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G'smommy

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  1. salary

    We get paid per call. During the summer we make hospital pay. Right now we make money hand over
  2. Reality Check. How many calls do you triage?

    I usually triage 6-8 calls an hour. Right now thanks to swine flu and scared parents I can triage up to 15. I've been doing this for a few years, so I've pretty much go it down. I can comfortably...
  3. Do I have enough experience?

    I would say you have plenty of experience. Go for
  4. Do even pediatric nurses get jaded?

    The parents can be very annoying. I might have a mom bless me out b/c I don't think their 15 year old with a fever of 99.8 needs to go to the emergency room. Then I'll have a child with a stiff neck,...
  5. Who numbs for needlesticks?

    Perhaps the person saying "suck it up" has never been in the hospital with their own child. I have-- watching my 4 year old son tear up each time someone walked in the room b/c he knew he would get...
  6. # of calls per hour

    4-10 calls per hour is for my evening shifts 5p-10p and long weekend shifts 1p-11p. I work from home and might be one of 6 nurses working during a given shift. We cover for 150+
  7. LOL! I will say that sitting in a freezing cold hospital bathroom floor with my girls hanging out was never much of a break for me.
  8. # of calls per hour

    I work from home and can expect between 4 and 10 calls per hour. Average and expected is
  9. I worked in ICU and pumped every 2 hours. It was a 12 hour shift, so it was important to keep up my supply being gone that long. I ended up going to 2 days a week and then quitting to be home with my...
  10. Have you heard of this?

    I didn't b/c it is fairly expensive. It is less if you are a member, but you have to buy a minimum each month or so. From what I've heard it is hard to make the minimum b/c you don't use that much in...
  11. Have you heard of this?

    Yes. You might have seen the banners that say something like "staying home and loving it". You sign up as a member by buying a certain amount of product upfront and enrolling to buy a certain amount...
  12. Flu shot in arm for 8 month old?

    I would have given it in the thigh. As far giving lots at one time or one at a time, I would just do what mom wants. It makes me sad to hear "pull the nurse card" b/c as a nurse who has worked in many...
  13. Since when is strep throat swabbed in the NOSE??

    That really stinks. I can't stand bad nurses. I'm glad you got it
  14. I used the when I did bedside nursing as well. The hosp I had mine at did the big S (sucked). ? I was by myself possibly m/c, waited 10 hours, got a foley and u/s only to hear "we don't know, call...
  15. :) I also never realized how painful it could be to move a foley. I was sitting up in the bed holding the sucker for dear life b/c staff kept bumping into it. I wanted to crap myself each time I saw...
  16. I had a cath when I went to the ER to rule out miscarriage and it did feel like I had to pee still. Obviously, I did not, but I think it is just the sensation of the catheter in the urethra. It was a...
  17. I am DONE!!!!!!

    Reading these posts just verifies what I already knew. I would hate OB. :) I am a telephone triage nurse. It is sooooooooooooo nice to be able to stick my tongue out and roll my eyes in my head when...
  18. tired of certain calls

    Do you ever get tired of certain calls? Some nights I feel like I am going to scream if I read cough/congestion/fever. Other nights I get sick of talking about vomiting. I could do earache calls all...
  19. patient load and other gripes :)

    I just started a geriatric psych unit and I have 10 patients and 2 techs. No other nurse. Is this the norm? I have a million forms to fill out on each patient and get to spend zero time with them....
  20. I had a patient tell me that he had "doll parts" and he would walk around adjusting his arms and legs like a robot. I had another who had syph that went to the brain and all he would say was "ouch...
  21. Salary

    Wow. How do you find a telephone triage job with no nights, weekends, or
  22. Salary

    I make more than I made in ICU. I get paid 4.25 per phone call and have 6-10 calls per hour. A call to a physician is also 4.25. An rx or an appt is half of that. During the summer however, I will get...
  23. high temps/ flu protocol

    We use Barton Schmitt as well. Unfortunately I have use a ratty book b/c I don't have it on my computer.
  24. Coughing...and other tips?

    I have to follow Barton Schmitt. Even if we have extra advice that may be helpful, we can't give it. As for your question, I don't really have any other advice other than dextromethorphan if they are...
  25. vent not working

    Today a collegue of mine had a patient on the vent who started biting the tube and being restless in general. So the nurse gave him dilaudid. Well, the patient's mv started going down and he was not...