Surprised1

Surprised1 MSN, RN

pediatric neurology and neurosurgery

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  1. Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

    Surprised1 replied to RN403's topic in General Nursing

    No, you're not the only one. I have never had any social webpage, no My Space, no FB, nothing. I'm too antisocial I have no desire to proclaim my every thought, word, or deed, and I don't want to...

  2. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    Surprised1 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess I'm the oddball. I loved my first year! But I work on a particularly wonderful unit in a wonderful hospital. Most days, my job is a joy. But if I compare it to where I was an extern, and...

  3. Seeking Peds advice..

    Surprised1 replied to Onepatientatatime's topic in Pediatric

    I work in acute care, so my answers may not be completely applicable to your situation. But...I count apical heart rate on every patient regardless of age. My facility's policy is to measure HC for...

  4. How to phase in/out of Peds

    Surprised1 replied to rnrg's topic in Pediatric

    I was able to transfer from adults to peds because I had a contact in the pediatric hospital. Do you have any contacts in the field you're interested

  5. starting in a specialty

    Surprised1 replied to SN2014's topic in General Students

    I started in a specialty, and have loved it. Actually it's a double specialty. I was trained accordingly. Also, many graduates from my program were hired directly into the ED after graduation, so...

  6. If hospitals require 85% BSN...

    Surprised1 replied to pete M's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    My hospital will only hire BSNs. They have given current ADNs until 2015 to begin pursuing their BSN. Sent from my iPhone using

  7. Destroyed by previous experience. Should I try nursing again?

    Surprised1 replied to albedo's topic in Nursing Career

    Albedo, You've received some sound advice here. You sound intelligent, caring, and conscientious, all of which are important traits in a nurse. You have grown and matured in the past 2 years, so...

  8. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    Surprised1 replied to skinzvictory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is my new favorite sentence in all the

  9. What to do: ED physician brought dog to work

    Surprised1 replied to skinzvictory's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "Seizure dogs" are trained in a couple of ways. Some predict/recognize seizures, and some also respond to seizures. Any seizure dog could predict or recognize a seizure from within a crate, since...

  10. "Floating" IV

    Surprised1 replied to Marti17's topic in General Nursing

    Basically this whole post describes how we start IVs on our unit. I work peds, so we generally need at least one person to hold the patient still while the other person starts the IV. Also, we use...

  11. New Grad orientation...

    Surprised1 replied to Sparrow91's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had 4 months orientation with full

  12. is anyone else being laid off, reduced hours, etc?

    Surprised1 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    We haven't had any lay-offs per se, but there have been some "discontinuation of positions" in our hospital system as a whole. I understand that to mean that no-one has actually become unemployed,...

  13. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    Surprised1 replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The only credential my badge includes is the RN designation. It has my photo, first and last names, and the name of my unit. I also have a hang tag that says

  14. patient load on your neuro floor

    Surprised1 replied to KittyinNj's topic in Neurological

    I work Peds neuro step-down and our ratio is 3:1, although we sometimes have 4 patients. Occasionally I'll have 2. Sent from my iPhone using