Julius Seizure

Pediatric Critical Care

Member

All Content by Julius Seizure

  1. Julius Seizure

    Nurses pulling rank on assignments

    Julius Seizure replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    After all, when the unit experts retire or move on to other jobs.....who will take care of those complex patients then? Hopefully, if you aren't allowed to keep your patient when they become...
  2. Julius Seizure

    Nurses pulling rank on assignments

    Julius Seizure replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Crappy unspoken rule, but not at all uncommon. Funny though, that travelers can't be trusted with any but the easiest patients until "proving themselves", but they can be trusted to manage a heavier...
  3. Julius Seizure

    Scope Of Practice

    Julius Seizure replied to amysnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If the nurses at your hospital are allowed to order MRSA swab testing yourselves, it is because there are policies or standing orders directing that action. You can't choose to do one yourself...
  4. Julius Seizure

    Floating from the NICU

    Julius Seizure replied to sfk26's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Fair point. I take care of peds cardiac patients. They once floated me to the trauma PICU and gave me a pair of patients that was about as far outside of my comfort zone as you can get in peds:...
  5. Julius Seizure

    Devastated about my recent preceptorship placement in med surg

    Julius Seizure replied to SF BSN2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Okay. So. My school didn't even really HAVE a capstone preceptorship. In my entire curriculum, we did one HALF of a semester of pediatrics. After graduation, I got a new grad residency in a PICU...
  6. Julius Seizure

    Preventing allergies in children

    Julius Seizure replied to Julius Seizure's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Just think how cultured their taste in food would be by age
  7. Julius Seizure

    Preventing allergies in children

    Julius Seizure posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    New(ish) guidelines now say that you don't have to wait until after 1 year to feed your baby egg whites and other "high allergenic" foods. In fact, delaying them may make allergies more likely. I've...
  8. Julius Seizure

    Phlebotomy refusing to draw

    Julius Seizure replied to Lame's topic in General Nursing

    You learn something new every day! Thanks for the
  9. Julius Seizure

    Student Nurse Clinical Site

    Julius Seizure replied to nursemichelle04's topic in School

    My community health clinical was in a halfway house for women who had recently been released from jail, with supplemental hours that I got by visiting the local homeless shelter. I didn't even have a...
  10. Julius Seizure

    Floating from the NICU

    Julius Seizure replied to sfk26's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would understand if they floated you to an ICU and gave you a teenager. But it sounds like they floated you to a med-surg type floor and gave you a teenager, right? That sounds like the equivalent...
  11. Julius Seizure

    Pseudoseizures in the ED

    Julius Seizure replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

    Okay, pet peeve of mine. "Pseudoseizure" is a real diagnosis. The real name is "psychogenic nonepileptic seizure". It is not the same as faking a seizure. Yes, I acknowledge that some patients may...
  12. Julius Seizure

    Phlebotomy refusing to draw

    Julius Seizure replied to Lame's topic in General Nursing

    This is a patient with a fistula, which leads me to believe that he is chronically ill and also by default already has limited IV access because we are down to just one arm. Also, amiodarone can...
  13. Julius Seizure

    Student Nurse Clinical Site

    Julius Seizure replied to nursemichelle04's topic in School

    I don't think that "snitches get stitches" applies in the
  14. Julius Seizure

    Fell asleep during clinical.

    Julius Seizure replied to lolplayingnurse's topic in General Students

    The best thing that you can do is go into the meeting with the same tone that you had in your original post. Be contrite, acknowledge that you have no good excuse and that you recognize that you made...
  15. Julius Seizure

    How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    Julius Seizure replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on passing. Why dont you try making a separate post in the new grad forum, or checking the careers tab? You could even do a google search for hospitals near you and look at their job...
  16. Julius Seizure

    Dyslexic student wanting to pursue Nursing? Should I?

    Julius Seizure replied to Blue11's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So, you will have a calculator. You can keep one in your pocket, and there are calculators available at the nurses station. Even a math whiz would be smart to double check all but the simplest math...
  17. Julius Seizure

    How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    Julius Seizure replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    I mean, I guess you could say that everybody is just an extra set of eyes, then.
  18. Julius Seizure

    Should I bother to reapply?

    Julius Seizure replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck, let us know how it
  19. Julius Seizure

    Should I give up on my dream to become an NP?

    Julius Seizure replied to Through_the_woods's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wouldn't spend too much worry on it, especially if you get excellent grades in your ADN and BSN programs. But you could always contact some admissions departments and ask. And you can always...
  20. Julius Seizure

    Mid-50s on uworld, I write in 2 days

    Julius Seizure replied to alimmiller's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ive read that its good to take that last day off to let your brain rest. Good
  21. Julius Seizure

    New nurse here. Questions about PRN intervals and "HIPAA spooking"

    Julius Seizure replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Check your hospital policy about PRNs. Some places differ, but in general, you have to wait the full 4 (or whatever) hours. The computer chart thing is untrue. Accessing a chart for educational...
  22. Julius Seizure

    Turn employee into BON for inadequate documentation?

    Julius Seizure replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious about this place where the only documentation was for med
  23. Julius Seizure

    Best tablet/laptop for Nursing School?

    Julius Seizure replied to e.amberly's topic in General Students

    I wanted a laptop, not a tablet. I love love love what I got last fall when I started grad school. I got an Asus Zenbook UX303U. It looks like a mac, but runs all the PC-based programs that I need...
  24. Julius Seizure

    It's ok to look at their....

    Julius Seizure replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    *....spelling and grammar DO matter in
  25. Julius Seizure

    White Scrubs and That "Time of the Month".

    Julius Seizure replied to Shookclays's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This might not be an option that you are interested in, but you could get an IUD. Some types of IUDs make your periods very light or even disappear completely. Obviously there are other effects like...