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What is everyone doing regarding kids that are obese and dosing meds based on wts? We had a 9yr old who was ordered Tylenol 10mg/kg. Typical dose for our kdis. However, the dose ended up being 1000mg /dose. Everyone was looking at the order and not ...

When I was in Portland Or. our PICU intensivist gave us each a plant and choclate. In Arkansas we all received a 20.00$ gift certificate from where else Wal-Mart.

Unfortunely the saying "Nurses eat their young" is only to true. In my 30+ yrs. of nsg I have seen this same scene replayed to many times. You need to find a resource person on your shift. There are many of us seasoned vets that really want our new R...

Please help! I have been a peds nurse for more years than I can believe. I have had the opporutunity to work with kids in a variety of settings. However, this is the first hospital that I have worked at where the mattresses are about 6 inches to shor...

As a PICU RN, I would suggest going that route. If you are in a large teaching hospital your PICU will include the surgical, medical and CV challenges that you would need. And as kids change FAST your assessment skills are fine tuned to any minute ch...

My husband is a perfusionist and this is not a perfusion program. That usually requires a BA/BS in addition to a 18mon-2yrs intensive training program. (depending on what school you attend) I would suggest holding on to becoming an RN. The sky is th...

I am an ex-arkansas RN that was happy to go back west. The people in Ar. are wondeful, the Hawgs, what can you say, everyone should experience one football game, but the pay was horrible!!!! RNs deserve much better!!!!!!!!!!!!

I currently live and work in Stockton. I am envious of you who are are at Sutter Memorial. I was there for 15 yrs. and had a terrific expeirence in the PICU. The valley here is blind to the needs of peds and it is very frustrating but that is another...

I work in a hospital. Presently in peds,NICU some PP. Peds/PICU will always be my #1 love.

I work in Ca. Peds/Maternal Child Ratio is 6pts to 1RN on nights in peds ( and in the winter this number goes up)

I worked for 17yrs in a PICU. I am currently working peds in a community hospital.

MOVE!!!! I worked in Fayetteville Ar. for the past 4yrs. I was so thrilled when my husband was transferred back to Calif. this yr. ( no we are not Wal-Mart or Tyson people) The cost of living in Arkansas is not cheap and a nursing salary is poor. As...

This is a real concern to close the PICU. I have worked at Legacy Emanuel. The PICU is only 20 beds and this time of the year is frequently full. Being in the heart of downtown Portland, Emanauel has it's share of trauma along with all the other med...

What a fun post. Let's see, yesterday I had a pacifer, butterfly, fun bandaids, tube of desitn, 4 pens- I am the one who always walks off with someone's, alchol wipes and a tenderheel.

Congraduations!!!!! I graduated from the University of Portand some 26 yrs ago and I am still excited to hear about someone starting. I do hope you have some training at Emmanuel Hospital for Pediatrics and PICU. It is a terrific place for kids!!! Go...

I really think sometimes that RNs that do not do tasks as bedpans etc don't because they really don't know how. I know it sounds stupid but I know for a fact that you can go through nsg. school without ever having done basic bedside care. I have work...

I agree with the comment about taking respondsibility for a med error. We are all human and are destined for a mistake as some time but to not take respondsiblity for it has far more severe consequences. I worked with a cardiologist at a hospital tha...

As a mother of 5, I would encourage any of my brood to go into nsg. So far no one is a taker!!! (we do have a budding vet and physical therapist)I know after 26yrs all the pitfalls, the poor wages, lousey hrs. etc. However, I feel that I have had the...

Several years ago I worked as an assistant nurse manager in a 20 bed PICU. We tracked all our med errors and tried to find a trend as to a specific RN, time of day, activity of the unit etc. Our final outcome was the fact that staff weren't following...

Sorry couldn't vote as our ratio changes so frequently. Ideally, in our NICU, we have 1RN to 2 pts. if one of the infants is vented. Our feeders and growers are usually 1RN to 3pts. Of course, we also have far to many days where we might have 4-5pts ...

I have also worked in both size facilities and I must admit I prefer to work in a larger facility. My concern with the smaller hospitals is the limited resources. I have seen patients kept at smaller facilities when they really should have been trans...

Interesting question!!! As someone who has had the opportunity to have worked in several states, I would say without a doubt that Arkansas is not nurse friendly. Salaries are low and the cost of living is not as low as one would expect. I know so man...

I am new to posting so please bear with me. My question is in regard to a lidocaine reaction. A 4yr old came in to our ER with c/o a broken ulna and radius. She was give an injection of 2%lidocain prior to manipulation. Within 15 minutes of injection...