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    Differences between Floor and PICU nursing?

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    I learned last week that I was sort of wrong about the amount of PICU's in the area. There are like 2.5 and not 3. The third one just sends the critically ill kids to their ICU. I found that a bit...
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    CHLA using CAM therapies in their Pain Clinic

    sergel02 replied to holisticpedsRN's topic in Holistic

    I will have a research paper in the future to write, and I think researching the effectiveness of CAMs for patient's pain along with more common Western medicine will be an interesting topic. I see a...
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    adult patients admitted to a pediatric hospital

    sergel02 replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    The gang banger and molester i agree with, but why not the
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    adult patients admitted to a pediatric hospital

    sergel02 replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    I really like the teen and young adult population as patients (teen boys can be a pain sometimes. Ask them about pain and all they do is mumble). They don't get sick as often as young kids or older...
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    adult patients admitted to a pediatric hospital

    sergel02 replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    I always wondered why some kids in the late teens are seen in the pediatrics ward, excluding pediatric ailments. What I mean is are they there for more legal reasons, or is their physiology really...
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    What kind of kids do you see in your PICU?

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    My friend jokes that she loves 2 year olds, but she loves them a bit more when they're sedated. I'll get to see how much I like critical care in Autumn, but hearing all these stories is fascinating....
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    What kind of kids do you see in your PICU?

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    That's kind of tragic and amazing simultaneously. One of the hard parts of seeing ICU patients in general for me is all the monitors, lines, tubes, and everything else. Sometimes it feels like you're...
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    adult patients admitted to a pediatric hospital

    sergel02 replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    It's interesting hearing about stories like this. One of the hospitals in my area takes patients up to 20 if they need them, like the heart folks. And overflow. As a future nurse, I really would...
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    What kind of kids do you see in your PICU?

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    There were so many terms I had to look up lol. I learned a lot from just that. I think that's something interesting about PICU and nursing in general, always something new to learn, which is great for...
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    What kind of kids do you see in your PICU?

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks for the examples. ICUman, a lot of your kids are under 2 years old. The age range is interesting. If anyone has more examples that'd be nice to see too. One thing I was wondering, what causes...
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    Differences between Floor and PICU nursing?

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks for the help you two! I know I won't know until I learn more critical care material next semester, and actually have my rotations in the pediatric floor and PICU the semester after. There are 3...
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    Peds vs. Adult ICU

    sergel02 replied to sarah.b2024's topic in Critical Care

    I'm also a bit curious how you feel that you use less skills in PICU compared to AICU (okay not an actual term). I heard that in peds you have to get a lot of things double checked, like the meds....
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    Peds vs. Adult ICU

    sergel02 replied to sarah.b2024's topic in Critical Care

    Wondering this myself from some folks with experience. From the short stories I've heard from nurses, they told me that they get lots of respiratory patients. A lot of PICU's I've heard of have many...
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    question about picu and vented

    sergel02 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Pediatric

    Yeah that's a bit unfortunate, but it makes sense. If they could talk to you tons then that could mean they are healthy enough for the floor. I live in California and I think pediatric nurses have a...
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    question about picu and vented

    sergel02 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Pediatric

    I was kind of wondering this myself as I think about fields to go into. PICU seems interesting, but I too was worried about not getting to really interact with the patients that much, compared to the...
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    How long did it take you to finish your prerequisites?

    sergel02 replied to JessicaWalker's topic in General Students

    I took me 4 only because I couldn't get into a chem class. Only around 2.5 for the stuff the program
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    How is treating a military/vet patient different from other patients?

    sergel02 posted a topic in Government, Military

    Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me. My colleagues and I were discussing nursing considerations to, uhh consider, when taking care of vets. Some of us think that it's not really any different...
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    How do you feel about professors locking the door?

    sergel02 replied to Amnesty's topic in General Students

    Doesn't that take more time and cause more a disturbance though? Tardiness is rarely a problem in my school so that's nice. No one really cares (except clinical, never be late to that). On one hand,...
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    starting volunteer work while being in the program

    sergel02 replied to jescalynn's topic in General Students

    Haha congrats! I in fact just started my volunteer program two days ago on the 21st. I volunteer in the oncology department in a very nice hospital, so I'm pretty thankful for it. 4 hours a week only....
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    Has Nursing Made You a Homebody?

    sergel02 replied to nicurn84's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I worry that I may become one in nursing school and once I start working. Now, any full-time job and a family is going to suck your social life pretty dry. Going to community college, I never got...
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    Enter your TEAS V Scores here!!

    sergel02 replied to Future Nurse's Wife's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I have my test tomorrow. My first time too. Did the practice exams, but we'll see how it goes. I kept getting worse on the Reading
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    Clinical Question About Bone Disease

    sergel02 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi all, I'm working on some clinical questions for my A&P class. It's all going well, except for one question I'm not sure about. We never went over diseases in class, so I'm slightly lost....
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    Clinical Question About Bone Disease

    sergel02 replied to sergel02's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Thanks for the help! I know I'm replying late, but this helped a lot, and made it very clear. Wow thanks for the thorough explanation. I was thinking maybe osteopenia, but i ended up sticking with...
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    A&P I Spring 2013

    sergel02 replied to meeep's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Cadaver lab tomorrow. My first time, so I'm a bit excited and very nervous. I made sure to pack an old shirt, gloves, and some vapor rub
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    Sac state (CSUS) nursing spring 2013

    sergel02 replied to sacnurse's topic in California Nursing

    I'm a bit confused. Is Spring application only open to Sac State students? I'll be applying this fall for the 2014 year, but I'll be coming from community college. Really