sunflower918

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1. peds nurses! picking your brains...

   sunflower918 posted a topic in Pediatric

   ok so asking peds nurses...a friend of mine has an approx 22month old kid. Kidlet has had (to my knowledge) one febrile seizure to date. Recently had two seizures approx 30 min apart. One at daycare, a rescue was called and kidlet transferred to loca...

2. Cry for help: I don't think I can do this.

   sunflower918 replied to -MissTake-'s topic in General Students

   Mclellan nailed it in my experience. When I was in lpn school there were numerous times that his/her advice would have served me well as an adult student with more "life experience" than I cared to have, and also choosing nursing as a second career. ...

3. Certified Nurse Midwives who do home births???

   sunflower918 replied to michellelizabeth's topic in CNM

   Another route is becoming a "Direct Entry Midwife"; check out Midwives Alliance of North America (sorry don't have link). Also you could check out MA Friends of Midwives site.... Good luck to you in whatever path you choose. It is a humbling experien...

4. Jackson Park Chicago RNs Win First Hospital Contract

   sunflower918 replied to herring_RN's topic in Union

   OUTSTANDING!!!! Good for you guys/girls....I've worked for a unionized hospital for many years now. It's the only thing I have ever seen work to get "manglement" to sit up and take notice. Workers have rights.

5. Burnt out and struggling emotionally

   sunflower918 replied to MomRN0913's topic in Hospice

   I only have my own experience with family members and palliative care/hospice to go on but know that you have prayers/positive thoughts coming your way. It's incredibly difficult to be a caregiver. Take care of yourself in whatever way that you can; ...

6. A doctor needs to be present to draw blood?

   sunflower918 replied to psu_213's topic in Safety

   I've been a phleb for many years; in the hospital where I currently work we take care of both inpatients and outpatients. At our outpatient sites (which are at separate addresses than the main hospital), most of the time we're fine to draw w/out a d...

7. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

   sunflower918 replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

   I have been a phleb for 20 yrs...(grad from lpn school 3 yrs ago). Have to say that I agree with beingcaitlin; can't really think of a reason why any reputable lab would 'ignore' even slight lysing of cells in a spec as it can cause inaccurate result...

8. "Old" New Grad Career Changer

   sunflower918 replied to sunflower918's topic in Career Support

   Thanks! Looking to work as an lpn and continue to rn (by bridge if possible). By certifications I mean in addition to healthcare provider als/cpr/aed (infant and adult) which I have as required by my workplace. For example, i.v. cert. Forgive me for...

9. "Old" New Grad Career Changer

   sunflower918 posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi All, Graduated three years ago (LPN), took boards, got licensed. Have worked over 20 yrs in health care related job. As a midlife career changer, plan was to get work in nursing at current place of employment. (Been there with excellent recor...

10. Problems with instructors

    sunflower918 replied to somekitties's topic in Student Assist

    Have to say I completely agree with the fact that you ARE a paying customer...you are also an "adult learner" with different abilities/needs/experience as a student. I experienced the same situation when in nursing school...don't 'drink the kool-aid'...

11. Burned out nurse starting over again

    sunflower918 replied to pbirdy's topic in General Nursing

    Wholeheartedly agree with RNperdiem-you sound like a perfect candidate for paramedic school-more advanced than EMT practice, with plenty of "making something out of nothing" in the field to keep people alive... Good luck!

12. Drawing blood/phlebotomy tips and tricks

    sunflower918 replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I've been a phleb for 20 years now; just graduated from nursing school!! Almost everyone has a decent vein in their wrist-turn their hand so the thumb is on top and the pinkie finger is on the bottom (their hand will be "sideways"), and use a ho...

13. Nursing School: Did you turn into Jekyll & Hyde?

    sunflower918 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to John20 for the reply re: DDay at Normandy....now THAT'S a bad day at work... Keep the faith!

14. what is your biggest pet peeve while at work?

    sunflower918 replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all-biggest pet peeve is trying to show :heartbeat to the co-worker who "...doesn't need training in that..." even though she's never stepped foot in a NICU before!! Gah!!! Am always happy to help anyone who asks for it, and don't hesitate to ask ...