kessadawn BSN, RN

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    PICU: PALS, ACLS or Both?

    kessadawn replied to Vicki_RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    jan, that is really scary, and sad. i can't imagine working in picu without those. our hospital also provides critical care classes, and you can audit them anytime for a refresher. really makes it...
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    PICU: PALS, ACLS or Both?

    kessadawn replied to Vicki_RN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    the children's hospital where i work requires all nurses to have pals. picu, ed and or are also required to have acls, and picu and ed take tncc (trauma certification). nicu requires a neonatal...
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    Family centered care for the chronically critical

    kessadawn replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    i feel your frustration. our picu has has some serious issues with some extremely demanding families, and your right, they truly believe that their child is the only pt in the unit. we have been...
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    Advice appreciated dealing w parents -long

    kessadawn replied to teegeo's topic in Pediatric

    please don't let the opinion of one family bother you as much as it already has! let your record speak for itself, you have made a lot of parents feel good about the care that their child got while...
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    Has anyone EVER seen a patient come off CRRT alive?

    kessadawn replied to rph3664's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    our picu uses crrt, sometimes we don't use it for a while, then all of a sudden we get several kids in a row who need it. they're using it in our burn center too. our kids more often than not...
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    Diversity and Cultural Awareness Rant

    kessadawn replied to Pianoforte's topic in General Nursing

    i work in a peds hospital not far from you in ohio. we have a large amish pt population, and many non- english speaking families from many walks of life, the occasional muslim family, and always a...
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    Why must all docs bathe in cologne?

    kessadawn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, maybe not all docs, but I have a HUGE problem with the ones that insist on wearing so much cologne that we can still smell it all over the unit 20 minutes after they have left the floor! I have...
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    Why must all docs bathe in cologne?

    kessadawn replied to kessadawn's topic in General Nursing

    i was careful, in the very first line of my post i stated that i know that it isn't all docs. and like i said, it is mostly residents, who take a little while to get all the policies. i just have a...
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    What did u buy your first year of nursing?

    kessadawn replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i purchased a rather expensive coach handbag...after all, i earned that
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    You know you are a PEDS nurse when...

    kessadawn replied to HU_nurse's topic in Pediatric

    *you have at least 3 different techniques for cutting the taste of liquid po prednisone... mind sharing those techniques? i'm more than tired of smelling like orapred every am on my way home from...
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    Dog and Pony Show --A Nursing School Rant!!

    kessadawn replied to Ohmygosh's topic in General Nursing

    wow, that really sucks. my school pulled something similar. after all was completed, all grades were in, hesi was taken, and i has walked through graduation, i was waiting impatiently for both my...
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    Holiday Gifts: What is appropriate?

    kessadawn replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    instead of each of us buying a bunch of gifts for everyone, my co-workers and i do a secret santa. only have to participate if you sign up, that way no one feels obligated to buy gifts. works out...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    kessadawn replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    oh and this lovely new nurse wants to work icu now......she thinks it will be like tv (she actually said this) where the doctors will do all the dressing changes and replaces all the tubes, lines,...
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    "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    kessadawn replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    what disturbed me the most is i met a fellow classmate of hers later that day (mom was in the hospital) who shared her similar thoughts and beliefs about nursing and both told me they were taught in...
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    Family visitation in ICU

    kessadawn replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    our picu has a pretty lenient policy, i think. four visitors max during day from 0700-2100. from 2100-2300 2 visitors at the bedside, and after 2300 only one parent can stay throught the night. and...
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    Family visitation in ICU

    kessadawn replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    our picu has a pretty lenient policy, i think. four visitors max during day from 0700-2100. from 2100-2300 2 visitors at the bedside, and after 2300 only one parent can stay throught the night. and...
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    Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

    kessadawn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    and please stop dousing yourself in 5 gallons of nasty strong perfume/cologne just before you come to see your patients. not only will i request you to go shower again, i will continue to refuse you...
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    cultural question

    kessadawn replied to kessadawn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    wow, thanks a ton athena! can't wait to hit the library for some of these books and
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    cultural question

    kessadawn posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello all! Wasn't really sure where to post this, thought someone in the hospice field may know the answer. Last week I had an infant pt in the PICU that was a DNR. Parents were primarily...
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    cultural question

    kessadawn replied to kessadawn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    sorry, should have explained that better (and 3 months ago!:)). she wanted to hold the child after death, but the dad didn't want her too. his english is much more limited than hers, so i have no...
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    Nursing School Bloopers

    kessadawn replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor

    never happens again?!?! i must do that at least 2-3 times a
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    Does anyone know what RADz is?

    kessadawn replied to nursetweety's topic in General Nursing

    Could the "z" have been a typo, leaving you with Reactive Airway Disease? Or is that just a peds thing? (I'm a PICU
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    kessadawn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHA! I am such a dork! We don't hire HOSEKEEPERS we hire HOUSEKEEPERS!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :roll :roll
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    kessadawn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    God bless America, that's just nasty. How about our poor hosekeeper had to put a sign in the employee restroom to remind the ladies to wrap up used feminine products and place the in the proper...
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    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    kessadawn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    this reminded me of a very scary, very vindictive nurse i once worked with while i was a nursing assistant in a nursing home. we had gotten donuts during our night shift, and she had ordered a few...