slb0523

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1. weight based medication drips

   slb0523 posted a topic in Pediatric

   For your pediatric patients that weigh over 50 kg, do you continue to run medication drips at weight based doses? example: 18 y.o. weighs 54kg. versed drip at 0.1mg/kg/hr or 5.4mg/hr? There used to...

2. Unit policies on accepting pediatrics in your ICU

   slb0523 replied to wtbcrna's topic in MICU, SICU

   We have a pedi wing, but no PICU. There are about 12 of us who are "trained" to take pedi pt's no less than 2 years old in our MICU. Any youger and we stabilize them and transfer to a childrens...

3. Inadequacy and stupidity

   slb0523 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in MICU, SICU

   I know how you feel! I was one of only 3 new grads that was hired into my MICU about 3 1/2 years ago. The other two were student nurses in the unit for a year prior to that, so naturally I felt the...