canadianpedsnurse

canadianpedsnurse has 3 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. why leave an open appendectomy open after surgery?

   canadianpedsnurse replied to Tami707's topic in Pediatric

   I've probably seen over a hundred appy's, most of them perforated, and I've never ever seen someone left open. Drains - yes, and some develop abcesses which are treated with antibiotics for a good 1-2 weeks....wouldn't you think that leaving an incis...

2. giving oral meds to skilled fighters

   canadianpedsnurse replied to afteralltheseyears's topic in Pediatric

   You can also squeeze their cheeks when they're infants or toddlers to get their mouth to open. I've also put it in nipples of their bottles mixed with about 10cc's of milk/glucose water/juice...and putting their pacifier in their mouth right away hel...

3. Montreal Gen Hosp area

   canadianpedsnurse replied to dollarman's topic in International

   I used to work at the MGH and I have to stay, pretty much every staff member speaks English and most are anglophone. Some staff, like pharmacy technicians and some nurses, orderlies are francophone but for the most part everyone is bilingual. Some da...

4. What kind of nurse are you?

   canadianpedsnurse replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a staff nurse in pediatrics on a surgical ward, contemplating PICU. I love my unit - especially neurosurgery and cardiac surgery. We see about 6 or 7 other surgical services as well. Kids are so resilient and people ask me how I deal with familie...

5. Canadian pediatric RN looking to work in Australia

   canadianpedsnurse posted a topic in International

   I am a RN working in a children's hospital in Canada. I have 2 years peds experience and 1 year adult experience (but will never return to adult care). In about a year and a half, I would really like to go off to Australia and work in a pediatric hos...