WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    Name Tags

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started a new job, and most of the nurses I work with have these super cute personalized name tags... They have their first name and RN or LPN in big cutsey font, with a picture of a nurse...
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    Silicone stethoscope chest piece/bell cover

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to saraaileen76's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    AllMed Catalog :: Diagnostics :: Stethoscopes :: Trimline SafeSEAL® Replacement Parts SafeSEAL Soft Diaphragm Those are the only 2 links I can find... not sure where the company's are from. Do you...
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    Looking for a new stethoscope

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to HConway214's topic in Pediatric

    I think it depends on who your patient population mostly is. I work in a PICU and we take pt's from birth to death, any and all ages. If they have a congenital or chronic disease of childhood they...
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    Looking for a new stethoscope

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to HConway214's topic in Pediatric

    Since you're still in nursing school, I'd caution against a specifically pediatric stethoscope... what if you graduate and can't find a peds job? I hear they are getting hard to come by. A pediatric...
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    Best white scrub pants

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to chavezm1109's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I always found when I had to wear whites that skin toned undies made even the thinnest scrubs virtually un-see through. I'd wear white, and bam, you could totally see
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    Interesting or Different Anatomy:What have you encountered?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Cor-triatriatum?
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    Pediatric Explanations For Medical Procedures

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to GaMommy81's topic in Pediatric

    I listen for "bears" when I listen with my stethoscope and I "measure your muscles" when I take your BP :) I totally agree with the prior poster, depending on my kiddo's age and maturity level depends...
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    Looking for a new grad program anywhere in Ohio

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Javelina's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I work at Akron Children's and my manager just hired a slew of new grads... There are still many RN positions posted on our website. There isn't a "new grad program" per se, but I'm pretty sure all...
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    Purple;or, I'm Not Barney

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

    a brand... I think their website is
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    Purple;or, I'm Not Barney

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

    what about aviator scrubs?? they have lots of pockets and look pretty manly to me, even in purple
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    FLACC vs. Wong-Baker FACES

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to pyroknight's topic in General Nursing

    The faces scale isn't for you to interpret what their pain APPEARS to be, it's for you to show your patient and have them pick how their face feels with their pain... I use this all the time with my...
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    Non-Littman Stethoscope Recommendations

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

    I'll be the third to recommend and ultrascope! They are much more affordable than a Littmann. I have a Littmann Cardiology III and a pediatric sized ultrascope. I work primarily with kids with...
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    CE question

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to tpapik's topic in General Nursing

    No, Ohio's renewal was this year. I think you had to be renewed by July
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    CE question

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to tpapik's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an Ohioan too... just like Meriwhen said, you just need to make sure you hold on to that CEU certificate for I think 7 years... CEU's are basically an honor system until you get audited, which I...
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    Continuous aerosol treatment

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    That sounds kinda scary... kids on continuous can go bad so quick! Anyone on continuous at my hospital buys a bed in the PICU! (We do not have a step down unit.) I don't take care of a lot of...
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    Read any good books lately??

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to peppermintpattyRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a book called "Walk On Water" about Dr. Mee and the congenital heart program at the Cleveland Clinic. I read it last summer when I started taking care of our CHD babies... I really enjoyed...
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    ACLS for PICU

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to brookiern's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Also, PALS only works until the kid tops out at adult dosage's per their weight. After that, we use ACLS. I think PALS classifies a child as those under 8. I know in my PICU most of our patient...
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    Neuro pupillary response

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to danmarin_99's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yep, it's called hippus... I've seen it a few times in my carreer... here's a wikipedia article about it :) Hippus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From what our doc's tell us, its usually a normal...
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    Torn between two nursing shoes. Which one?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Yue09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm not sure about the first pair, but I wore the second pair my first year of nursing, and I probably went through 4 pairs that year. They wear out real quick. Are there any good shoe stores in your...
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    PT Pulls out their NG tube...boss says I need to fill out an event report?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a peds hospital... anytime anything we put in one of our kiddos comes out and it wasn't intended to come out yet, we have to write up an incident report. We also have a "huddle "with the...
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    Could I get your opinion?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to robinlyons's topic in General Nursing

    I tried to take it, but it keeps giving me an error, saying #5 needs an answer. I tried to fill in the "other" box, but then get the same error
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    Ultrascope vs Littmann Master Cardiology

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to jujubees1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Airwayguru, I've had mine for two years now, and I am not gentle with it at all! It gets dropped probably nightly, and still looks as good as the day I got it! I have no worries that it might
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    Ultrascope vs Littmann Master Cardiology

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to jujubees1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I own both a pediatric ultrascope and a littmann cardio III. I work with peds, and a majority of them are cardiac kids that have murmers and other funky heart sounds. I can hear everything with my...
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    DTaP booster

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    When I started at my Peds hospital I received the TDaP booster since I couldn't remember when I had my last tetorifice shot. If I remember correctly, the employee health nurse told me that since I...
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    cardioplegia leak??

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hi my allnurses friends :) I admitted a stable, extubated post op ASD repair yesterday afternoon. Pt's first K level was 3.1. Over the course of 5 hours it rose to 5.9 with no extra potassium being...