nic_noc1

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1. your PICU scrubs

   nic_noc1 replied to Ginyer's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Hi I work in a PICU in the UK, and our scrubs are provided for us. Pale blue for staff nurses, navy blue to charge nurses/ sisters, purple for health care assistants, grey for physio, green for...

2. Rule of three

   nic_noc1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Hi I'm pretty new to PICU here in the UK. I have never heard of this "rule of 3" that you are talking about. We have an injectable therapies guideline, which tells us how to make up and infuse any...

3. Disposing of IV bags?

   nic_noc1 replied to PJMommy's topic in General Nursing

   I have never thought of the information on IV labels being used in such a way that they infinge on confidentiality.... We do not remove them, or deface them, we just sling them in the clinical waste...

4. Isolation

   nic_noc1 replied to JeriLou's topic in Pediatric

   I have recently moved to a different children's ward having recently qualified as a children's nurse in the UK. In my new unit they no longer do an NPA to test for RSV, the kids are just "suspected...