WineCountryRN

WineCountryRN

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  1. New Grad on Pediatric Orthopedic floor! HELP!

    WineCountryRN replied to calishelby's topic in Pediatric

    Good luck girlfriend and you will get "it". My mind is drawing a blank but there are resources specific to orthopedics (NAOM?) They had an ortho book that is great, go to conferences, ask for help. DO...

  2. Should I take PALS?

    WineCountryRN replied to lei7's topic in Pediatric

    I did it. I did exactly what you are thinking...I wanted into peds so I took PALS so that my resume would be even better. The PALS class was tough, I barely passed and I was an A student in school....

  3. Is being a NP what you thought it was going to be?

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    4 years ago I left being a NP to have babies and focus on my children. I felt that working all day and staying late for admitting patient (always the last one of the day) and not being with my own...

  4. UC Davis Sacramento

    WineCountryRN replied to marie88's topic in California Nursing

    Dexter99~ things are really bad on the West Coast (at least in Sac) with hiring. I heard there was a hiring freeze at UCD and Kaiser. New Grads really have it bad...UCD being a State Job and State...

  5. Pediatric Fall Assessment

    WineCountryRN replied to Choircat's topic in Pediatric

    We use the Cummings Pediatric Fall

  6. Poll for Burn Nurses...as a student nurse, did you rotate in a burn unit?

    WineCountryRN replied to WineCountryRN's topic in Burn

    Hello anyone

  7. Burn Techs...ancillary staff on burn units

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in Burn

    I was just wondering if many BICUs use ancillary staff like a tech or nursing assistant. We use techs to assist in burn care and I have not seen anything in the literature that supports the use of...

  8. Need FUN & CREATIVE inservice ideas!

    WineCountryRN replied to jaxnRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    gosh I hate to say it but food really seem to do the job in getting the interest of the staff I work with...but how to keep the cost down? I plan to do roving inserving offering tea (high afternoon...

  9. Developing Declott Competency...help please

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    SOS to the Infusion Nurses and Clinical Educators:typing Just wondering if you have a Declot competency that you would be willing to share? We use Cath Flo (great free inservice materials provided by...

  10. Role play simulations for nurse training

    WineCountryRN replied to KAH0508's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Regarding 1)simulation and bedside reporting: 1) Have you checked at the Laerdal site? They make great simulator and they cost 100000000$ but you can get some great information on the use of...

  11. Syringe Pumps and pressure monitoring

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we have invested in the guardrails systems for iv pumps, pca, and syringe pumps and they have the feature of a pressure sensitive disc for the syringe pump. is this feature specific for nicu...

  12. Syringe pumps...what do you use them for

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We are a 10 bed PICU and 40 peds hospital with just 2 syringe pumps. Thanks to having a new PICU manager we receiving several new syring pumps (FYI-we do not ususally have many infants in our units...

  13. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

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

    yes i do. my cell phone is a PDA too and I use it for work, the calculator, my schedule, my notes on how to do things like transfer pts/ discharge, my passwords for the computer system too (EMR). I...

  14. Other people's ?s about your salary...

    WineCountryRN replied to eager1hasbegun's topic in General Nursing

    it is a rude questions but I think curiousity gets the best of most people. I had a friend who was convinced that I was making SO SO much money (six figures?). I was in shock b/c I was making less...

  15. Peds clinical

    WineCountryRN replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in Pediatric

    nursing student...did those reponses suffice? my hospital leaves the SN with so little to do and the census varies. I encourage my students to spend time with the other disciplines. They spend a day...

  16. Syringe Pumps and pressure monitoring

    WineCountryRN replied to WineCountryRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    steve..our our peds hospital we use the iv pump and the pca attachement. we are also getting the alaris syringe pumps for our young pt. My question was....who uses the pressure sensitive disc on the...

  17. Feeling bummed...mixed evaluation by group

    WineCountryRN replied to WineCountryRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    thanks for all of your support. yup, I want to it be GREAT and it is hard when I am trying to teach a flight nurse about a crash cart (NOT) and a person that just transferred from environmental...

  18. IV stabilization devices (StatLock) love or hate

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We just went on board with the peds/neonate stabilizations devices at our hospital. They seem great so far but I would like to know what the general population who are using them thinks...a penny for...

  19. No more buretrol/burette?

    WineCountryRN replied to MikeyJ's topic in Pediatric

    Burette~ used to protect accidental fluid overload and for adding meds to the IV lines but I think most nurses who use burettes have more than the 2 hours of ordered fluids in them with the IV pump...

  20. Specialty Certification Champions??

    WineCountryRN replied to ChelleChelle's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    One of my colleagues and I are trying to implement a certification program here at our hospital. Unfortunately there is no monetary compensation (direct) for certification but I am sure that when...

  21. Need ideas for community based project

    WineCountryRN replied to gracious220's topic in Patient Education

    :nurse:Gracious.... whatever did you decide to present on. We are curious.

  22. Ancillary staff in PICU..do you use them?

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I was just wondering if many PICUs use ancillary staff like a tech or nursing assistant. We use techs to assist in burn care and I have not seen anything in the literature that supports the use of...

  23. What are other healthcare careers that you know of?

    WineCountryRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    My boss has asked me to prepare a flyer for high school students regarding healthcare careers. This flyer will be distributed at a high school career day. Now seriously, I have to write about things...

  24. What are other healthcare careers that you know of?

    WineCountryRN replied to WineCountryRN's topic in General Nursing

    :redpinkheThank you all. Great link on the BLS.gov website AND there are similar threads. thanks to all, now I am ready to get busy. Cali RN thanks

  25. UC Davis Sacramento

    WineCountryRN replied to marie88's topic in California Nursing

    Diane, oh my BAD. Let me say tha when I wrote that post I was finishing up a brief orientation to the unit with less than desirable preceptor. I was really in a bad negative place. Fortunately I have...