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  1. Field Trips

    With kids who have special health needs, field trips can be trouble. One of the children in my kid's class had an anaphylactic (well, that sure doesn't look like it's spelled right) reaction to...
  2. Weekend Option folks....

    That's how we do it,
  3. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

    Better feeling guilty for calling in sick than feeling guilty for staying at work and infecting patients/other staff, etc. Hope you feel better soon :). But yeah, I feel guilty,
  4. I'm done having babies and I'm more happy to take an isolation assignment for someone who is pregnant. Even if the risk is negligible, I can surely understand a pregnant mom not wanting to take...
  5. Visitation during RSV season

    Nobody under 18 is allowed on the unit until late next spring. If a baby is being removed from support, exceptions are made and rightfully so; but even then, kids are limited to the family room....
  6. Sleep

    I sleep whenever I can--even on my days off. Benadryl helps a lot; I found when I switched to nocs that the night after my 3rd in a row I was too tired to sleep--ironic. It got better with time, but...
  7. Wracked by Guilt -- Need Help -- Long

    I doubt there are many nurses out there who haven't forgotten to open a stopcock or give a dose of meds. You will feel better if you own up to it and next time call the pharmacist--you don't want to...
  8. Things to do while awaiting NCLEX results

    My sister and I engaged in some serious retail therapy; an approach I heartily recommend
  9. Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    BTDT, more than once, unfortunately. I can make it home, but it's too much effort to make it to the door. Just a *little* nap . Once when I was getting out of report late, I heard my name over the...
  10. Holidays: Here We Go Again

    Leslie, I guess after this year's schedule, you'll be off for all the holidays next year??? You must have drawn the short
  11. Holidays: Here We Go Again

    Work the night before Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve night and Christmas night and something on New Years (can't remember, we're usually early bedders New Years Eve anyway). I'll get Christmas and...
  12. Does your facility have a dedicated I.V. team?

    I totally
  13. Healthier Living Thread Part V

    Woo hoo. Good job :). Yep, we make quite a parade--only topped by my carrying a bunch of little ones in a backpack. But, think of all the weight I'd gain when I'd be in the hospital in traction...
  14. Halloween in the NICU

    We had some babies that wore costumes their parents provided and some staff dressed up, but nothing for the whole unit. I think it's a great idea. Makes me want to set something up for next year. I...
  15. Delegation

    I dunno; kind of sounds like a typical day to me . . . These priority choices are the same ones I'd have chosen. I always liked these assignments in school, kind of like putting a puzzle together....
  16. Healthier Living Thread Part V

    Hope you enjoyed your luncheon :) I'm *trying* to picture that one . I'm dressed as a nurse, myself. Easier for spending the day at work, LOL. Some of our babies dressed up and looked darn cute,...
  17. Healthier Living Thread Part V

    Ha ha. The worst part of bending down is having to get back up, though Yep, my littlest is two and the rest just go on up to grown and out of the house. They would definitely go with me; I just...
  18. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    Wow, Leslie. You almost make ME want one
  19. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    My first day of clinicals was in a LTC facility and the visiting podiatrist pointed to me and said, "She'll do." I followed him and soon found out that the doing involved following the doctor and...
  20. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    I'm too new to be willing to do kangaroo care on a vented baby. The nurses who do that with the vented patients are always very careful to say that whether or not it happens depends on the comfort...
  21. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    I can only answer for myself. The thing I least like is the viscousness of the blood itself. It's just so red and thick . Ugh. And I can't help but be reminded of nasty blood borne disease,...
  22. Healthier Living Thread Part V

    An over-interest in ANY body secretions is just a healthy sign of being a nurse, LOL. Work is good; I've been better at eating better at night. I avoid lunch during the days I work at night (mostly...
  23. We arranged for a venue that would have enough seats for each of us to invite 12 people. Some places (esp. a community center or related to a school) aren't that much to rent. What about a high...
  24. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    Well, woo hoo for
  25. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    Woo hoo! You're even closer than you were in the last post . Don't study yourself too hard, Sarah! Yeah, I know. Easy to say. I'm getting ready to apply to some BSN programs now, I'm just not sure...