kessadawn BSN, RN

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    Doctor needs to perform surgery but with charity care, seemed unhappy

    kessadawn replied to onlyj's topic in General Nursing

    How unprofessional for that doctor to tell you that! Contact a social worker at the hospital, they will be able to give you all the info on any programs out there. Praying for your mom, good
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    PICU medication dosages to memorize

    kessadawn replied to Annaiya's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    acetaminophen and
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    What do you guys use for art lines??

    kessadawn replied to Nursemommi's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    In my PICU we utilize a machine called a VIA (although I don't remember if that stands for anything). It is a blood analysis system that hooks into your arterial line setup and it allows for minimal...
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    Transferred to SICU, horrible orientation...what to do??

    kessadawn replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    You need to speak to your ICU's educator and get a new preceptor right away. She's setting you up for failure, and if something happens you can bet your life she won't back you up. Why are you...
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    Temporarily disconnecting a CVC port from patient and air embolism

    kessadawn replied to Noelle2000's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the Camino is calibrated prior to attaching to patient. Transduce the larger lumen of your
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    Professional dilemma

    kessadawn replied to gdc67's topic in United Kingdom

    I don't understand the point of hiring nurses to work in high-acuity areas, with patients that likely require multiple IV meds, but not allowing those nurses to give IV meds. That is just ridiculous....
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    Dress for interview in health career?

    kessadawn replied to SeekingNewCareer's topic in General Nursing

    A skirt or pants would be fine, just watch your skirt isn't too short (yikes!). Good luck with your
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    I feel like a fool

    kessadawn replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you for standing up for your license and your own mental health! That place sounds like a train wreck that you don't want to be a part of. I hope all works out with your other job
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    Unusual/Disruptive ways my unit functions

    kessadawn replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can understand the need to get away while giving report as charge, people interrupt CONSTANTLY and I've had days where I have left 45 minutes later than I should have just from others' interruptions...
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    How are some nurses nurses?!

    kessadawn replied to kellyjo's topic in General Nursing

    And hopefully when you are a great nurse, you won't make any mistakes. I'm sorry you were in pain, but please realize that a c-collar being placed incorrectly doesn't mean someone should not be a...
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    Patient rights v. Clinical instructor?

    kessadawn replied to studentnurse0383's topic in General Nursing

    Your instructor needs to get over herself. You can't force someone to do something they don't want to do. Period. That's abuse. You need to take this up with whoever is in charge of your...
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    Standard Concentrations

    kessadawn replied to neopedsflight's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    We use standard concentrations, and pharmacy mixes nearly everything for us. Our pharm is in house 24/7, though. PICU RNs can mix gtts at the bedside for emergency needs, and some are available...
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    Just got hired onto PICU!!! :D

    kessadawn replied to Blessed2LoveNursing's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Congratulations!
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    Worked hard all night

    kessadawn replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    Karma will get her, have no
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    Coming Around Full Circle (or Why I Do What I Do)

    kessadawn replied to kessadawn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Isn't awesome when things come full circle? Just gives me reassurance that I am supposed to be doing what I
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    Coming Around Full Circle (or Why I Do What I Do)

    kessadawn posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I just spent the last two nighshifts in one of the busiest assignments I have had in years. Sweet baby boy, worried and heartbroken parents, a poor family caught in a horrible situation. I am...
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    Coming Around Full Circle (or Why I Do What I Do)

    kessadawn posted a topic in Pediatric

    I just spent the last two nighshifts in one of the busiest assignments I have had in years. Sweet baby boy, worried and heartbroken parents, a poor family caught in a horrible situation. I am...
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    RN without ACLS pushing Versed?

    kessadawn replied to NoAverageLPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    RNs at my hospital, myself included, must pass yearly sedation competencies, regardless if they are giving minimal or moderate sedation. There's more to it than just pushing the med, you must also...
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    Interpreter Telling You How To Do Your Job

    kessadawn replied to TacoBelle's topic in General Nursing

    I informed him that I am not an R.N. but I will let her nurse know and that it is good "you will be going to medical school in the fall because you clearly have a lot to learn." Fantastic comeback!...
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    Where did you hear that?

    kessadawn replied to SpEdtacular's topic in General Nursing

    How the heck do you have sex, get pregnant, and not know where that baby is gonna come from? Where was her mother? Good
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    Where did you hear that?

    kessadawn replied to SpEdtacular's topic in General Nursing

    I once spent the better part of a shift trying to explain to a famly that urine replacement does NOT mean I collect her urine and give it back to her in her IV. The family of the intubated toddler in...
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    An open letter to the ER triage nurse

    kessadawn replied to laurasc's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so sorry you had to endure such unprofessional treatment! From what your friend witnessed, it sounds as if the entire workplace may be unprofessional. So sad. I wonder if sending that letter...
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    Dealing with emotion during patient care.

    kessadawn replied to Mary Hicks's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Well said. I have been the assigned nurse to many a child crossing the bridge into heaven. I have also been the mother who had to allow her child to cross that bridge. I look at it like this: when...
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    COLUMBUS,OH NURSES!I NEED HELP!!!!(new grad)

    kessadawn replied to leaBSN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Children's in Akron has a lot of positions on various floors if your willing to move, and you would still be close enough to Columbus to see your
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    Where do you take temps??

    kessadawn replied to KittyLovinRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in PICU, our intensivists don't like axillary temps either, and we don't have temporal thermometers as they can be very inaccurate. Our general care floors use them, though. I floated out...