perfectbluebuildings BSN, RN

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    Floating to your unit

    perfectbluebuildings replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Well I really appreciate you and nurses like you!! (To clarify, I am not in a float pool but am usually a general peds floor nurse.) Thanks for your perspective. I hope things get better on your...
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    Floating of ICU RNs

    perfectbluebuildings replied to braveheart's topic in MICU, SICU

    In our hospital, floor nurses, ICU nurses, ER nurses, all float to ANY unit in the hospital. I am not saying it is a great policy, but the floor nurses definitely do a lot more floating than the ICU...
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    Ho, ho, ho...

    perfectbluebuildings replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    On Halloween, the nurses dress the babes up, if they are stable enough- like Disney characters, etc... it is very
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    Rsv

    perfectbluebuildings replied to NYpedRN's topic in Pediatric

    I know!!! it's started for us too and I think I caught it (again!! can you get RSV more than once?) Anyway I'm beginning to dread the long winter nights of suctioning and breathing tx and o2......
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    Shaken Baby

    perfectbluebuildings replied to royr's topic in General Nursing

    Shaken babies are some of the most frustrating, anger-inducing and sad cases I have seen. It is one of the hardest things in peds nursing I think. You did nothing wrong. But still I know the hurt...
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    Medication Reconciliation Are all hospitals doing this?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    We have this but it is probably easier b/c it's a peds hospital so most kids don't have many meds, and the ones who do, have chronic issues and their parents are typically on top of it with a VERY...
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    Stupid Nurse Trick... Don't try this at home... or work!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to TXRN02's topic in Nursing Humor

    Be careful that you sit right on the middle of the seat on those rolling chairs at the nurses' station; if you sit more to the side the chair may tip quite quickly and throw you onto the floor (ouch.)...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    perfectbluebuildings replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    seems the 911 calls vs. using call lights at LTC is pretty common..
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    perfectbluebuildings replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    This was more "awww" than funny... I had a sweet, but quiet little 7-yr-old the other night, whose mom had to go home for a little while so I made sure the pt knew how to use the call light. Awhile...
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    Candystripers

    perfectbluebuildings replied to ChevRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has "child life" volunteers, like candystripers and the same age, but don't wear those lovely pink-and-white striped uniforms!! I was one just a few years ago, all through high school so...
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    I Hit A Bone!!

    perfectbluebuildings replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I know it's a little off topic but this made me think of it- someone who told me in nursing school, her instructor was helping take out an IV and the cathelon broke off into the patient!! I'm not...
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    It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    They are talking about doing split shifts in my unit this year, for those who want it but not everyone has to. The way it is now, you either work a full 12-hr shift the holiday or the day after, and...
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    Floating to NICU... how to be helpful?

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    OK, I have browsed this forum many times as it is quite interesting to read these stories and thoughts... I did not find this addressed though maybe someone else can help me. I work in a children's...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I think she meant that people w/o trachs, usually swallow most of their
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    Normal Saline in a nebulizer?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to LadySugarBug's topic in General Nursing

    Our pulmonary specialists are starting to prescribe this a LOT for the patients with CF and are seeing a BIG difference- one of the doctors told us it started out when a guy with CF who lived in...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah.. sorry to be writing so much but. I thought of another one. A nurse informs the oncoming RN in report (which starts around 6:45-6:50, face-to-face verbal) that a pt called out for pain med...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    oh and OUCH!! on the adhesive remover for a woman to use for clean-catch urine
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    First of all the OJ IV (several pages back) for low blood sugar... WHAT??? That is crazy! And the pt who wanted a smoke and had PRBCs hanging... that is CLASSIC! This whole thread just makes me...
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    Just wondering- PARADE article

    perfectbluebuildings posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey, well I don't work in ER but read the article in the Sunday paper insert thingie Parade, about "how to survive in the ER". Was wondering ER nurses' take on it. One thing I thought was good was...
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    You know you work nights when.......

    perfectbluebuildings replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    oh man if you didn't live in canada... i would swear I KNEW WHO YOU ARE!!! hahaha it must be universal :) and speaking of another night shift topic mentioned here... i have to go to an 8a-12noon...
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    Anybody else hate the time change?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    The only reason I sometimes don't like the time change is b/c I have to work an extra hour in fall and then "lose" an hour and feel behind in the spring, but since it's only twice a year I can deal...
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    A day in the life of a Registered Nurse....

    perfectbluebuildings replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    Peds Medical/Infectious Disease/Chronic&Multiple Issues floor, 7p-7a. Get report on my patients, then initial rounds: assessments, safety/equipment checks, any 8pm meds. Do rounds every 2hrs at...
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    Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ok this one isn't so dramatic, but felt good anyway. a girl spent a long time coloring this picture and ended up giving it to me. this was a quiet, shy kiddo who on another admit told me she thought...
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    Are you my waitress today?

    perfectbluebuildings replied to adria37's topic in General Nursing

    There is a commercial out for a local hospital now that says "Spacious lobby... comfortable chairs... excellent cuisine... (etc etc)... A five-star hotel? No- XXX Hospital!!" Makes me want to puke...
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    questions on protocols and standing orders

    perfectbluebuildings replied to eiccdnursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    We have (very specific) standing orders from the hospitalists for Tylenol for kids over a certain age, for Mylicon, and when to call vs. not call about restarting an IV during the night, and other...