NeoPediRN

NeoPediRN

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  1. obturator placed in trach stoma?

    NeoPediRN replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    Your facility sounds incredibly dangerous. Trachs aren't something you can just accept lightly. Most patients have suction/CPT parameters, and a lot of work goes into maintaining them and preventing...

  2. obturator placed in trach stoma?

    NeoPediRN replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, all of our nursing staff is trained to replace the trach. I have replaced many, both routine and emergent. The more you do it the more comfortable you

  3. obturator placed in trach stoma?

    NeoPediRN replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    Never ever EVER. If a trach comes out and the patient has severe enough stenosis that there is concern it won't be able to go back in, then they have 2.5 ET tube at their bedside that the MD will try...

  4. was i wrong?

    NeoPediRN replied to goldc8's topic in General Nursing

    That is so sad. It makes me appreciate where I work. We are expected to be able to make those kind of decisions, and you will have every single nurse on the floor in your patient's room helping you....

  5. I wish sombody would have told me......

    NeoPediRN replied to Xcited 2B-N-RN's topic in General Nursing

    How hard it is to find a job after nursing school. It took me nine months and some of my peers ended up going into other fields because they couldn't find jobs after a couple of

  6. Thinking of moving to Boston Area

    NeoPediRN replied to rachelaleanRN2B's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Gerry, I've been trying to transition to their ED for over a year, but I've never even received a return phone

  7. Officially not going to be a school nurse, at least not this year.

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure exactly what it is. I suppose I feel like I'm leaving them in the lurch a bit, especially because I was enthusiastic about starting the position and it must seem like I suddenly dropped...

  8. Officially not going to be a school nurse, at least not this year.

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What a mess this turned into. I posted a little while back about receiving an offer for a school nurse position. The goal was to start 10/18 so that I could give my job about three weeks notice, no...

  9. Officially not going to be a school nurse, at least not this year.

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm honestly not sure. I'm sure in some way they must be pressed against the wall now because it's getting into the swing of the school year and it's a huge middle

  10. Officially not going to be a school nurse after all, at least not this year.

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in School

    What a mess this turned into. I posted about receiving an offer for a school nurse position. The goal was to start 10/18 so that I could give my job about three weeks notice, no less than two. I told...

  11. Officially not going to be a school nurse, at least not this year.

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses everyone. I'm just second guessing myself, wondering if I looked too deep into it, or overreacted. I just can't help feeling bad because I know they were really looking...

  12. Advice on lice?

    NeoPediRN replied to MeTheRN's topic in General Nursing

    For kids with really bad lice we'll generally use prescription strength lice shampoo and then put olive oil on their heads before bed, then comb it out in the morning. The olive oil coats and kills...

  13. Outpatient Jobs for New Grad

    NeoPediRN replied to cb0027's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    You can apply as a substitute school nurse. Newburyport, MA school system uses their per diem school nurses a lot. Flu clinics are also a start. Camp nursinng, etc...some agencies will take new grads...

  14. Contract Nursing?

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just call a call from a staffing agency recruiter about a hugeee position at a major Boston hospital. She said it's a 13 week contract with option to extend indefinitely or go perm, and about...

  15. Had my interview today.

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in School

    I think it went really well. It was almost two hours long and I met with the nursing director and principal. Some of the questions the principal asked threw me off. Specifically, she asked me "If...

  16. Crappy orientation

    NeoPediRN replied to Imagine720's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Honesty is the best policy. I would look for another job, though you may have to go outside your current hospital because some places have a policy about working at least 6 months in a specific unit...

  17. Stay on crazy med-surg or unemployment

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

    Helloooooo unemployment, thank you very much! I'd rather wait it out and play up my 3 years of LVN experience on a resume knowing my license is intact and I don't work in fear of drowning or...

  18. How can anyone really decide

    NeoPediRN replied to moneyline702's topic in General Nursing

    What about PA? It's kind of a happy compromise between the two. It doesn't take anywhere near as long as an MD, the foundation is the medical model which med students learn from, you have freedom to...

  19. baby to the nursery please

    NeoPediRN replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We didn't use our nursery. The babies stayed with the parents or they hung out at the nurse's station with us. Parents were strongly encouraged to take hold, and after the first night it was all...

  20. Why such a difference in pay????

    NeoPediRN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Did you disclose how much you're making now? Maybe the manager knows how much office nursing pays. If they know you're willing to work for less that is what they may offer

  21. Administration of lactobacillus

    NeoPediRN replied to BeccaznRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    True, BittyBaby. We only have older, healthier babies without any kind of immunodeficiency on the

  22. Administration of lactobacillus

    NeoPediRN replied to BeccaznRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    PS is the lactobacillus being used a NEC

  23. Administration of lactobacillus

    NeoPediRN replied to BeccaznRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I usually pull out the plunger from a 10cc syringe, drop in the lactobacillus (using my thumb to plug the opening at the tip), then draw back 5cc of hot water, shake it up and voila! I never have a...

  24. Need Help Coming up with an Excuse!!

    NeoPediRN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's in bad form to interview for another job while you're on the clock. The responsible thing to do would be to

  25. How can I get OUT of Med Surg and into ICU, ER??

    NeoPediRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Epona, you don't happen to work at a certain north shore community hospital in Massachusetts by any chance, do you? I lasted four months on a very similar floor with identical situations, and then I...