ECUPirateRN

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  1. Two more weeks....

    ECUPirateRN replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Congrats! I work at PCMH too. What floor will you be

  2. Flushes for saline locks

    ECUPirateRN replied to ClaraDee's topic in Pediatric

    We use heparinized saline to flush all of our IVs regardless of size. It probably isn't necessary for the kids who come up from the OR with 20s but I think it is really out of habit! Even our little...

  3. Nurses inserting External Jugular peripheral lines

    ECUPirateRN replied to LRaz's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I was an EMT-I for a total of 5 years here in NC and we were allowed to start EJ IVs if we had to but we can't as

  4. Drawing Labs from a New Start??

    ECUPirateRN replied to Cored42's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I work in Pediatrics and our IVs are very frequently either 22s or 24s. Sometimes we can get bood from a 24 with no problem, even a day or so after the PIV was started. Sometimes we can't and we have...

  5. would working in peds help with NICU?

    ECUPirateRN replied to picurn10's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The hospital I work in (I work in Pediatrics) doesn't hire LPNs. At all. Even in the adult world. There are a total of 8 LPNs that work in the hospital (which is a major university/teaching hospital)...

  6. Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia

    ECUPirateRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Oncology

    Can you think of a dirtier place for a neutropenic kid to be than in the ED? Especially in the waiting room?? Ugggh...I would hate to think what kind of bugs are crawling round! We have had a couple...

  7. Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia

    ECUPirateRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Oncology

    Congrats on your upcoming graduation! I work on a pediatric floor where we take care of all sorts of patients, including oncology. When we have a febrile neutropenia, our peds oncologist cals the...