nascargirl381

This thread was started just for me. This is just my list for today 1. Tripped on the imaginery bump in the hall coffee went flying 2. Jacket got caught on CVP ripped the sucker right off the transducer 3. Dropped by icecream cone on the way back fro...

We used each other and it paid off. It gave us a whole new perspective on the patients and how they feel.

Just wanted to know if anyone went to see any good concerts this summer. I went to see Kid Rock, Run DMC and Aerosmith Thursday night and the show was awesome.

Kid Rock was great but I have to say the highlight was when all three of the did Walk This Way, it was unbelievable. The only drawback was it was on a Thursday night and had to work a 12 on friday.

:roll I find myself being the same way with my four year old daughter, I think it stems from working in a peds icu. Just tonight my dad was letting her ride her big wheel with out shoes and a helmet and here comes me running out the door yelling att...

We still use them a lot in pediatrics I have seen many of them after perinneal surgeries, abcesses (appendixes, and with imporfate anus corrections.

If it's true I'm packing my bags now!!!!!

All I can say is good luck!!! Your always told to chart and document everything to protect yourself. Who would of thought to watch for nasty, vindictive people that are out to get you, wish I could offer you some great advice, but I am a loss for wor...

I have to admit I am new here and I am glad I FOUND IT I have been glued to this webiste for days now, to bad people have to ruin it and now we have to watch our backs at all times

Gomer, I have been reading your previous post and I have one question for you are you really a nurse or just a nurse wannabe?

I just bought a pair of Nikes that slip on with no laces sorry don't know the name off hand and they are great better than my birkenstocks.

In most of the hospitals around me LPN'S are not staffed and if they are they are not allowed to start IV'S, Hang blood, and IV Push meds.

We have been using Regranex gel which we have been havig great results on diabetic neuropathic ulcers. Regranex is one of the first recombinant platelet derived growth factor for treatment of ulcers. The gel is applied in a thin layer and kept covere...

Erezebet: I see where you are coming from, we had a patient the other day who coded after some sort of norwood procedure and I believe the patient was on echmo, the surgeons had to open the pts's chest, there were family members from all the other be...

neuro breath is a nasty smelling stench that comes from a patients mouth and nose after they have suffered a major head injury, Its usually seen when the patient has been sedated and has an ET tube

I have to things that really gross me out is neuro breath (doing mouth care with patients with neuro breath) and artificial eyes I had a patient when I first statred nursing who's eye would fall out and she always came to me to put it back in YUCK!!!...

I work at childrens hospital pittsburgh, I work 12 hour shifts 36 hours one week and then flex for 44 hours the next, We have a high patient census and the staffing is getting a lot better

I work at a Peds ICU and I feel we need more time with our patients without family's hindering the care we give, In our unit parents can visit at any time and there is a 2 visitor limit at a time. One visitor has to remain awake at all times. The onl...

I got a pair of Birkenstocks (?) about 3 weeks ago and they are terrific!!!

You sound like me I just started in a PICU in piitsburgh, and I feel like a total idiot. Everyone seems so smart even the other GN's. I keep thinking that either I am totally stupid or my nursing school left me unprepared. From what I was told from m...

I work in a pediaric hospital and I have seen and heard quite a few things, the first patient I ever took care of was named Tequilla Sunshine, and I also took care of a set of twins named Butch and Cassidy. What were these parents thinking. Then agai...