ac3070

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1. Pedi ED vs. PICU

   ac3070 replied to RNforGod's topic in Emergency

   Hm, I guess the major differences comes in patient population (really sick vs the spectrum of sick and not sick), continuity of care (do you like having the same patient for a whole shift or do you...

2. Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

   ac3070 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I must've copied the rate wrong off our board-it is 2.3/1000

3. Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

   ac3070 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   It sounds terribly frustrating. I have less than 6 months experience in the picu so this is the only way I know, but I can't imagine mixing drips on top of everything else-especially in the super sick...

4. Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

   ac3070 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Also--I will check our CLABSI rate when I get to work

5. Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

   ac3070 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Replying from my phone-thanks for clarifying about the bigger solutions being drawn into syringes, that makes more sense. Our pharmacy would still say no way to us doing it ourselves though as I...

6. Standard concentrations and frequency of infusate changes

   ac3070 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   1) Do you prepare your drug infusions or does pharmacy prepare them for you? If pharmacy prepares them for you, you may or may not have responses for the remaining questions. Pharmacy prepares all...

7. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

   ac3070 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

   Was this med to be given on an Iv pump? If so you aren't really giving fluids...the tubing is there, primed with NS, and I always thought of the NS as a kind of insurance to keep the tubing from...

8. Pedi and NICU the same???

   ac3070 replied to PediatricRNTX's topic in Pediatric

   I am still orienting in my picu but will be pulled to float to peds, peds hem onc, nicu, nursery, peds ed. Day shift nurses also go to peds same day surgery/recovery. It's a lot but not unusual, I...

9. Sheath Pulls

   ac3070 replied to jackpp's topic in Critical Care

   Love a radial Cath! My

10. Sheath Pulls

    ac3070 replied to jackpp's topic in Critical Care

    In my hospital (a bigger, 600-bed academic center) nurses from one cardiac floor are certified to pull and handle the pulls on the rest of the floors. That nurse is a resource nurse on her/his floor...

11. Securing ET's

    ac3070 replied to birdieshot's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Why aren't tube holders widely used? Is it a cost

12. Pediatric BMT

    ac3070 replied to the healer's art's topic in Pediatric

    Texas

13. Can I join you? New PICU hire

    ac3070 replied to ac3070's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thankfully I have two young'uns at home (1 year and 4.5 years old) to keep me up to speed...it's the slightly older ones I have to research a bit more for!

14. Can I join you? New PICU hire

    ac3070 posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hi everyone, I'm having a good time reading tons of old threads and wanted to introduce myself before I start actively participating! I've been hired into the PICU at the hospital where I currently...

15. Shift Assessment, Preceptor Questions, etc

    ac3070 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm new too, and I definitely look at other nurses' assessments--I think it's helpful to see how the patient has changed in the last twelve hours. Obviously if something is super different than what...