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We swab nasopharynx on admission and again every 30 days for every patient. In a previous hospital we swabbed nose, throat and collected a stool sample for every patient.

I have just bought the practice tests from this site - 2 sets of 5 tests at a total cost of $100. To be honest I found way too many questions that should not be included in the Peds CCRN: Medication dosing questions where peds dosing is not approved....

Very interesting - thanks for the article.

And now a true story. On our unit we were caring for a pt who was in heart failure. He was so skinny, but had this bloated belly. He was a DNR case and was fully aware that he was going to die. One evening he started to go downhill very fast and was ...

Not a ghost story (maybe an urban myth), but scary all the same: A group of 4 nursing students were on their last day of a clinical placement and were very happy to be finishing. They decided that they would go out after their shift had finished to c...

Hi all, On my unit I am helping to review all of our policies and procedures... it is fast becoming clear that a lot of the policies are outdated and established through tradition rather than research. I am looking for any help with central line prot...

My fiancee had terrible trouble establishing some credit history in the USA.... she received knock back after knock back.... each time damaging her already shaky score. Then someone gave us a really great idea: Talk to your bank manager about a secur...

I came from the UK to the USA about 3 years ago.... at that time there seemed to be little difference between any of the international agencies. Most seemed to be paying between $20 - $28 per hour for an 18 month contract depending on the geographica...

Hi all, I am looking for some info regarding common practice with Peds PICC lines. We are in the process of writing a practice guideline for heplocking a PICC. Q1. Do you heplock a 1.9/ 3 Fr PICC in your hospital? Or do you maintain a KVO? Q2. If yo...

No I think it is the one with the guy from the Office and what-his-name that used to be in Corrie.... you know the guy with the waterbed!!! Helpful aren't I? I really miss the soaps.... and like madwife I miss the news. I will be back in the uk ne...

I too have heard this for many years... except I was told that a LSDR (left sided death roll) is to do with pressure on a dying left ventricle. Supposedly this slight increase in the pressure of the systemic 'pump' can push the heart into final arres...

Hi all, I am originally from the UK and moved to the USA 2 years ago... I am now helping to review all of our policies and procedures... it is fast becoming clear that a lot of the policies are outdated and established through tradition rather than r...

You are absolutely right to have been concerned about starting this drip. I was trained in a unit where NO pressors are run through a peripheral line... and one look at a nasty infiltrate will explain why (see examples here). However since I moved to...

Hi all, On my unit I am helping to review all of our policies and procedures... it is fast becoming clear that a lot of the policies are outdated and established through tradition rather than research. I am looking for any help with central line prot...

Hi all, On my unit I am helping to review all of our policies and procedures... it is fast becoming clear that a lot of the policies are outdated and established through tradition rather than research. I am looking for any help with central line prot...

Dude, your situation says more about your supervisor than it does about you... If you have a desire, the strength and that certain "gift" to be able to work with kids then of course you can be a peds RN... OF COURSE, OF COURSE, OF COURSE. The reactio...

This is a great idea for a sticky Kay.... When I came to the US from London 2 years ago and I was looking for car insurance I was bewildered. Luckily for us we had met a really nice guy (a car salesman would you believe?) who helped us out.... but it...

I can see your point, but I think that leaving blanks in any form is a little dangerous. Let me explain: about 3 years ago I was working an agency shift at a hospital where a nurse had made an error (she left the allergy list blank and the patient wa...

OK, not a flight, but a peds critical care transport, travelling at speed in the back of an ambulance through London. Came through red lights with our 'blues and twos' (lights and sirens) running and got t-boned by a driver. Ambulance almost tipped o...

Steve, most of the agencies will set what they consider to be a safe amount of experience, however the hospitals will employ based on the individual nurse. I know that in the UK we are very impressed by the level of training we see in Ozzie and Kiwi ...

Kay, when looking for somewhere to rent be aware that some places in Phoenix are pretty expensive. Especially areas such as Scottsdale where you will pay prices similar to London. There are lots of new areas being developed which are reasonably price...

Well done Kay, I am really pleased for you. Don't forget that if there is any info I can help you with just give me the nod. You have the email address. Again, my congratulations..... see you in the desert!!!!! Alex

Tonight I phoned home to the UK and spoke to some colleagues and friends who were in the middle of the blast zones and found themselves recieving numerous traumas (despite being in a paediatric hospital). I was glad to hear that all of my friends wer...

Whilst researching for the move from the UK to the USA I contacted several hospitals Stateside to see what sponsorship was available... It certainly seemed that most hspitals were more approachable about sponsorship than taking on international trave...

I too gained a lot of weight whilst in Nurses School. I lived in the hospital I trained at... which meant no exercise getting to/ from work. Because of the shift times and the proximity of the hospital canteen usually headed straight for the fast foo...