in Travel

   I did get the job, I love it out here! And Rady's is really great. The people are all so nice.

6. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

   pghnurse07 replied to northmississippi's topic in Medications

   Dilaudid zofran cefoxitin or invanz pepcid/protonix/Zantac/omeprazole diaper creams!

7. Med error and disciplinary action

   pghnurse07 replied to Trolleydoll's topic in Medications

   That's crazy. And you're right, that does prevent people from reporting errors. At most, you should have done some re-education on the five rights with your educator.

8. Has anyone traveled to Rady Childrens in SD?

   pghnurse07 posted a topic in Travel

   San Diego, not South Dakota I interviewed for a position there yesterday and will hopefully be getting an offer today. I didn't interview until late yesterday. Also it is my understanding that corporate and the agencies got in a little battle over p...

9. Recommendations for Travel Companies

   pghnurse07 replied to hseeley1's topic in Travel

   I am hopefully starting to travel in a few weeks. I absolutely love my recruiter at Medical Express. She is amazing. If I start my assignment and she drops off the face of the earth when I need her, I would be incredibly shocked. I've been talking wi...

10. Agency jobs in Pittsburgh area?

    pghnurse07 replied to lulu523's topic in Travel

    Hey I'm from Pittsburgh, however to my knowledge, none of the hospitals in the area utilize travel nurses unfortunately

11. Lab draws

    pghnurse07 replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Pediatric

    We have an IV team we call for difficult sticks and IV insertions. Otherwise we draw our own.

12. Pediatric Midline IVs?

    pghnurse07 replied to Vicki_RN's topic in Pediatric

    We got training on them but we never have used them to my knowledge. I heard there were issues with them clotting off.

13. ? about my peds patient

    pghnurse07 replied to bellcollector's topic in Pediatric

    Absolutely try a Farrell bad. Nearly all of our patients use them. You can use it while feeding too. Also what type of formula is she on? She could have a reaction to that.

14. Pediatric oncology:Best hospitals to apply in MD or PA

    pghnurse07 replied to I<3PedsRN's topic in Pediatric

    Hi! I work at CHP. I started a year ago. Starting pay for me (BSN graduate) was around 23/hr. I will be honest and say I am not sure they are hiring diploma nurses at this point. As a magnet hospital, they are seeking to staff mostly BSN nurses. It's...