mir4777 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing
I had a pt come in to the ER the other day c/o back pain. She couldn't fill her pain medication for another 2 weeks. She informed me that she was allergic to shots. I didn't laugh, I asked what...
mir4777 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I helped out in the regular nursery (when Peds is slow) which is connected to the NICU. A 4 year old was not allowed in the NICU to see his baby brother, so he was waiting outside with his...
I work at a rural hospital and immediately got a Peds position on graduating school. That's been cool and I've been cross trained to Nursery, but we're moving. The hospital I'm going to has 24 beds...
mir4777 replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Pediatric
ha! We put in whatever we think will work. Sometimes 22G works better because the cannula is less flexible. You're the nurse, you're the one to guage it. If 22 doesn't work, you could always try...
Our admitting department keys in the admitting diagnosis. Often they are misspelled, but when I went to put this pts orders into the computer, I just about fell off my chair. "Hairy orbital...