CPNE sites w/o pediatrics?

Published

Hi Folks,

Does anyone know of any Excelsior CPNE site doesn't have a pediatrics unit? Or if not that, some with very small pediatric units.

I have zero recent experience with peds and I'd rather not learn how to do this at the CPNE. I think the last time I touched any child was in 1995! And I never had any of my own so I'm a real basket case.

Thanks,

p7

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Cardiac Care, Palliative Care.

Excelsior have on their websites info on the different test sites. According to the info they provided for the MPAC: Lubbock tx is a Womens and Childrens hospital,

Mansfield OH- doesn't say

Plano tx doesn't say-all if says is it's a 423 bed med/surg facility

Amarillo tx has a peds unit

janesville wi have a birthing center

Meriter hospital in madison wi- doesn't say

St. Mary's in madison wi -doesn't say

Racine, WI have a peds unit

Milwaukee, WI also have a peds unit.

The CPNE journals on the EPN can give you a pretty good idea of which hospital will have actual peds pts. Some students got peds pts but they weren't infants or toddlers, they happen to be 10-18 years old.

I'm in the same boat as you with not wanting any peds for my PCS! But I think I've read on the EPN that for the infants and toddlers they won't have you doing any difficult tasks for them.

Hi Folks,

Does anyone know of any Excelsior CPNE site doesn't have a pediatrics unit? Or if not that, some with very small pediatric units.

I have zero recent experience with peds and I'd rather not learn how to do this at the CPNE. I think the last time I touched any child was in 1995! And I never had any of my own so I'm a real basket case.

Thanks,

p7

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Med surg and Psych.

I feel your pain...My children are grown (youngest fixing to turn 19) and no grandkids to practice on. I am going to try and practice on my great-nieces and nephews if possible. I am also going to make a dummy ped. pt. along with my dummy adult. I want to try and be prepared as possible. Also...With me...Lubbock is the closest site to my house. Yikes! Good Luck to all! Traci

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psych, LTC, Acute Care.

Faxton St. Lukes in Utica New York has a low risk of peds. They take peds but don't have them that often. When I went in Dec 08. I had an adult substitute. If you read alot of the journal about utica, most did not have peds.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in L&D, Maternal Fetal Medicine, LTC.
If you read alot of the journal about utica, most did not have peds.

What journal are you referring to?

Thanks

Felicia

Up Vote Up Vote ×

Syracuse, NY has a large pedi unit. Mine was a 5 month old with multiple liver tumors cancerous. I was assigned abdominal assess, resp assess, vitals, comfort, I+O hold the baby x1, change linens. Passed it too. I have a child but he was 2 years old when I adopted. The rest of the peds where an 8 month old with brain stem damage, the rest where toddler to pre-teen with hernia repair, appendectomy, tonsils. not bad. Don't be afraid, kids are easier. Same assessments, just smaller targets. When counting apical on infant, keep time with your foot tapping.

Maureen, GN

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Psych, LTC, Acute Care.
What journal are you referring to?

Thanks

Felicia

The CPNE journals on the EPN on Excelsiors website.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in LTC, Acute Care.

I had read about students at Racine rarely getting peds, but I got a 5-week-old baby there for my peds PCS. Some other people during my CPNE did not get peds, if my memory serves me correctly. I think one got a teenager with an appy, which she said was like taking care of an adult, so no biggie for her. Really, the baby wasn't a big deal...except the apical pulse.

(Hint for pulse practice--do some cardio workouts and periodically check your pulse. It'll be as high, if not higher, as a baby's pulse rate.)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Case Mgmt, Anesthesia, ICU, ER, Dialysis.

Long Beach has a BIG peds population.

But why not take the opportunity to learn a little peds now? Go see if you can hang out with the ARNP's at the health department, or a school nurse.

(Good way to get your foot in the door for your PSPR and Capstone project, too, if you continue on to your BSN)

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Every site has a "risk" of a peds patient. I had a peds substitute in Mansfield, but others who tested with me had real peds patients.

Up Vote Up Vote ×

I don't understand how there's such a disparity in this.

How is the CPNE considered fair if some people get peds patients and some don't, but part of the criteria for passing the CPNE is having 1 peds pt. and 2 adult pts.?

I guess I don't really care, but it just seems like a huge discrepancy.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Because these are real patients, it's impossible for EC to arrange to make all the patients the same, or to make peds available if they're not. The critical elements of the areas of care are still very similar, if not identical in some instances. Also, from what I've read/seen, people who have peds tend to have fewer problems with those PCSs than the adult ones.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Add a Comment