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1. Transplant PICUs

   *PICURN* replied to kabarnes's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I work in a transplant PICU in Los Angeles. Our hospital has like 10 ICU's (one for liver transplants, heart/lung transplants, kidney transplants, etc) where there is a separate medical ICU and...

2. Another ? about working the 7p-7a shift

   *PICURN* replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   benadryl.....benadryl....benadryl.....

3. How to get through Night Shifts

   *PICURN* replied to joey1967's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i just finished my first week of nights and let me tell you the first one is the WORST! after that i came home @ 8am, took a benadryl and off to sleep until 5pm when it was time to get up and do it...

4. ER or PICU?

   *PICURN* replied to JennB03's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Some parents/families are very difficult. You just have to not let them run you into the ground. It's hard to draw the line, but sometimes you just have to let them know that right now you need to do...

5. california nursing salaries

   *PICURN* replied to JonathanRN's topic in General Nursing

   new grad, $25.36/hr....however cost of living is higher than you may

6. What's the StraightDope on recapping needles?

   *PICURN* replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

   i always try and use the needleless system if possible, but the needleless caps SUCK at drawing a med out of a vial....so then i just use the needle to draw it up, then recap it (one hand scoop), and...

7. ER or PICU?

   *PICURN* replied to JennB03's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   when i first graduated, these were the two areas i was debating between as well. ER: I did one shift in the ER and although I loved the variety and loved the somewhat "organized chaos", I felt like...

8. ER or PICU?

   *PICURN* replied to JennB03's topic in Emergency

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9. Syringe Pump or Buretrol?

   *PICURN* replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Maintenance IVF go through the buretrol. Any high risk or incompatible meds are put on a syringe pump (as well as all gtts). If the maintenance IVF is running at over 25cc/hr and the med you want to...

10. baxter pump with pigback pca pump????

    *PICURN* replied to Webfoot's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    You have to at least have a med running @ 2cc/hr to keep the line open, so if we have anything running @ less than 2 cc, you need something to "push it in". We have piggybacked the PCA to maintenance...

11. G-tube medication question

    *PICURN* replied to dcoffee's topic in General Students

    I was told to use Sprite/7-up b/c it is colorless.....but it all works the

12. Which Hospital is the BEST for NEW GRADUATE ?

    *PICURN* replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    one with a long enough orientation to make you feel comfortable being "on your own" i personally like the teaching hospital atmosphere, the nurses seem to more willing to teach new grads *and of...

13. Pediatric pain management

    *PICURN* replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Pediatric

    wow i can't believe he was ordering for IM injections.....ESPECIALLY if your child had IV

14. Negotiated Care in PICU

    *PICURN* replied to wendyw2's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I would say some nurses more than others feel more comfortable allowing parents to be present during procedures (which seems more practical if you have a 3-4 year old screaming when mom/dad leaves)....

15. Negotiated Care in PICU

    *PICURN* replied to wendyw2's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We also have a family-centered PICU where the parents are free (and encouraged) to do as much care as they feel comfortable doing. Right now they are talking about whether or not to allow parents to...