elizanne

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1. Positioning question

   elizanne replied to rnpedinights's topic in Operating Room

   I work in the NICU at a children's hospital. Same as wooh, we don't use egg crates anymore due to pressure points; we stopped about a month ago. Not sure what the policy is for our

2. Got a job, but need clarification/input. Help please.

   elizanne replied to starmickey03's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Policy at my hospital is that new grads must have a license in hand before they can even start orientation. For this reason, our new grads wait several months after graduating to even get started,...

3. school nursing to pediatric psych nursing.

   elizanne replied to schoolnursejennie's topic in Psychiatric

   Before I became a nurse, I worked as a counselor, and my internship before graduating was in a residential treatment facility for children and adolescents with a history of abuse. Not strictly...

4. Is this common now?

   elizanne replied to CherylRNBSN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I haven't gone on enough interviews to know if this is common, but I do know at least two people I graduated from nursing school with (and another who is not a nurse but also looking for a job) who...

5. Encouraging peds parents to call/text the nurse during off-hours? Common occurrence?

   elizanne replied to klone's topic in Pediatric

   We practice primary nursing on our unit (surgical NICU in a children's hospital). The primary nurse is in charge of discharge planning, such as making sure the chart is updated as to what types of...

6. Should I be worried?

   elizanne replied to mikala3's topic in Patient Medications

   It's a big red flag that your preceptor was unavailable and didn't let you know where to find her for 2 hours. I'm about to finish orientation, and even though my preceptor isn't always necessarily...

7. Average night shift differential??

   elizanne replied to AtHomeRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Hey pjp2u2, how are you liking the PICU? I'm doing my practicum in one of the CHOA PICUs now, and I'm interviewing for both the NICU and the PICU. I'm not sure which one I want the most, but I...

8. are these feelings normal?

   elizanne replied to anon456's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I'm also new to the PICU, and I've had people make similar comments to me. I see it more as a "different strokes for different folks" type thing (I, for instance, would be really depressed if I had...

9. Lactated Ringers vs .9NS

   elizanne replied to Cindy 17's topic in General Nursing

   The components of each are different. 0.9%NS is NaCl, while lactated ringers has sodium ions, chloride ions, potassium ions, calcium ions, and lactate (generally as NaCl, KCl, and sodium lactate)....

10. Pediatric New Graduate Internship Programs?

    elizanne replied to gkvegan's topic in Pediatric

    CHOA's big hiring times for new grads (per the nursing recruiter) are around October and March each year, a few months before most students graduate. I was lucky enough to get a scholarship that...

11. Peds/PICU/NICU advice?

    elizanne replied to elizanne's topic in Pediatric

    I hadn't thought about shadowing--that's a great idea. Also, you're completely right. I know I'll be fulfilled and happy no matter which area or floor I end up on. I feel very blessed.

12. MCG Clinical Nurse Leader - Fall 2010

    elizanne replied to chendamoni's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Okay, so I know this thread is pretty old at this point (I'm not even sure if I've commented on it before), but we're so close to finished now, guys! There's no point to this post except my...

13. Peds/PICU/NICU advice?

    elizanne posted a topic in Pediatric

    I just got a scholarship a large pediatric hospital that pays for the rest of nursing school in exchange for a year of work after I graduate (I intend to stay MUCH longer than a year!). I'm...

14. Finishing Nursing School Quickly vs Summer Externship

    elizanne replied to pure_serenity's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I was speaking with one of the nursing recruiters from Shepherd at a career fair a couple of weeks ago, and I asked him a similar question about the benefit of an externship. I'm in an accelerated...

15. Anyone done the VALOR program at the VA hospital

    elizanne replied to KWbeliever's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I know this is an old thread, but does anyone have any more current information about the Altlanta VA? The VALOR program sounds great, but I don't think I'd qualify for it (I'm in an accelerated...