NeoPediRN

NeoPediRN

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  1. Woohooooo! Finally an ED interview!! Resume review please? And how are these ?s

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Finally finally! I'm interviewing for a community hospital ED position about 45 minutes from my house. I want to be an emergency nurse so badly and I'd really like an ED nurse to review it and let me...

  2. Woohooooo! Finally an ED interview!! Resume review please? And how are these ?s

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    Thank you. I've been thinking about my most challenging shift, and this is honestly the most vivid experience that stands out. In my PICU stepdown job one night we were short staffed and I ended up...

  3. Anybody have experience with Polymyositis?

    NeoPediRN replied to dthfytr's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient with this who received IV methotrexate weekly and PO methotrexate daily. This pt went into remission and recently started

  4. ER interview next week. Would someone mind reviewing my resume and list of ?s

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Finally finally! I'm interviewing for a community hospital ED position about 45 minutes from my house. I want to be an emergency nurse so badly and I'd really like an ED nurse to review it and let me...

  5. What kind of car do you drive for those 1+ hour commutes?

    NeoPediRN replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    Subaru Legacy. I get around 25mpg with highway/city equal

  6. How to Hang a Tube Feeding in a Crib?

    NeoPediRN replied to mgturtle's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You could hang it like a Murphy gtt. String a twill tie tightly from the top of the head of the crib down to the foot, then wrap a piece around the top of the catheter tipped syringe....then use a y...

  7. Does anyone who has made a lifelong career of the ED still love their job?

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    BTW, I realize the ED has always had it's large share of inappropriate visits, however there is an increasing shortage if PCPs which means longer waits for appointments, which prompts more patients to...

  8. Does anyone who has made a lifelong career of the ED still love their job?

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

    I think the ADD factor is one of the most appealing features of ER nursing. I like having to be prepared for anything. I like the constant change, prioritizing and re-prioritizing. I like the taste of...

  9. Health care costs are RIDICULOUS!!!!

    NeoPediRN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's actually getting off pretty easy,

  10. Test your PEDS critical care knowledge

    NeoPediRN replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    It's been so long that I forget the answer LOL. I believe it was a chemical pneumonitis due to aspiration that caused the pulmonary hypertensive

  11. Which first job to accept...

    NeoPediRN replied to JessRN11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Off the subject but I work in the city at a major children's hospital and parking on site is $400/month!! OP, the ICU is not all about sedation and vents. It's about titrating drips, monitoring...

  12. Fired from my first job today......Feeling like a failure.

    NeoPediRN replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am willing to bet that something changed in your census or administratively behind the scenes with the budget and they had to make cuts. Don't take this to heart because it sounds like it had...

  13. how much do you pay for your health ins.

    NeoPediRN replied to Zen123's topic in General Nursing

    $200/month for just me with $1000 hospital copay & $500 surgery copay. $15 prescription copay for tier I. This doesn't include vision or

  14. Bookish, low common sense... will I fit in?

    NeoPediRN replied to FRESH_90's topic in General Students

    You just described me to a T. I can also get misunderstood very easily and I'm not well accepted as a person at my work but I am accepted as a nurse. I'm super clutzy & always covered in bruises,...

  15. Worst Interview......so far

    NeoPediRN replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure once you have your dream job to send that manager a thank you letter for not hiring you.

  16. How to become an ED nurse in the Boston area?

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm a Massachusetts nurse with just under 3 years of mixed experience. I've got some med-surg, psych, and pediatrics (ICU stepdown). Certified in BLS, PALS, NRP, CPI and hoping to take ACLS this...

  17. "They found something behind his heart!"

    NeoPediRN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Holy

  18. Kindred in Boston area

    NeoPediRN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    NurseAndi, Kindred in Peabody is the exact place I was talking about in my post... I worked there for a few years. Be really

  19. Experience at UMass Memorial Medical Center

    NeoPediRN replied to muesli's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I grew up with that hospital and both my grandfather and my dad died there. Ridiculously understaffed and overworked. University campus is a Level I regional trauma center that also serves peds and a...

  20. New Grad RN: Home Health or Wait it Out??

    NeoPediRN replied to MBrickle's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    150-600 times??? Holy suctioning! I work in a NICU/PICU stepdown setting and I have never suctioned a trached kid anywhere near that many times! I did pedi homecare and found it to be monotonous, but...

  21. I cry after I see a baby born-can you give me some advice

    NeoPediRN replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's so funny, my coworkers and I just had this EXACT conversation! It's normal. I cry, they cry, we all get teary. It dissipates with time. Enjoy being able to feel these emotions while you can,...

  22. Do you ever plan on leaving the bedside?

    NeoPediRN replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely.

  23. How do your pronounce "peds"?

    NeoPediRN replied to Strawberrygirl2's topic in General Nursing

    Peeds.

  24. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    NeoPediRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what the patient is admitted for. If it's a neuro patient i would be concerned about an elevated systolic with a low diastolic because of widening pulse pressure. If it's cardiac I care...

  25. Question about being a school nurse in MA

    NeoPediRN replied to tussah10's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi there. I was offered a school nurse position after two years of being a pedatric RN. I was required to take the MTELs as well as school nursing certification classes at Northeastern (at my own...