pooh54

pooh54 has 22 years experience and specializes in Level 2 and 3 NICU, outpt peds.

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   pooh54 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Mrs Doolittle, I worked a a NA at Queen's and Straub, both had plenty ghost stories, chicken skin just to work night shift!

2. Nasal suction guidelines

   pooh54 replied to AbearsdenRNC's topic in NICU

   Just remember to look at your suction catheters, use only the delee tip since the whistle tip can and will excise tissue when used

3. Do you think patients should have the right to use medical marijuana?

   pooh54 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Dear CountryMom, Thanks so much!

4. Do you think patients should have the right to use medical marijuana?

   pooh54 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   During the last 2 years of his life, my son-in-law struggled to gain weight. He had end stage Cystic Fibrosis and could not keep his weight up despite tube feedings etc. His doctors finally prescribed marrinol for him and it did help. Weight was a ve...

5. Returning Military Vet with PTSD...can I become a nurse?

   pooh54 replied to codyerin's topic in Disabilities

   BTW, a word of warning though: you may wish to keep the PTSD to yourself while you're in a nursing program or at work. I wish nurses were more understanding of each other, but there's still a stigma associated with needing help and some nurses seem t...

6. work while on narcotics?

   pooh54 replied to deehaverrn's topic in Disabilities

   Sorry for the long quote> Here in Virginia, it is not against the law or nurse practice act to work while on opiates for chronic pain, that this is an issue between the nurse and her employer. While I find this gratifying (in some weird sense), it...

7. "Nurses Needed" on PBS

   pooh54 replied to elprup's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! How powerful and accurate, thanks for posting this,I will send it on to all my nursing colleagues

8. Does anyone else do quiet hour?

   pooh54 replied to NurseKerry's topic in NICU

   What a great idea, wish most of us would use this one!

9. Nurses Are Professionals? Oh Really?

   pooh54 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

   It's interesting that these hospitals that "script" do not think very highly of their own staff. About the excellent message, it is not opening up communication with the pt but it also can be a trust barrier between the nurse and the pt. If the perso...

10. tired of the abuse

    pooh54 replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, changing to a new facility is usually not the answer, most hospitals are running on a shoestring now, nursing is always among the first to take the hit, when other disciplines are laid off or cut back, the usual answer is that the nurs...

11. Funniest real orders you have seen in a chart?

    pooh54 replied to nilepoc's topic in Humor

    The bad old days.....we would give shots of liquor (po) to prevent the dt's, nothing like going into a pt's room to find them in full dt's 'cause no one knew they were drinkers. My first was a ery pale sweet little old lady who had an IVP, for some u...

12. Financial Aid available for online courses

    pooh54 replied to medicmama921's topic in General Nursing

    Also check the differing online course, they often have people that will help u with financial aid if you ask. Best of luck to you!

13. NICU to Pediatrician's Office..interview today...tips?

    pooh54 replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in Pediatric

    Right, what janfrn said. Many ads are placed for a certain number of days...cheaper by the dozen. Where are you in MD? I know GTUH is often looking for outpt nurse as well as Children's in their outlying specialty clinics....go to their websites for ...

14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    pooh54 replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    The old By the Way! Much experience with this one and it inevitably is the worst! The most recent BTW was a 7 yo in frank SVT's, requiring mucho meds and time in the Er with a trk to a level 1 where they ended up doing a trans-esophageal pacing to re...

15. Man-Flu....the Untold Facts....

    pooh54 replied to nurz2be's topic in Humor

    OMG!!!! Still laughing!