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1. Transplant PICUs

   *PICURN* replied to kabarnes's topic in PICU

   I work in a transplant PICU in Los Angeles. Our hospital has like 10 ICU's (one for liver transplants, heart/lung transplants, kidney transplants, etc) where there is a separate medical ICU and separate surgical ICU. The PICU however is a mix of all ...

2. Another ? about working the 7p-7a shift

   *PICURN* replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   benadryl.....benadryl....benadryl.....

3. How to get through Night Shifts

   *PICURN* replied to joey1967's topic in New Nurse

   i just finished my first week of nights and let me tell you the first one is the WORST! after that i came home @ 8am, took a benadryl and off to sleep until 5pm when it was time to get up and do it all over again. The second and third night was a pie...

4. ER or PICU?

   *PICURN* replied to JennB03's topic in PICU

   Some parents/families are very difficult. You just have to not let them run you into the ground. It's hard to draw the line, but sometimes you just have to let them know that right now you need to do "x, y, and z" for their child and you will get to ...

5. california nursing salaries

   *PICURN* replied to JonathanRN's topic in General Nursing

   new grad, $25.36/hr....however cost of living is higher than you may think.

6. What's the StraightDope on recapping needles?

   *PICURN* replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

   i always try and use the needleless system if possible, but the needleless caps SUCK at drawing a med out of a vial....so then i just use the needle to draw it up, then recap it (one hand scoop), and then remove the needle, and attach a needleless

7. ER or PICU?

   *PICURN* replied to JennB03's topic in PICU

   when i first graduated, these were the two areas i was debating between as well. ER: I did one shift in the ER and although I loved the variety and loved the somewhat "organized chaos", I felt like we were just like a holding area until they moved t...

8. ER or PICU?

   *PICURN* replied to JennB03's topic in Emergency

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9. Syringe Pump or Buretrol?

   *PICURN* replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Maintenance IVF go through the buretrol. Any high risk or incompatible meds are put on a syringe pump (as well as all gtts). If the maintenance IVF is running at over 25cc/hr and the med you want to give is compatible, we drop it into the buretrol an...

10. baxter pump with pigback pca pump????

    *PICURN* replied to Webfoot's topic in Infusion

    You have to at least have a med running @ 2cc/hr to keep the line open, so if we have anything running @ less than 2 cc, you need something to "push it in". We have piggybacked the PCA to maintenance IVF on the Baxter pump, but like the poster before...

11. G-tube medication question

    *PICURN* replied to dcoffee's topic in General Students

    I was told to use Sprite/7-up b/c it is colorless.....but it all works the same!

12. Which Hospital is the BEST for NEW GRADUATE ?

    *PICURN* replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    one with a long enough orientation to make you feel comfortable being "on your own" i personally like the teaching hospital atmosphere, the nurses seem to more willing to teach new grads *and of course the hospital that meets YOUR needs ($/hr, benefi...

13. More Strange Baby Names

    *PICURN* replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Miracle Charisma (two of these....another was spelled Kharisma) Trinity

14. More Strange Baby Names

    *PICURN* replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    SOMEONE who works @ a hospital near my house says there is a guy named orangejello (pronounced like o-ranj-ello) how funny

15. Pediatric pain management

    *PICURN* replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Pediatric

    wow i can't believe he was ordering for IM injections.....ESPECIALLY if your child had IV access!!!!!!