AliRae

AliRae

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  1. I feel like a weakling...

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Our NP called me today to check on me and make sure I was calling our for Sunday too. Toughest thing I've ever done, especially since she mentioned that there were 5 possible traumas sitting in the...

  2. I don't know if you are here or not

    AliRae replied to msdr's topic in General Nursing

    As a PICU nurse, I've taken care of many young, promising kids who have overdosed. Every once in a while, we hear about one who, after multiple attempts, finally succeeds in completing their suicide....

  3. I feel like a weakling...

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Is it wrong that, as I hit "submit new thread" I thought to myself "I know my PICU-momma Jan will reply with helpful words!"?! =) They wanted to write me off for the whole weekend, but I got them to...

  4. PICU - What kind of pt. is hardest emotionally for you?

    AliRae replied to MA Nurse's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    ...now back to your regularly scheduled

  5. PICU - What kind of pt. is hardest emotionally for you?

    AliRae replied to MA Nurse's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Not if there's a free basement apartment at my aunt's house with my name on it! =) But maybe I could work out a travel contract there...? I haven't been to western Canada enough! I don't know...

  6. PICU - What kind of pt. is hardest emotionally for you?

    AliRae replied to MA Nurse's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Toughest for me are hands-down the near-drownings. I'm a PICU nurse because I was a PICU family member first ... when I was 15, my 17-year old cousin drowned. He spent 2 days in PICU until his...

  7. I hate bedmaking

    AliRae replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I've been making my bed with mitred corners as long as I can remember (mom was a nurse), but work is actually a different story. I figure, as long as the kid's still intubated and the pads are under...

  8. What would you change about your scrubs?

    AliRae replied to daisygirl_001's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Pants: wide legs; drawstring; LONG, but with the waist not so high that I have to cinch the pants just under my bosoms in order for the crotch not to be halfway to my knees. (because, trust me, that...

  9. Stinky Cuffs!

    AliRae replied to Ivanna_Nurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have disposable ones, so they get thrown out when the patient leaves or replaced for the same patient if they get that

  10. ETT / Oral Airway

    AliRae posted a topic in Emergency

    Not sure where to post this, so I'll stick it in the ED forum, since that's where I saw it. =) I'm a PICU person who has no ED experience. I'm on the transport team (which I love!), and I went out...

  11. Need a 2 weeks notice template

    AliRae replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I told my director back in June that I was planning on heading to Africa in the near future. I kept her updated on my application process, and I gave her a heads-up a few weeks ago when I knew I'd be...

  12. ETT / Oral Airway

    AliRae replied to AliRae's topic in Emergency

    The placement of the thing was odd ... I suppose it could have been being used this way, but it was pretty far back in his throat. Maybe it had slipped

  13. Peritoneal Dialysis in Infants

    AliRae posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a baby on the unit right now who came down from the NICU because they don't do PD up there. We don't usually do it on babes this small either (DOL 15, 3120 grams dry weight), so we've been...

  14. situs inversus in the newborn, kind of long

    AliRae replied to nursepenny's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Definitely not one of our patients, but one of our EMS techs has situs inversus with levocardia. Scared me to death shortly after I met him when he asked me to listen to his heart. All I could think...

  15. IV Infusion Pumps

    AliRae replied to linda52's topic in MICU, SICU

    Aw shucks. That just warmed my heart. I've been in another country all week, taking care of my grandma after she's had a stroke. I do'nt know anything about grownups, and I realize more than ever...

  16. Orienting with a preceptor and totally nervous to be on my own

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

    I remember that feeling like it was yesterday. It wasn't ... I came off orientation a year and a half ago, and have been doing just fine. (Also a fellow children's-hospital'er here! *wave!*) Take a...

  17. IV Infusion Pumps

    AliRae replied to linda52's topic in MICU, SICU

    We use MedFusion 3500 (that number could be totally off) syringe pumps for pretty much any drips and meds. Only thing that doesn't go on them is IV fluids or drips at night rates for our grown-up...

  18. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    AliRae replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I just have to revive this thread and share a "warm fuzzy" from today. I'm quitting my job at the end of this year to spend next year working on a hospital ship in Sierra Leone. While everyone at my...

  19. New Grads in PICU

    AliRae replied to kessadawn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    As a former PICU new grad, I'll answer! =) My orientation was 20 weeks. First 6 of those were on other floors in the children's hospital to get an idea of "normal" sick kids. The rest was in PICU,...

  20. Bling on the job?

    AliRae replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I was about to post that I don't wear any jewelry ever, when I looked down at my hands as I typed and noticed I was actually wearing a ring! It's a thin silver band on my middle finger that I've worn...

  21. Funny Names

    AliRae replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My best friend didn't know this, and met someone with this name. She promptly stuck out her hand and introduced herself as "four-finger," thinking it was a joke. She'll probably never live it

  22. Tattoo's and nurses

    AliRae replied to Blackspirit86's topic in General Nursing

    I only have 1, and it's on my foot, so no one can see it under my crocs and the knee socks I invariably end up wearing (the kiddies love 'em and think I'm a pirate!). But when I got it, my NM told me...

  23. Side business besides being a nurse?

    AliRae replied to buff nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a photographer on the side. I work with critically ill kids, and it's so therapeutic for me to get to go out there and hang with healthy, normal kiddos on my off days. In fact, I'm headed to a...

  24. Vent..."sedation"

    AliRae replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who works somehow for a health insurance company. He just told me that they had an inservice where they explained to them about how nurses are patient advocates and just what that...

  25. Vent..."sedation"

    AliRae replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    "BS! I'd like to see YOU with an ETT down YOUR throat and see whether or not you can cry!" came immediately to mind, and was relayed in a rather nasty tone of voice to said fellow. I'm such a...