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I work for a pediatric telephone triage center in Texas. The guidelines we use for pediatric head traumas are that the child is allowed to sleep if they were either due for a nap or it was bedtime and they were tired before the injury. The parents ha...

There is another reason why choosing cool mist over a heated vaporizer!! I work for a telephone triage center for peds and the fact is that we see many burns from a heated vaporizer. If the unit is moved too close to the child, the steam may burn the...

We do not get any holiday pay at the major hospital that I work at. The pay scale is the same as any other day. We accumulate our FTO(flexible time off) hours per pay period. For full time, you get approx 6 hrs per q 2 weeks. I have to work most of t...

Had a new nurse in the newborn nursery give a baby boy 9cc of Infant Tyl concentrate, after he being circumcised, AND then ask the charge nurse why they made the Tyl bottle so tiny with little more than one dose in it. The baby ended up OK but h...

I agree, you have to use that piece of equipment everyday! You want to make sure that you can hear VERY well with it. Maybe go to a medical supply/uniform shop and try every brand they have until you fine one that works well for you!! :)

I have been a nurse for 26 years and each time I start a new job, I almost get physically ill. Sometimes I think I won't make it through the day but I do. :imbar I find that after a day or 2, "hey, I am going to make it!" :balloons: Please don'...

That was very cute, someone has an imagination!!

I was an LVN here in Texas until I got my RN. I was also doing home care in the clients home which was easy money. I wanted to keep both liscenses(sp) active so I could do home care too. I was told that by law when you become an RN, you are no longer...

Prayers offered here from all of us. The loss of a parent is always hard but even more so when they were young when they pass. I am so glad they had the time to say goodbye and let him know how much he was loved.

Some people are never happy when they do not get their way! :angryfire You were really sweet to try to work with her to get what she wanted but it was her fault that would not work out. I agree, I wouldn't offer to trade either after that!! :imbar

I have been in your position and it can be really hard when the family life suffers as that has to be your #1 reason why you went into nursiing in the first place. You have to find a happy median. If you can not do nights, it is not your fault that y...

Wow, sounds like your friend has more brains than her OB!! I can't believe that they are using those drugs for pregnant women when they have a headache. Plus the fact that they did not examine her to make sure there was not an underlying cause for th...

I was an LVN for 17 years when I graduated as and RN. I did get a higher status like Clinical Ladder III (of a 5 point ladder)for my years as an LVN. In reality, I started out at a sl higher pay scale due to my previous experience. I think I got the ...

I worked L&D for 10 years and many times there are no known reasons why this happens. Sometimes it can be an infection, age of mother, illnesses of Mom sometimes not known at time of delivery, anomoly of placenta? If we knew why it occured, we ...

You need to notify the BON immediatly because of what else she can do to your good name damaging your credibility if you do not reported when you knew she was doing. The identity theft has become rapant and this is just another example of what people...

Where do you come up with this stuff?? :rotfl:

I worked L&D 10 years and never heard of that either. I guess it was the city I lived in too as we were a small community hospital. You never quit learning.

Who has time to iron? I barely have time to wash them sometimes. I buy the ones that don't wrinkle much and they are soft and comfortable.

I would say that takes the cake as being the worst day by far. It should only get better from there!!

I know that the doctor can not call in meds overseas because their liscence is not good out of the state that it is issued. Is their a reason he can not go to the local hospital there and see someone that can prescibe the meds before he runs out? It ...

San Antonio is a beautiful city. I have grown up here and again work at a large HCA hospital. I have been with them for 19 months and have been really happy. I think they are great to work for. The benifits are good and I feel they take good care of...

Me too, Me TOOOOO!

You need to get to bed so that you can think clearer than you are typing tonight, LOL!! I know you are stressed but wake up with a smile and remember that you WILL get through the day with more knowledge than you went in with. Good luck!!

I think you have a legal (and moral) obligation to report these things. She has violated the HIPAA law and confidentiality laws on more than one occasion. :angryfire On the pt she used the #'s on for blood sugars, if the chart was ever audited by th...

thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my question. i thought it seemed a little odd. have a great day.!!