Nepenthe Sea

Nepenthe Sea has 5 years experience and specializes in PICU/Pedi.

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1. Inane scripting

   Nepenthe Sea replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital a couple of years ago directed us to start saying "My pleasure" as "No problem" or even "You're welcome" were considered rude or not pleasant enough. I guess everybody must have blown this...

2. Fired During Orientation

   Nepenthe Sea replied to ellemattie8's topic in Nursing Career

   I know it has been almost a year since you wrote this post. How are things for you now? I hope things are better for you. I have to say, your story could have been MY story, almost exactly. I went to...

3. Parents required at bedside?

   Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I think we are trying so hard to be "family friendly" that we try to accommodate people as well as we can. There is only room in our ICU rooms for one fold-out bed, so if both parents are staying, one...

4. Parents required at bedside?

   Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Yes. We sometimes have a unit full of vents/very sick kids, and sometimes we have one sick kid and some floor overflow. Our acuity is not as high as the other hospital here. We also tend to keep our...

5. Are there any nurses happy to be a nurse?

   Nepenthe Sea replied to frequentFLyER's topic in General Nursing

   That was an easy trap to get into. The reason I didn't leave the area I was in sooner was because I liked the people I worked with and knew the doctors and what they wanted, for the most part. I was...

6. Parents required at bedside?

   Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I understand what you are saying. That is just the policy here. I can see how it makes it hard for the families. I was just wondering if that is the norm. What do you do with the younger kids who have...

7. Parents required at bedside?

   Nepenthe Sea posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I am a relatively new nurse in PICU/pedi (almost one year). We have a 5-bed PICU, and bed pediatric floor. I admitted a 4-year-old to our PICU last week, and mom said something about "I'm going to...

8. Nightshifts..how to prepare for them?

   Nepenthe Sea replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

   I love nights and plan to never work days. I don't live on a night schedule at home, though, because it would be too hard with my young children. So I keep a regular schedule like most people when I...

9. Are there any nurses happy to be a nurse?

   Nepenthe Sea replied to frequentFLyER's topic in General Nursing

   I think it just depends on where you work and what you expect from your career. Anybody who goes into nursing thinking that they are going to make a lot of money is delusional. The money is decent,...

10. Kids Say the Darndest Things...

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Pediatric

    I know this is an old thread, but I had to add something funny I aw from one of our patients. She drew a picture of a horse for the nurses (currently on display at our nurses station), and after...

11. Advice for a new peds nurse?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to sassandscrubs's topic in Pediatric

    I agree with all the previous posters. I will say, however, that some of my teenagers remind me of the adults I used to take care of, in regard to not wanting to ambulate, not wanting to go use the...

12. Advice, tips, knowledge..

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Deanach's topic in Pediatric

    The previous posters are correct in that you will be spending a lot of time with these kids. Obviously, with the infants and very young kids, you will be dealing more with the parents (which can be a...

13. New Grad trying to get into PICU

    Nepenthe Sea replied to ashwa's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I went to school with the goal of working in NICU or PICU, but there were few jobs available, so I worked with adults, mostly in Med-Surg. I did that for almost two years before I decided to move on...

14. BEST Ebola Theories

    Nepenthe Sea replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in Disaster Preparation

15. BEST Ebola Theories

    Nepenthe Sea replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Let's see... a guy in Africa claims that Ebola is a hoax, but is transmitted via vaccines. How the two American nurses got the vaccine, he did not say. I actually can't even discuss this topic with my...