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1. I'm Taking a Poll

   8great replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   how many of you use sugar in the open chest? That ia regular table

2. Inspiring stories

   8great replied to googabin02's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Good luck! Hope you have some solid way of taking care of yourself. These are all great stories, soon you'll have your own. I worked in the OKC bombing, in the PICU...............as much as that was...

3. Problems with PICU nurses

   8great replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I was a PICU nurse for 12 years, only knew of one drug problem, now in the ED, there have been several over the past 3 years......I would have to wonder about that manager

4. Med Recs

   8great replied to budger1983's topic in Emergency

   We also have to do this, takes too much time, parents often don't know the names or amts of the meds that their kids are taking. Look this up on the ENA website, they're pushing hard to not have this...

5. Ketamine for conscious sedation in peds in the ED

   8great replied to nanb's topic in Emergency

   check with your board, it's out of our scope of practice in my state. We use it on kids, under age 14, bad reactions on older kids.Recent studies are questioning the long tern effects on

6. ER Nurses. Read This!

   8great replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   wow, after one of the worst days in th ER, thinking about leaving......my mind says go, but my heart won't let go, .........are those folks really out there that care about what we do? is this what...