AlabamaBelle

AlabamaBelle

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  1. Carolinas College of Health Sciences

    AlabamaBelle replied to KristenW123's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    From a CCHS grad (May, 2005) I applied to the pre-nursing program and was late with my application for the first time that this was offered, but was admitted to the January, 2003 pre-nursing program....

  2. What Song Describes Your Life? What Song Describes Your Attitude Towards Nursing?

    AlabamaBelle replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Life: If You're Going Through Hell & I Have Been Blessed, I Can Only Imagine Work: (just depends on the day) Under Pressure, Take This Job and Shove It, or on a really good day I Believe I Can...

  3. Oscillators & sedation

    AlabamaBelle replied to cannew304's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Our DNRs can be quite the same - we'll provide ventilatory support and provide comfort care, but if compressions are needed or any additional pressors are required, at the parent's request, we will go...

  4. Oscillators & sedation

    AlabamaBelle replied to cannew304's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hope things are better for your patient, Jan, and for you. We utilize a sedation protocol, which gives us, the RN, the ability to titrate our sedation gtts up/down as needed according to the level of...

  5. How are you with needles?

    AlabamaBelle replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    Needles are just fine - as long as I'm the one in control of them. And I just despise

  6. Random vents from the last two nights I worked...

    AlabamaBelle replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I'm feeling your pain. My last shift was awful, too. Had 2 vented patients, one was chemically paralyzed and sedated and bronchospasming. Required a lot of bagging. The second one was having a...

  7. Nursing and belief in the supernatural

    AlabamaBelle replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    Recently, the other hospital system in our city was in the news. It centered on some odd happenings in their PICU. The doors (which had to be activated by a badge or someone inside the unit) would...

  8. Critical Thinking Skills test.

    AlabamaBelle replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the chuckle. No, I did not get it - my mind was definitely going in the wrong

  9. Is this odd to you too?

    AlabamaBelle replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    From a PICU nurse: We frequently, if the family requests, will keep the child on our unit. Our ortho techs are very cooperative in not putting the shroud completely over the child. We will wrap the...

  10. Ethics in the cardiac PICU- are we doing the right thing?

    AlabamaBelle replied to gal220RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Jan, Thanks so much - I felt so much better after reading your post. I'd really be interested in the results of your research study. Not only is the CVICU side losing "core" RNs, we're losing people...

  11. Ethics in the cardiac PICU- are we doing the right thing?

    AlabamaBelle replied to gal220RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Jan, Thanks for your wonderful post. About a year ago, the Peds ICU and Peds CVICU were combined into 1 unit, theoretically (1 side Cardiacs, 1 side PICU). The PICU RNs are required to float to the...

  12. Electronic medical records?

    AlabamaBelle replied to TRINI_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We just went to EMR in November. At the same time,we also went live with scanning meds with a handheld scanning unit. There will probably be a time of training trainers, then training for the rest...

  13. Question about organ donation.

    AlabamaBelle replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Peds ICU. We do everything we can to keep someone alive, doesn't matter about organ donation status. When a child meets "clinical triggers", the organ procurement agency is notified. They do...

  14. What type of bedside nursing unit does a pediatric hospital have?

    AlabamaBelle replied to Mikerinhouston's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility is broken down this way: Infants/Toddlers on one floor, School Age/Adolescent, Hematology/Oncology (child's age not a factor) with Orthopedics. We have a Progressive Care floor, there is...

  15. Well, I was spared being laid off but I'm still down

    AlabamaBelle replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, Sue, I'm happy for you on one hand, but how awful the task you were given. So bittersweet. {{{Hugs}}}

  16. Are Transgendered nurses not liked?

    AlabamaBelle replied to tmwhalens's topic in General Nursing

    tm Please know that the vast majority of us who have followed this thread felt your pain, your conflict and your sincerity. Your posts were intelligent and real. Also know that you have people here...

  17. I can't give up my Christmas trees.

    AlabamaBelle replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Most of us in my unit use separate secondary tubing for our patients with multiple antibiotics. I work ICU, so we just guess it's the OCD in all of us. Nobody gives it a second thought. Just as long...

  18. Are Transgendered nurses not liked?

    AlabamaBelle replied to tmwhalens's topic in General Nursing

    I really don't think it would make a lot of difference. Your co-workers generally are more concerned about the level of care you deliver and your ability to be a team player. Your patients may or...

  19. Do nurses really have any power

    AlabamaBelle replied to Quaffetti's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility, art lines, CVP monitoring and/or any pressor = ICU. No ifs, ands or buts. If we have a patient on one or more pressors, they are automatically a 1:1 patient, sometimes 2RNs for that...

  20. Would this have happened to a boy?

    AlabamaBelle replied to everthesame's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, this did happen to a guy I who was in my high school graduating class. He presented to the ED on more than one occasion with complaints consistent with appendicitis. They kept sending him...

  21. God Bless LTC Staff

    AlabamaBelle replied to Toquay's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    From a Peds RN: You guys in LTC absolutely ROCK!!! The care my precious MIL received during her last month was awesome. They took such good care of her and she seemed comfortable as she could be....

  22. Need help with homework assignment

    AlabamaBelle replied to dlphillips's topic in General Nursing

    llg beat me to it! Seriously, these are such basic things and some things will never change even as we go increasing high tech. Oh, do highlight your EARS - listening - such an important skill - not...

  23. If u were the patient,what type of nurse would you like to have?

    AlabamaBelle replied to ahmadfaiz1992's topic in General Nursing

    I use two of my daughter's nurses as my role models. Julie was compassionate, caring, and an expert in her field. She taught us as teachable moments came up (there were many) and most of all, taught...

  24. Apologizing when paging physicians

    AlabamaBelle replied to Sue Damones's topic in General Nursing

    Our school taught us not to apologize for calling an MD regarding our concerns about his/her patient. That being said, in the wee small hours of the morning, if we must contact an attending (work in...

  25. Our unit clerk

    AlabamaBelle replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I know who picked out those colors - somebody is a University of Alabama fan and just couldn't resist inflicting their colors! Seriously, mind what you say. She'll get hers someday. Karma has a great...