anon456 BSN, RN

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    The abandoned children

    anon456 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I work on a unit with lots of chronically ill kids who end up being too much for their families to care for. We have several ped LTC facilities in our area and many of the kids live there. I...
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    beanie babies

    anon456 posted a topic in Pediatric

    Does anyone else's hospital give away beanie babies? Our hospital for years has always had a huge stock of them in every treat cart, treatment room, and outpatient centers. Most are older beanies with...
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    For peds nurses:

    anon456 replied to ADAngel's topic in Pediatric

    We use a similar
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    Things pts say that make you scratch your head.

    anon456 replied to Mommy&RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had the parent of a neuro-devastated pediatric patient (who had been that way since birth but had survived a long time) tell me that the child had a drug problem and they were homosexual. The parent...
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    centralized vs decentralized nursing stations (ie pods)

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what your experiences and preferences are-- in nursing school I trained at two hospitals that had central nursing stations at the centers of pods. I kinda liked it. It was easy to find...
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    Neuro posturing vs. contractures

    anon456 posted a topic in Neurological

    I am an RN at a children's hospital and I work on a floor that specializes in trach/vent kids. We get a lot of total care kiddos with stable brain injuries. I see kids who have horrible, severe...
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    The abandoned children

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in Pediatric

    I agree with you about the commitment that must be there when parents bring children into the world. There's no guarantee that they will be healthy, and just because they are not, you can't just wash...
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    New Grad Nurse Peds Interview Help

    anon456 replied to Whitewlf00's topic in Pediatric

    Let your resume speak for your excellent experience, and focus on how you would be an asset to the peds world as far as personality and your ability to assess for subtle changes in status. Wear bright...
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    What becomes of them?

    anon456 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work on a unit that specializes in trach/vent kids. We have a large handful that are former micro-preemies or babies who had birth accidents. Obviously most of the ones who come to our floor, having...
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    Soooo tempting!

    anon456 replied to PediLove2147's topic in Pediatric

    I say go for it! You have the nursing skills and you have the heart for peds. My employer (a peds hospital) provides a program to train both new and experienced nurses into the role of a peds nurse...
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    The cases that break your heart

    anon456 replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    I work on a unit where we have lots of hard cases. We specialize in trach/vent kids who are very often total care and have hard stories on how they got that way. The hardest for me are the SNATS or...
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    Dear new grad...

    anon456 replied to smurfynursey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work on a unit with lots of chronic total care peds patients. I have to manage gtubes, trachs and vents, TPN on some patients, huge amts of nightly meds (my record patient is 14 meds at bedtime but...
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    MICU nurse becomes Trauma Pt.

    anon456 replied to L&DWannaB's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for providing that perspective! How terrifying for you, and how eye-opening. I trust your kids were okay . . I take care of many chronic total care patients, and even though they probably can't...
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    Frustrated about family involvement in sick family member

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is more of a vent than anything else, but if you have advice please feel free to give it. My 90 year old grandparents have a house in town and one in another state. They live mostly in the other...
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    Any nurses willing to answer a few questions?

    anon456 replied to jvan1144's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. Describe how you use math in your job/workplace? Checking safe doses of medication (mg/kg), taking a partial dose out of a vial, calculating IV maintenance fluids and fluid boluses for various...
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    Creative alternatives to straight cath for infant urine cultures

    anon456 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I work in a unit with a lot of babies birth to 3 mos. Most of the time I'm okay at getting the urine for a culture, but sometimes we have very difficult to cath baby girls. With regular UAs we often...
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    Creative alternatives to straight cath for infant urine cultures

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in Pediatric

    I just wanted to give feedback that last night I had order to collect a sterile specimen from a young uncircumcised male. I used sterile gloves to place the sterile gauze in the bag and the cleaned...
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    respiratory distress vs respiraotry failure

    anon456 replied to yatyu's topic in Pulmonary

    You've had several good answers . . I work on a peds pulmonary floor. We get some RSV babies that are admitted for resp distress, meaning they are having retractions, increased WOB, breathing too fast...
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    How did/do you pay for nursing school?

    anon456 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I was able to secure a full scholarship to nursing school and was taken off the long wait list, thanks to a local hospital. I had an agreement to work for them for 3 years upon graduation....
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    RN's forced to do CNA work

    anon456 replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We are short CNA's on my unit right now. If we are lucky we have two CNA's for 24 beds (step down ICU peds). They help sooo much and I really value them, and miss them when we are short. They do all...
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    Perspective and sympathy

    anon456 replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    I do take physical pain seriously even if it's not as bad as what I see at work . . however drama is another issue. A lot of times just me saying "Gee that must really hurt a lot, I'm so sorry you are...
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    When others ask what you do...

    anon456 replied to KelRN215's topic in Pediatric

    Yes, and it's hard to come home and not be able to talk about work with my husband or friends. They can tell me what a bad day they had because of a manager or a project or something, but I can't tell...
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    Peds nursing

    anon456 replied to storm375's topic in Pediatric

    Kids who come to the hospital are often sad cases. You get the cheerful ones, the ones who come in for appy or something and get better and go home. But most peds hospitals have kids who are...
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    Dropped pills

    anon456 replied to mandaaRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Why would you document it? How is it pertinent to the patient's nursing diagnosis, plan of care, or response to treatment? It's a patient safety issue and an education issue. Just like I document if...
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    Is becoming a nurse really that bad?

    anon456 replied to luvmykids0810's topic in General Nursing

    I have been working as an RN for more than one year and I love it! It's very hard, can be intense, and I sometimes come home with sore knees and feet. But it's also very interesting to meet different...