Pedi-Gree BSN, RN

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    no sting barrier film..

    Pedi-Gree replied to bbylifsaver's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I guess I should have been clearer. I didn't mean to put the No-Sting over the whole Tegaderm, only the area where the two would overlap when you need to use more than one to ensure a good coverage....
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    Failed Nursing Summer Class

    Pedi-Gree replied to dpherzer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, you didn't follow instructions. You were told to show your work and you didn't. You admit that the question was so simple you could do it in your head, so how much time would it have taken to...
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    Questions about H1B visa?

    Pedi-Gree replied to Yorkielover's topic in International Nursing

    This sounds like a scam to me. The big red flag is the demand for $2000. Of course, the extremely poor quality English could be another. Given what has already been written here, I would be very...
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    no sting barrier film..

    Pedi-Gree replied to bbylifsaver's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    It definitely goes on the skin. It's sterile in the package so it can also be applied to wounds themselves, and it really doesn't sting! (It smells awful, though.) The lollipop ones are really...
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    Chest tube to suction?

    Pedi-Gree replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    Same for us. We might have multiple chest tubes and some of our suction regulators are y-connectors so we can have two pleurevacs with only one vacuum
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    CVC's and # of Lumens

    Pedi-Gree replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    A swan is a nickname for a pulmonary artery catheter. The evidence for their use is dwindling and more and more evidence suggests that they increase morbidity without decreasing LOS or mortality. In...
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    Demand for Nurses in Canada

    Pedi-Gree replied to audkate's topic in Canada

    oops,
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    Demand for Nurses in Canada

    Pedi-Gree replied to audkate's topic in Canada

    Hasn't something like that already happened in Canada? I'm sure I read about another province that imported a large number of nurses who then left for the US as soon as they'd worked off their...
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    Peds Resp Trach Issues

    Pedi-Gree replied to JanetCCURN's topic in Pediatric

    Tracheomalacia is fairly common in kids who have either been intubated or trached for a lengthy period, although some kids are born with it. It's related to the presence of a foreign body in the...
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    Demand for Nurses in Canada

    Pedi-Gree replied to audkate's topic in Canada

    Maybe I'm confused, but I always thought that NAFTA visas were only for Canadian citizens. And from what I understand, a person has to be a physically present in Canada for at least 1,095 days out of...
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    Baby pronounced dead lives after hours in cooler

    Pedi-Gree replied to mgalloLPN's topic in General Nursing

    There's already a thread about this story:
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    CRNE Readiness Test Questions

    Pedi-Gree replied to ralexa21's topic in Canada CRNE, CPNRE Exams

    The exam changes a little bit every time it's administered. And it's a lot more than 100 questions. More like 300 and some. The more practice questions you do and get correct, the more prepared you'll...
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    Peds Resp Trach Issues

    Pedi-Gree replied to JanetCCURN's topic in Pediatric

    That's really not that uncommon. When kids with trachs are awake and active, they have more secretions, but not necessarily enough to suction up. The 3.5 peds trach tube is about 10 mm longer than the...
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    How to become an RN in CANADA?

    Pedi-Gree replied to jh_nn3's topic in International Nursing

    The Embassy doesn't have anything to do with hiring into hospitals either. All the Embassy can do for you is help you access the correct forms for immigrating and tell you what documents you'll need...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Pedi-Gree replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I see things like that all the time too. For supposedly educated people to have such a poor grasp of the correct terminology and spelling of even common things is unreal. I've seen "enama", "viens",...
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    Peds experience in a new grad

    Pedi-Gree replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Pediatric

    I think experience is experience. Some of the best peds nurses were moms first. Anybody who has worked with kids in some capacity will have a small advantage in knowing how to talk to them and how to...
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    Revising Our Periop Countpolicy

    Pedi-Gree replied to BAMJAM's topic in Operating Room

    We count everything. We have preprinted lists for all possible types of surgeries with a line in front and at the end of each descriptor. The OR nurses put the actual count of each item on the left...
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    Premature baby 'comes back to life'

    Pedi-Gree replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I remember one from when I worked ICN. Mom wasn't sure of her dates, could have been 23 or 24 weeks. Then the cutoffs were 24 completed weeks or 500 grams. She PROMed and babe was 503 grams so they...
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    Pros and Cons of Working for Hospital for Sick Children

    Pedi-Gree replied to mamaonamission's topic in International Nursing

    I know someone who has worked there recently. I asked her about the turnover today and her answer was, "They're OVERWORKED!" They don't have a union, like janfrn said, and the nurse to patient ratios...
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    Premature baby 'comes back to life'

    Pedi-Gree replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That little girl has a long, hard road ahead of her before it can be said she's survived. 23 weeks is barely viable so her lungs are going to be stiff, her brain just waiting to bleed and her gut...
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    Should Continuing Education for Nurses be mandatory in all states?

    Pedi-Gree replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, there are a lot of lazy people who can't even be bothered to read their emails. A lot of practice and plocy changes are communicated that way, but months after the emails come out there...
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    Scheduling Death??

    Pedi-Gree replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    earle58, we tried something like that last year when we had a kid that it was clear to everyone was dying (well, actually he should have died several years ago, but we managed to "save" him) and his...
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    Scheduling Death??

    Pedi-Gree replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    I see situations like this in pediatrics often enough to know it's not an easy path. We sometimes see young adults who have had cardiac conditions, CP or other life-long issues who keep being referred...
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    How many of you were older when you went into nursing?

    Pedi-Gree replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated when I was 36. It seems like 100 years