Nepenthe Sea

Nepenthe Sea

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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. 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...

  3. Lab draws

    Nepenthe Sea posted a topic in Pediatric

    I am a fairly new pediatric nurse. I was just curious as to the lab draws in your various hospitals. In mine, we draw all the labs ourselves. However, if it is our busy season and we have a lot to...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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,...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. BEST Ebola Theories

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

  16. 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...

  17. question about picu and vented

    Nepenthe Sea replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Pediatric

    I work in a small PICU, and our patient acuity is not as high as the other hospital in town. We do get vented patients, sometimes multiple ones, but it's also not uncommon to have no vents or to have...

  18. Male pediatric nurses?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to FutureNurseKyle's topic in Pediatric

    I work in a PICU in Texas. We have a few male pedi nurses in our unit, and they are great! Go for

  19. Is this specialty flooded in your area?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to mmcc26's topic in Pediatric

    I remember that in nursing school there were a few people other than myself that wanted to work in pedi. Most of them changed their minds after being in clinicals. They usually cite the parents as the...

  20. Best training ground for PICU wannabe

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

    For what it's worth, I graduated almost 2 1/2 years ago, with my dream being to go into NICU or PICU after graduation (our local hospitals DO hire new grads). I was turned down for a PICU job and it...

  21. What Freaks You Out?

    Nepenthe Sea replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I have been a nurse for just over a year, and spent a year as a tech in SICU/MICU. I have seen some pretty disturbing stuff in that short time (Lots of trauma), but nothing has gotten to me yet....

  22. Need some career advice. - long

    Nepenthe Sea posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I really have no idea what to do with myself, in regard to my nursing career. I graduated from school last May. The whole reason I even went to nursing school was to work in NICU (my kids are NICU...

  23. Need some career advice. - long

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Nursing Career

    Pneumothorax, it's not that I don't CARE, it's just not the unit where I want to work, especially with the way things have been there. It's not just me -- even the nurses that have been there for...

  24. Need some career advice. - long

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Nursing Career

    I won't just quit my job. I honestly don't want to leave them on bad terms. As far as not letting them know that I am looking for another job, I am going to apply for a job at the same facility. On...

  25. Need some career advice. - long

    Nepenthe Sea replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Nursing Career

    Minnymi, was your new job at the same facility? Because the NICU that is hiring is in the hospital where I currently work. I am afraid to burn bridges. I am scared, though, because when I left my...