WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    Jevity from liquid to coagulation consistency

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

    can you put less feed in the bag at a time? where i work, we only do 4 hours of feed at a time... maybe it is
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    Do you use your pda/smartphone at work?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    I have and Ipod touch and feel lost without it at work! I love having so many apps at my fingertips! I can look up drugs, diseases, or treatments when my patients and family's ask, without having to...
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    Dansko Question?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to princsheather's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have worn Dansko's for probably 3 years now, both at work and outside of work. I have never walked out of my shoes... if you do, they are probably too big. I can kick them off when sitting, but it...
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    White scrub top cami question

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to beautsbelle's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    or can you just wear a skin tone bra? I also am a person that if i say it's cold, it must be really cold, because I am always warm... when i had to wear white, i wore all nude underwear and bra's,...
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    Pediatric stethoscope suggestions?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    I have a peds ultrascope and love it! Unlike jan, I can't hear on the little guys with my big adult sized stethoscope. I was having a hard time distinguishing all the noises until I got my peds scope....
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    Dilaudid IV - white

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to independ3nt's topic in Patient Medications

    sounds like it's reacting with something that's running in your IVF and
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    customized ultrascope

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to happypedsRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a peds ultrascope and love it! I also have a Littman Cardiology III, and I think the sound quality is just about the same. The ultrascope is much lighter in weight, so if you carry it around...
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    Pediatric Littman?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to smurfynursey's topic in Pediatric

    I have a peds ultrascope and LOVE it! I also have a littman cardiology III, but wanted to get a stethoscope that was lighter in weight, and more "fun" for my new picu job. I have a stethoscope with...
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    Continuous arterial ABG monitoring

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    sorry, somehow i double
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    Continuous arterial ABG monitoring

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm in a PICU and we use them all the time to monitor our little kiddo's. The amount of blood they use is very little, less than we would be wasting and sending to the lab for our ABG's and in the...
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    New MICU position, coming from Trauma

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Deb123j's topic in MICU, SICU

    I only had Microsoft works for quite a while, and I was always able to open the documents on icufaqs.org. the documents always just converted. Sometimes the pictures didn't show up right, but I was...
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    Any suggestions for white scrub pants? (That aren't see through?)

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I second nude undies and bra's! I wore whites for 4 years, and that's about all I own! I was so glad to get a new job and not have to wear those again! But anyway, most of my white scrub pants were...
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    PICU nurses..give me advice please :)

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to thekellyone's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm a new PICU nurse, so I don't really think I can offer any advice, but I can say I absolutely LOVE my job! Believe it or not, it really is a happy unit to work in. Most of the kiddo's go home...
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    nursing student externships

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hey eveyrone, I am a nursing student at Wright State in Dayton. I am currently interested in nursing externships for this upcomming summer, particually in the Cleveland area, which is where I live...
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    Creaky, Squeaky Danskos!

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Tait's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Email dansko and let them know your issues. They should replace them for free, you just have to pay shipping there. I had a pair of the oil slicked ones that squeaked like nobody's business. The...
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    Other thread that got me thinking..

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just make sure you take your valid prescription bottle, and maybe a note from the prescribing MD with you for the drug screen and you should be
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    Need to buy a new stethoscope! Any favorites?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to LoopsRN2's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a Littman Cardiology III for the adult ICU I used to work in and loved it! I think I could hear breath sounds from the next room... it's a bit pricey tho. I now work in a peds ICU and recently...
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    Don't understand this weird-a%&! parameter

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the med is more for heart failure than bp and the pt tolerates the lower
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    Precedex tubing

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to CICURN07's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    From my limited experience (I'm in orientation, working in my unit since November) all our Precedex gtts run on syringe pumps without a
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    manly scrubs

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to utadahikaru's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've read on here from a lot of guys that they like aviator scrubs. They can be custom made with pockets where you want them, I
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    NaHCO3 lead to SVT?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to TangoLima's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have given bicarb numerous times and have never seen someone go into SVT, so I have to think it was just a coincidence... she probably had been in and out of it for a while... she sounded pretty...
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    PLEASE HELP! Diluent problems!

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to AshRNAthena's topic in Patient Medications

    For all of these, remember your equation (Ordered Dose/What you have)XmL So for the first question, if you chose to use the 9.6mL dilutent, the equation would look like this: (125,000 units/100,000...
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    Help in finding thick white scrub pants

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to babudust's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    As a person who wore white scrubs for 4 years at my last job, skin tone undies are a must! Doesn't matter the brand of pants and how thick or thin they are, you can't see your undies if they match...
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    Good or bad idea? Job application related.

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Of course I would, especially if it was a job I thought I'd like better. I just started a new position, and I think I had about 5 active applications when I accepted my new job... You just never know...
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    Check Hb post-transfusion?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been taught at least 1 hour post