SnowbirdRN

Perhaps the Ativan is also ordered for muscle spasms which could greatly reduce pain.

Badger, River.

I work labor and delivery (and postpartum). I wish we had (flexible) visiting hours! Our moms are exhausted and need to rest but every friend and family member "needs" to come see the baby. I try to suggest that they have most of their visitors co...

I love your thought process here. That alone shows the positive effort you put into your work and other peoples' lives. You're an amazing nurse just by being able to grow from this experience. Kudos!

My goodness. I think that shows more negative things about the HR person than the applicant, by far!! Bitter about the job much?

We get a raise every year. I'm leaving in 6 weeks anyway for something new and exciting. I was getting bored. The kids are stable and it's more like babysitting with some nursing thrown in.

I do home health for pediatrics and typically have between 6-10hr shifts. Base pay is $27/h but there's differential for evenings/nights/weekends.

Hello all! I'm looking into applying for a Labor & Delivery position this coming fall. I've been a high-tech pediatric visiting RN for 6.5yrs (not really that high-tech: Trach, Gtubes, brain injuries and neuro patients). I have my BSN (2007)....

Go into pediatrics?

Holy cow! I usually have the choice of $25 gift cards to the grocery store or gas.

Yikes! I would likely send them home. I'm no babysitter. If I have a camper spending more than a day with me, I think they need to go home. I had a camper with a fractured wrist last year who stayed and only spent one day in the health house but ...

We do meds right after meals (though if they want to pop in before a meal I allow it) and I often would have about 3-5 kids forget each time. All the program areas have walkie talkies so I would just check the class list and call the camper down. T...

i've never heard of this game! One game we have that I cringe at though is the ball tied to the pole.. SO many injured fingers..

Littlewing, fear not of your age! This will be my fourth summer as the camp nurse and I'm 25. That means I started when I was a wee little 22yr old. Many parents dropping kids off were like.. "wait, YOU'RE the nurse?! You went to college and have...

oh and i also hated when people came down during the rest hour after lunch because I often felt like I needed a nap but if I think about it, it's probably best for them to come down at that time rather than miss out on activities.

I would always be in our health center before and after meals, and at bedtime. If a camper is late by 15-20min or if I'm itching to go to bed or something, I call the camper down. The counselors have walkie talkies so it's usually easy for me to ca...

At camp I'm required to document each camper that comes in, their concern, and the treatment provided. This has to be in a bound book. Last year I used a bound journal-like book and I had to draw extra lines on every single page to make it more lik...

you guys send kids home with a temp no matter what? are you a day camp?? I rarely send kids home (with an exception of last summer and h1n1).

I hold two jobs in the summer. My regular VNA nursing shifts (30 hrs) and the overnight girls camp. I get 24hrs off from camp a week and that's always spent towards my other job. I'm also the only nurse at camp and I surely get burnt out at times....

I've done 3 yrs at an overnight girls camp. Year 1 we had an adult have a Grand Mal (no history of having seizures), A violent camper threatening to hurt others; Yr 2 we had a choking counselor (able to cough it up), Another counselor with some sor...

We had a confirmed case at my camp, she was immediately sent to the ER with her mom when she hit 104 with terrible breath sounds. She ended up having bronchitis at the same time. Shortly after that, the Health Dept was in contact with me and helped...

androrn, How did the software work out last summer? I ended up getting the ACA book which was okay but if I could computerize this year, that'd be GREAT!

Hey, this year will be my 3rd year as a camp nurse and I'm the only nurse at camp. I actually prefer it this way! I put a little board on my door saying where I am if I'm not in the infirmary. I also carry a walkie talkie and counselors will radio...

I'm a high-tech pediatric visiting nurse and most of the kids I work with have had severe anoxic brain injury. For one it happened 18 years ago when she was a premie and coded, another 5yr old drowned when she was 18mo. With both these kids I've ex...

i did both axillary and oral temps. HR was elevated (110-20ish) RR 28, which is her norm. I told the parents to mention the temp to the surgeon when they call about the casts. Do you understand the basis of neurological fevers? If they decide to kee...