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  1. Chest tube care

    picurn10 replied to deepurple's topic in General Nursing

    our picu also routinely writes orders to strip chest tubes. Its part of the order set to strip every hour for the first

  2. Do You Have LPN's in your PICU?

    picurn10 replied to Chevelle's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I live in one of those states where the nurse practice act for lpn's is intentionally vauge and hospitals set their own standards. I have known quite a few LPN's practicing in the ICU setting, but...

  3. Things that gross you out..

    picurn10 replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Students

    when a neurosurgeon is placing an evd or bolt and grinding through the skull...blech! trach's always gross me out, even though I work with them all the time. emptying/measuring suction canisters and...

  4. Nursing and Emotions - Need advice/encouragement

    picurn10 replied to NurseSara0214's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I disagree with most of the responses. If you were regularly crying, yeah, that's unprofessional, but getting watery-eyed with a pts family doesn't convey weakness it convey's empathy. Our...

  5. Denver, CO- anyone there?

    picurn10 replied to nurseellen's topic in Travel

    I'm actually really interested in traveling to UCH. I grew up in CO, and would love to go back for awhile. Do you mind if I ask what agency you went with? Also, do you have a bsn? I've been looking on...

  6. What color are your school's scrubs?

    picurn10 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I just found out the other day that the LPN school I'll be attending in August requires TAN scrubs I know this is just a silly post, so please don't flame me, but I was just wondering what everyone...

  7. does nursing seem boring?

    picurn10 posted a topic in General Students

    I know I'm asking for it, but does it ever seem like from clinicals that nursing can be really boring? I just finished my LPN program and start RN next week, but in all my different rotations it...

  8. ED RN looking to go to PICU

    picurn10 replied to marysmom1216's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I think a good hospital will orient you well. A nurse in our unit is transferring to another hospital in a large city, and she's been in picu for a couple years and she's supposedly getting

  9. "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    picurn10 replied to Arianna727's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a teaching hospital and the D(s) designation on badges would be helpful. We don't make any distinction here, but in my unit we have multiple MSN/DN students who round and take pt loads along...

  10. Peds/PICU - Love the kids, the parents not so much!

    picurn10 replied to rnfostermom's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I agree that it sounds like a management problem. I've had one pt family freak out because I wouldn't start a med (nothing critical) until I could properly scan it, and the scanner was broken. My...

  11. Absolutely incompetent...not so sure "it gets better".

    picurn10 replied to opossum's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It gets better! I just finished my first year in PICU and honestly, I felt like a world class moron for the majority of that year I dreaded giving report every shift because the more seasoned nurses...

  12. Question re: patient handoff/shift change

    picurn10 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I'd have helped the pt. Its not infrequent while giving report for a pt to need to be changed, a flush put on a pump, pt family asking for something, etc... If I'm charting and the other...

  13. Children's Medical Center Dallas

    picurn10 replied to smvtx23's topic in Texas Nursing

    I could be wrong, but I can't find anything on their site about being HCA. I work at an HCA hospital and have several coworkers who've recently come from CMC and their MAJOR complaint is about us...

  14. Can I get a job in my speicalty w/o extern?

    picurn10 replied to L&DWannaB's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I didn't have time as a single, working mom to do an externship at all. I did LPN to RN with no break in between so once I passed LPN boards I got on at a peds facility, and then right after taking RN...

  15. Does Oklahoma recognize "graduate nurses" as a hired position?

    picurn10 replied to I<3H2O's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    my hospital does but you can't pass meds at all since you have no license to practice with/under. Students can pass meds because they are working under the license of the clinical

  16. when will I feel like I have a clue what I'm doing?

    picurn10 posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I've been in the PICU about 6mo, off orientation about 4, and at the end of every shift I just see everything I did wrong. Not huge things, but stuff I wish I did better or things I missed. I also...

  17. PICU nurses..give me advice please :)

    picurn10 replied to thekellyone's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    sorry, i wasn't very clear: I got the job about 6mo ago, but I came here first and read the stickies and found them very

  18. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    picurn10 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Selfish parents Parents who have preferences for nurses based on personality, not competency, and throw fits when they don't get assigned their favorites. We aren't waitresses whose section you can...

  19. PICU nurses..give me advice please :)

    picurn10 replied to thekellyone's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    reading the stickies here helped me in my interview. I actually got some of the exact questions in my interview that people here had shared I was beyond thrilled to get the interview so soon after...

  20. How much to lpn make in oklahoma

    picurn10 replied to d2004cute's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I made $14/hr as a new lpn, and with shift diffs around 19/hr. Most of my classmates got jobs making around the same. hospitals pay slightly

  21. To be a pediatric nurse or not to be?

    picurn10 replied to WannabeNurse(:'s topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I've been a peds nurse for about 18mo and recently moved to PICU. I love it! It is hard to see kids die, but for me the child abuse and tragic injuries are the tougher part. I'm still trying to figure...

  22. should I cut my hair?

    picurn10 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Just trying to simplify my life as much as possible since I'm a single mom and will have to work through LPN school. I've been reading a lot about how you can't have your hair down on your collar for...

  23. Where is your heart at?

    picurn10 replied to Mom23kiddos's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't really agree with that advice. I HATE med/surg and I really don't like working with adults. It would have been two years of hating my life/job for no reason, had I followed that advice. I LOVE...

  24. Soon to be new grad..Advice on jobs

    picurn10 replied to NurseJAG's topic in Pediatric

    I live in OK and all the major hospitals in town are hiring for NICU/PICU/peds. I just graduated from my RN program in May, and none of my classmates had difficulty getting jobs. I already had a job...

  25. somebody help please

    picurn10 replied to kyndallane's topic in Pediatric

    It does vary a bit depending on your region of the country. For example in my area, you can do postpartum/nursery as an LPN, but only RN's can do neonatal ICU (which is either a 2 or 4yr program)....