AliRae

AliRae

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  1. Inciden Report Etiquette

    AliRae posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had to write my first incident report today, and I'm just not sure if I handled the whole situation properly. Background: Patient is a 9 month old infant who has been with us since day one (never...

  2. Leaving written report at shift change?

    AliRae replied to uptoRNin04's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested in the idea of written report as a standard thing. We don't ever do it ... the floors tape, and PICU and NICU give verbal report at the bedside. The only time we write is if the...

  3. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    AliRae replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    I started out in PICU as a new grad, and wanted to quit off and on throughout my orientation. I think, if we're honest with ourselves, we've all felt the same way. I had 2 preceptors. One was sweet...

  4. Inciden Report Etiquette

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed, the filling out of the thing wasn't so bad. I'm just left wondering if I should have said something to the nurse involved. We don't use names on the reports or anything (other than our own...

  5. Are you having an RSV crisis?

    AliRae replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm in central Jersey in a 20-bed unit. We actually haven't been too bad yet (as I knock on every piece of wood within arm's reach...). It's been unseasonably warm here ... today was 73 degrees! ......

  6. congential heart defects question

    AliRae replied to sweetieann's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Not necessarily. We have one kid on the unit with complete pulmonary atresia (cool case ... he grew collaterals off his aorta to his lungs and is thus still kicking), and when he desats below 60, we...

  7. vented patients

    AliRae replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of this as a routine thing. Is this unique to the adult world? I work PICU, and the only time we cut our sedation is if we really think we're going to go for

  8. Inciden Report Etiquette

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in General Nursing

    I like that idea. I'll definitely use it in the future.

  9. Inciden Report Etiquette

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in General Nursing

    Our incident reports are def. factual ... no names and such. I think my question wasn't so much whether or not I should have written up the report; my head nurse told me to, and so I did it. My...

  10. Bed Baths, I dread giving them.

    AliRae replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed, RYNOBLASTER, it's possible that there are people out there who don't bathe every day. However, those people (and people in general) aren't usually lying sick in bed for days on end. Try it...

  11. What's in a name?

    AliRae replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't name it, but my unit secretary and I recently discovered that when you turn on a radiant warmer in anticipation of an admission, you can play with the alarms in such a way as to create...

  12. Will hospitals rehire old employees?

    AliRae replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be working as a nurse, but it'll be on a boat and as a volunteer, so that would qualify, right? (Assuming everything goes according to plan...) I didn't know about a leave of absence - I'll have...

  13. When does it get easier?

    AliRae replied to Pachinko's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I remember about a month into my orientation (new grad in PICU), crying on the phone to a friend. "They told me there was a learning curve ... no one told me it was freaking Mount Everest!" He was...

  14. Will hospitals rehire old employees?

    AliRae replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hm, I'd also be interested in hearing whether or not this is a feasible plan. I'm hoping/planning to leave for Africa on a short term mission trip (6-12 months) at some point during the coming year....

  15. Stress! How do you releive it?

    AliRae replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Holy cow, that stress-reliever blows mine right out of the water (no pun intended)! Can I come use your hot tub when you're not in it? =) As for me, I do photography. It's completely across the...

  16. Oh, icky! Yuck! WEIRD feeling!!

    AliRae replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is that where you got yours? I wasn't aware that there were other sites you could use... (Sad about the

  17. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    AliRae replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    I've been sitting here reading this thread and just crying. I don't know how you ED nurses do it, but I just want to say thank you. I know sometimes that all the good you can find almost isn't...

  18. Preceptor Question

    AliRae replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I did a 90-hour preceptorship during my senior year of nursing school- 3 weeks of a sort of in-hospital, real-life advanced clinical where I shadowed a preceptor and was allowed to practice skills....

  19. Oh, icky! Yuck! WEIRD feeling!!

    AliRae replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've only ever done it on the dolls (we don't even get chicken legs!) in PALS, and I've had 2 kids with them. I did take one out, and the feeling of that was enough to make me NEVER want to put one...

  20. How do I prep for night shift

    AliRae replied to khazel2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work days with rotation, so the majority of my time is on days, with the occasional night or 2 thrown in there. I like to go to church on Sundays, so I get them to schedule me for Sat. days and...

  21. What was your first clinical experience like? Any suggestions on how to handle it?

    AliRae replied to LuvaBSNRN's topic in General Students

    My first clinical day involved myself and another student attempting to shower and dress a very large, very schizophrenic LTC client. I think the 2 of us were wetter than our patient when we finally...

  22. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    AliRae replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    I love all the 50s/30s as lowest ever. Things are different in the world of the little people. And I don't even work NICU! Apparently, up there, as long as the MAP is above gestational age, you're...

  23. New to the PICU

    AliRae replied to jamonit's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Yay for PICU, and yay for you being a new grad going straight there! I did the same thing about 15 months ago, and I've never regretted it for a day. I work in a 20-bed unit in central Jersey....

  24. Floating to your unit

    AliRae replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    As a PICU person, I can be floated anywhere- peds, hem-onc (which scares me to death every time), peds ER and NICU. We get floats from pretty much any of those floors, and the occasional adult float....

  25. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    AliRae replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I was 15 years old when my cousin, a crazy, energetic 17 year-old guy, drowned in a lake at a summer camp he was working at. I live in the States, my cousins live in Canada. We drove through the...