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  1. New to the PICU world...so many ?'s!!!

    tryingtohaveitall replied to LittleWing21's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Sorry it's taken so long to get this response off to you. I'll try to give you my best answers. Most common dx? Well, in the winter I'd have to say respiratory illnesses of a wide variety. It used to...

  2. This would be the most devastating thing.

    tryingtohaveitall replied to tookalongtime's topic in General Nursing

    This has always been my worst fear. One time I was responding to our trauma room for a drowning of a 4 yo boy. My son was 4 at the time. The air care crew wheeled him in doing compressions and said,...

  3. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

    tryingtohaveitall replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I could be corrected, my understanding is that the acellular pertussis vaccine doesn't have the risk of seizures that the previous pertussis vaccine did. My oldest has brain malformations that could...

  4. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

    tryingtohaveitall replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    What is hocus pocus by the pharmaceutical companies? I have personally seen a large number of children with pertussis, an unfortunate few who have died. I happily got my DTaP last month. Well, not...

  5. What kind of feeding system do you use?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Scary stuff. I'm so glad the baby was ok.

  6. Hallway beds?!?!?!?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to nitenurse02's topic in General Nursing

    That is unreal. I am so sorry that happened to both of you.

  7. No daycare, need to work nights, is this doable?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to Chazd18RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto to what everyone else has said. I did this for a while (a year or two, I don't remember, it's all a miserable blur, lol). I was so grouchy with my poor kids. Some of mine were older (we...

  8. Nursing with a latex allergy?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our pediatric facility has very few latex-containing products. I'm always surprised at the medical offices I go to that still use latex gloves. If you avoid it, you shouldn't have a problem. My...

  9. What kind of feeding system do you use?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Eek, OT but I had to ask, what happened to the baby? A looong time ago in our stepdown unit a patient was receiving some form of hydrochloric acid because his g-tube kept plugging off. A nurse wasn't...

  10. What's in your sharps container?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to dontwakeme's topic in General Nursing

    Slightly OT but when doing inventory one day on our mobile ICU units, I found FOUR pieces of gum stuck on the area where you drop your needles and syringes. I cannot imagine why on earth someone would...

  11. Gross Things You Wish You Didn't See (G-rated)

    tryingtohaveitall replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    You've just gotta love nursing humor. I'm exhausted after shift #3 with one more to go, but I laughed so hard reading some of these that I feel ready to go again!

  12. Proud to be a Nurse

    tryingtohaveitall replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    That's such a sweet

  13. The Addiction of Nursing

    tryingtohaveitall replied to Flightline's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you, I totally get what you're saying. When our kids started to come along, family and friends would say things to the tune of, "I'm sorry you still have to work." Have to work? Well, yes, I...

  14. Change room, staff room, gym, locker room?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to woknblues's topic in General Nursing

    We have a locker room with two sinks and then two toilets off it. Off of this is our break room with a large table, many chairs, a couch, tv, microwave, sink,

  15. Dedicated to all Nurses

    tryingtohaveitall replied to SeychelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

  16. Low GPA

    tryingtohaveitall replied to dslite's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Are you talking about a BSN degree or a

  17. help

    tryingtohaveitall replied to lovemydogs's topic in MICU, SICU

    Unfortunately, they may be skeptical that you made an honest mistake and may instead interpret this as falsifying documents, which is pretty seriously. Honestly, I have to admit I would be very leery...

  18. wrong injection for the patient

    tryingtohaveitall replied to nursey2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's hard not to feel horrible after an error, but unfortunately, they are a part of life. Try to see this in a different light, as you said, she wasn't allergic, there were no bad outcomes from this...

  19. Who else sometimes just feels like a bad nurse?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with the PP who have all said that the fact that you care shows that you have heart and you are a great nurse. It's the nurses who don't know or don't care what they don't know that...

  20. C-Diff

    tryingtohaveitall replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for bringing this point up. Recently we had a "run" on c. diff and they ended up taking the alcohol sanitizer out of the area where these patients were, as a reminder to everyone to use soap...

  21. Is morphine compatible with TPN/lipids?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy is to only give Hal with D 12.5% through a peripheral line, after that it must be central. The obvious is to say that you have to watch peripheral sites

  22. Funny Names

    tryingtohaveitall replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had a friend tell me the other day that her new niece's name is Urieluriana. She wasn't sure if there was a hyphon or apostrophe in there. Poor baby! (friend agreed this is a terrible name to give a...

  23. Is morphine compatible with TPN/lipids?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    In peds with limited access, we have always run meds with our Hal & IL. Haven't seen problems with it either. We change our Hal bags daily, Hal lines Q 72 h and our lipid lines Q 24

  24. Giving Vitamin K IV

    tryingtohaveitall replied to SweetTeaRN's topic in Emergency

    This site is so terrific for the things that I learn and for the discussions that make me dig deeper. This looks like an up to date, informative site on administration of Vit K....

  25. Viral meningitis - precautions?

    tryingtohaveitall replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    That link was very informative, thanks for sharing it! :>) My thought is that they may be misinformed, and this is a great site to share with them. The other is that as you said, it's early. The dr...