NeoPediRN

NeoPediRN

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  1. Pediatric Job Now? Or wait for the DREAM pediatric job? HELP!!!!

    NeoPediRN replied to CoeKohawk11's topic in Pediatric

    I just looked at your dream job's website, and it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of external hiring for RNs right now. Every position requires 1-3 years of experience, and it seems as though...

  2. Discouraging orientation

    NeoPediRN replied to Sunbird21's topic in Pediatric

    I wouldn't necessarily take to heart the advice that different nurses give to you when it comes to what NOT to worry about. It's your license, not theirs. You have enough experience that you should be...

  3. Discouraging orientation

    NeoPediRN replied to Sunbird21's topic in Pediatric

    I can understand why you're having trouble transitioning. Especially coming from a PICU, you've been in a controlled environment. You're expecting kids to have respiratory issues, to retract, sats in...

  4. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had a baby who had this happen. Does her gtube have a lot of play? Can you insert a larger size Mic? Here a few things we did: Exudry sponge with Allevyn sponge over it (cut to fit around the Mic),...

  5. L & D worksheet for new grad.

    NeoPediRN replied to trenberr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Quick question. I'm not an OB nurse (hoping!) so my knowledge is a bit limited. Why do you start antibiotics if a mom is preterm? Is it just if she's preterm, or if she's preterm with prolonged

  6. Need Advice!

    NeoPediRN replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, just saw that you posted it's north to

  7. Need Advice!

    NeoPediRN replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    PediLove, is this for 11

  8. Interview question help please.

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! I'm a nurse who's been working essentially in peds for the past 2.5 years, with a little postpartum experience from working on a peds/maternal-child health floor in a community hospital. I've...

  9. Weaning off NG Tube - Help!

    NeoPediRN replied to MayeRN's topic in Pediatric

    I think the best approach would be to treat the reflux first. When was his last scope? His NG should be made an NJ to stop the refluxing and give his stomach and esophagus a chance to heal. The NJ...

  10. mixing po meds

    NeoPediRN replied to ambrscot's topic in Pediatric

    I should specify that I draw them up from separate med cups into the same

  11. mixing po meds

    NeoPediRN replied to ambrscot's topic in Pediatric

    If meds can be taken together, they can be mixed together. I always crush meds, mix in juice and draw up in a syringe. Kids generally don't swallow pills, and they're not going to drink what they can...

  12. Cardiac PICU

    NeoPediRN replied to heartmom27's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I just wanted to chime in. I was diagnosed at two years old with a transitional AV canal (ASD/VSD/PDA). I had immediate surgery, spent a month in the PICU (this was back in the 80s), and am now 26...

  13. Common medications given for pediatrics

    NeoPediRN replied to mmorgan371's topic in Pediatric

    We go through ceftriaxone like water. Most common meds on my floor are poly-vi-sol, iron, prednisolone, synagis, xopenex, albuterol, lasix, diuril, sodium chloride, potassium, tylenol, neonatal...

  14. Frustration with HR/ Nurse recruiters- Just a vent

    NeoPediRN replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    Betty, which hospital is this? You're in MA, right? PM me, I'm dying to

  15. Kindred in Boston area

    NeoPediRN replied to sbostonRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I worked at Kindred and I can tell you it's a dangerous place to work. Dangerously short staffed, dangerously inexperienced nurses, dangerous amount of travel nurses, dangerous patient load. The...

  16. ventilators vs ambubag

    NeoPediRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Grey Gull, are you offering this advice to me or to the poster? If it's to me, I didnt ask for it and I'm already well aware of what you posted. I'm not brand new to nursing, green but not brand new,...

  17. ventilators vs ambubag

    NeoPediRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Since the poster's info says homecare and she is discussing a conversation with the mother, I think it's safe to assume this was in a home without full team resources, otherwise she coulda called for...

  18. ventilators vs ambubag

    NeoPediRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I strongly disagree. If you have a kid who is blue with low sats and ambu/suction doesn't work, you change that trach and you do it fast. Generally kids in homecare have established and healed...

  19. ventilators vs ambubag

    NeoPediRN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I would have bagged the patient, just because that's the quickest method when you have a child in trouble. I would've suctioned the patient next, and if I didn't get the response I wanted (pink, good...

  20. I want to work in the VA!!!! Well anywhere, honestly...

    NeoPediRN replied to NewbieNeedsHelp's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Parkland Medical Center in Derry, NH is where I started out. They hire new grads and I had the best experience you can possibly ask for with management and supportive coworkers. It's about an hour...

  21. I want to work in the VA!!!! Well anywhere, honestly...

    NeoPediRN replied to NewbieNeedsHelp's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    For prospective nursing students, my most heartfelt advice is to get a foot in the door as a nursing assistant in the hospital you want to work in, even if it's just a per diem position. Try your best...

  22. I want to work in the VA!!!! Well anywhere, honestly...

    NeoPediRN replied to NewbieNeedsHelp's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Honestly, no. Most hospitals have more qualified internal candidates than they can hire. You really have to have personal connections in HR or with nurse management to get a job around here right now....

  23. Home Care in Southeastern, MA. ?'s :)

    NeoPediRN replied to RxOnly's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    If you're all about the pay then Advantage Homecare pays about $36/hour for an LPN, but you have to be self-motivated because there's really no

  24. Nurses with a few years under the belt

    NeoPediRN replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I loved my job right from the start. I had a great orientation, excellent coworkers, and I never really felt overwhelmed due to the slow pacer pace of a community hospital setting. Plus, I was doing...

  25. Questions on Mechanical Ventilators

    NeoPediRN replied to floridarose's topic in MICU, SICU

    Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation: A Short Course on the Theory and Application of Mechanical Ventilators, by Robert L. Chatburn. AACN Advanced Critical Care by Mary Tracy, RN has an excellent...