AliRae

AliRae

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  1. Nurse to patient ratios and acuity in YOUR PICU

    AliRae replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I want to work at kessadawn's hospital! To add: our unit has 14 of the beds arranged in a U around back-to-back central nurse's stations. The other 6 beds are in a back offshoot that's not terribly...

  2. Nurse to patient ratios and acuity in YOUR PICU

    AliRae replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    As far as I can remember ... 1. I'm not sure if our cardiac program exists anymore. It was just a baby, anyway, when I left. We do CRRT but not ECMO. We do some transplants- mainly kidney, but...

  3. mic-key g-tube

    AliRae posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Question- I have a kiddo with a 22 french foley in as a G-tube at the moment. We're trying to figure out whether or not it would be feasible to get a mic-key button shipped over here, but we don't...

  4. mic-key g-tube

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Couldn't save this one. =( My little man went to be with Jesus earlier this evening. He's had a bad aspiration pneumonia for the past few days and just after dinner tonight, decided he'd had...

  5. mic-key g-tube

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Duh ... that would make sense! Thanks! And it sure would be a great option. Just getting it to Liberia while the kid's still here is going to be the

  6. tracheomalacia

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Our constant refrain here is "where you're born shouldn't decide why you die," but all too often it's so true. Baby's getting his g-tube this afternoon. He slept all night and, while he hasn't...

  7. tracheomalacia

    AliRae posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Here I am again with the next installment of "Holy cow I'm in Africa and I can't figure out what to do!" Today's topic: tracheomalacia. I have a 5 month old baby at the moment (4.6 kg ... he's just a...

  8. tracheomalacia

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Would you like an update? (Too bad- you're getting one!) We had a major team meeting today. Plan is to keep the kiddo for another week or so. If he's stable (which he hasn't been) stick in a g-tube...

  9. tracheomalacia

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We could hear him breathing in the hall when he first came in (no small feat, since the generators are right underneath the hospital and it's always incredibly loud in there). After he was extubated...

  10. encephalocele ethics

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I guess when you pray for miracles you shouldn't be surprised when they happen? She's doing well. For the past 72 hours it's been myself, another PICU nurse and a NICU nurse consistently taking care...

  11. encephalocele ethics

    AliRae posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hey there you current PICU warriors! I'm sitting here on my boat in Liberia and wondering if anyone can help me out a bit. We did an encephalocele repair yesterday. 2 month old baby, 3 kilos. Her...

  12. Things that gross me out....

    AliRae replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    Can I have two? When I was in Zambia a few years ago, I had a patient who used to come in every couple days for dressing changes. She had had a mastectomy and the wound had gotten pretty nasty - the...

  13. I have had it!!

    AliRae replied to kessadawn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm not dealing with child abuse any more, really. But the longer I'm here in Liberia, the sicker I get in retrospect at some of the stuff I saw while I was in the States. Honestly, what possesses...

  14. Why do you LOVE your job?

    AliRae replied to ERnursegrl04's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job because I work on a ship docked in the port in Liberia. And when I have downtime on the wards, I play UNO and legos and make balloon animals with the kids. And my commute is literally...

  15. 3% Saline

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    there is actually- you can't post links to outside blogs. =( which makes sense. so PM away! and also, let me know and I can send you folks links to mine and some other blogs of people here on the...

  16. 3% Saline

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send me a link to their blog. PM me it. I love that little boy. I wasn't able to care for him while he was here because I was on another ward, but I just saw him last week when...

  17. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    AliRae replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    the best part? Alice isn't even my name. It's just the new name that all the patients and translators around here have given me. Because they, for some reason, can't stop at Ali. I love

  18. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    AliRae replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm in Liberia right now, working on a hospital ship, being stretched so far, I can't even see my comfort zone anymore. Over the last week and a half I've been caring for a small boy named Anthony...

  19. 3% Saline

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You got it! PM me and I'll give you my email address and blog and I can point you to the blogs of a few other nurses on here at the moment. I would be way more than happy to answer any questions you...

  20. Theatrical makeup ala tammy faye baker

    AliRae replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

    if all else fails, couldn't the false eyelashes count as a heath hazard? I can't believe that they're SO stuck on that there's no potential for them to fall into a sterile

  21. Africa

    AliRae replied to Jbeachgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently in Liberia, settling in to life on board a hospital ship committed to bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor of West Africa. PM me if you want info. I could talk about Africa...

  22. Let's talk about death

    AliRae replied to Okiecruffler's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I've just been reading over this thread again, especially when Jan said she held a baby who's mum just couldn't be there. I've never been in a situation where the parents didn't feel like they could...

  23. They called the cops!

    AliRae replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    AHAHA! I don't have time right now to read through all the pages of replies, so I'm not sure where this discussion is going. I just have to share that this happened to me .. on CHRISTMAS no less!...

  24. Are you happy?

    AliRae replied to SteveNNP's topic in General Nursing

    I am happy with that kind of deep contentment that comes from knowing that I'm exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. It might not sound like everyone's idea of a good time,...

  25. How often are you touching your patients?

    AliRae replied to lucinka's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a peds person, so all the time! Kiddos are very hands-on, and I take any opportunity I can to get the little ones out of bed and hold