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    Any experience with Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis?

    kids replied to live4today's topic in Pediatric

    Oh Renee, I am so sorry to hear about your grandbaby. I have no experience with the illness and there doesn't appear to be a lot of information out there about it but what I did find indicates a...
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    Mt St. Helen's

    kids replied to Nesher's topic in Washington Nursing

    MattsMom, has your husband found the CVO website? I can easily kill an afternoon reading and looking at pictures. Anyway... We have had no tremors here in Vancouver or at my cousin's place 30 miles...
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    Pediatric Surgery, teaching on homecare after discharge?

    kids replied to Animaniacs's topic in Pediatric

    The things that immediately come to mind are: General and procedure specific signs & symptoms to monitor for and call the doctor if they occur. Wound care. A list of suggested supplies (consider...
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    Vaccinations

    kids replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Pediatric

    most of us don't remember life before vaccines. most of us have never seen people who were maimed, crippled or killed by vaccine preventable diseases. their numbers far outweigh the number of people...
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    Southwest Washington Medical Center

    kids replied to twarlik's topic in Washington Nursing

    I've been here in Vancouver for just over 20 years and have to say that in the Vancouver/Portland Metro area there isn't as serious a shortage as many parts of the country is experiencing. Off the top...
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    Skin tears

    kids replied to sharann's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Oclusive dressings for skin tears are the standing order at the LTCs/SNFs in my area. The wound needs to be cleaned, aproximated, covered with the occlusive dressing and left alone. Only change the...
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    info please

    kids replied to Lateefa's topic in Pediatric

    In my area LPNs change Gtubes in the hospitals, clinics and home care...pretty much anywhere one can be changed. I suggest www.tracheostomy.com as an excellent source for general Peds trach info. If...
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    Making my Health Care Proxy

    kids replied to shel_wny's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. If you are not able to have an attorney prepare your documents I strongly suggest you look for a legal blank specific to your state. I have seeen them sold at Office Max for about $4. Also,...
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    Changes affecting Nursing faculty WA state

    kids replied to westcoastgirl's topic in Washington Nursing

    I have not heard/read anything about this. Have you checked the BON site?
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    RN-BSN programs in washington state.

    kids replied to geekgolightly's topic in Washington Nursing

    Thanks for the link to the Linfield program. I thought they offered an RN to BSN but didn't see it when I looked at the site (which is kind of embarrassing since the info is pretty obvious). And they...
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    RN-BSN programs in washington state.

    kids replied to geekgolightly's topic in Washington Nursing

    Sorry, I don't have any input on which schools are "better". I can tell you that University of Washington in general has a good reputation. Most of the nurses I know who have or in the process of...
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    Any one here work in an ER that was featured on a Discovery show?

    kids replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of years ago some episodes or "Trauma: Life in the ER" were filmed at the hospital where nilepoc (Mod of the CRNA forum) was working. As I recall the filming was not done on his shifts. My...
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    Paediatrics roll call

    kids replied to retrodiva's topic in Pediatric

    Congratulations!:balloons:
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    Moving to Washington

    kids replied to tronchase's topic in Washington Nursing

    Tacoma has many of the problems typically seen in larger cities. Bremerton (and all of Kitsap County) has a large military presence with the resulting frequent turnover. Consequently a sizable portion...
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    New To The Community. Have some questions!

    kids replied to shanci_006's topic in Pediatric

    I am assuming in you are in the US. Your nursing school program will most likely include a term (or portion of) in Peds. Also, depending on your nursing program you may also have an opportunity to do...
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    Paediatrics roll call

    kids replied to retrodiva's topic in Pediatric

    I've been doing Peds in some form since 1996. I'm currently off work following a big back surgery but plan on going back to work this summer in either Peds office or (my dream job) Peds hospice. For...
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    I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!

    kids replied to katlpn6's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have never seen anyone tape syringes together. I did want to comment that in MANY circumstances a 5/8 needle is appropriate for giving IM injections to infants and small
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    Be-littling CRNA's

    kids replied to forane2001's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    While I can't attest to Red Man's syndrome being listed in the PDR I can say that an internet search of the specif term yeilded several referrences to it in connection to Vanco. Many from reliable...
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    Question

    kids replied to fusion's topic in General Nursing

    I've had multiple back surgeries including a 4 level fusion in April. Every time the catheter was placed after I was
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    Isolation

    kids replied to JeriLou's topic in Pediatric

    My local hospital does not require parents to follow isolation precautions. The rationale is that RSV is so common in the
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    Question about Atrial Septal Defect

    kids replied to RN-TO-BE's topic in Pediatric

    My grandson was born with a serious heart defect. Peds cardiology is not my "thing" so I did a lot of searching. I very highly recommend http://www.heartcenteronline.com/index2.cfm and...
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    the Denver II Developmental Screening Test

    kids replied to GingerSue's topic in Pediatric

    The Denver materials are posted in the thread titled 'Developmental Assessment Tools' tacked at the top of the
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    Crackles on auscultation

    kids replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    I fixed that for you
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    WA Nurses

    kids replied to chad75's topic in Washington Nursing

    If you don't have your heart set on a specific area in the region, several hospitals in the Portland-metro area are still utilizing
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    Help me get a manual BP on Preemies!!

    kids replied to kaytodd's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Moving this to the NICU forum as they have more experience with