Kidrn911

Kidrn911

Peds ED, Peds Stem Cell Transplant, Peds

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  1. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    Kidrn911 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just happy that is illegal for an employer to ask in my state. If you want to you can, but not

  2. Valparaiso Accelerated BSN/Indiana University NW

    Kidrn911 replied to sarahliz51's topic in Indiana Nursing

  3. Pediatric Scrubs!

    Kidrn911 replied to misscherie's topic in Pediatric

    Marcus uniforms or

  4. A Med-surg/onc/tele floor to add Pediatrics!

    Kidrn911 replied to jsepark119's topic in Pediatric

    This actually pretty common in smaller hospitals. One hospital I worked at had a playroom, never used though for that. It did store toys so we could bring some in their room. We also had a treatment...

  5. Is this specialty flooded in your area?

    Kidrn911 replied to mmcc26's topic in Pediatric

    Been doing ped for 13 years, worked in many aspects of it. I NEVER EVER wanted to do peds or Picu. It is where I ended up. Mainly because working as a new grad in an adult floor having 17 acutely ill...

  6. Writing multiple times?

    Kidrn911 replied to loriangel14's topic in General Nursing

    I posted about this about 6 months ago. I was amazed how hard people were saying the test was. I was told "I had it easier," I took it back in 1999. And people fail it because they struggle with...

  7. New student starting RN program.. Worried about finding jobs..

    Kidrn911 replied to j0190's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Worked a PCt that has had her RN for 18 months before she found a

  8. Thoughts on recent mass lay-offs?

    Kidrn911 replied to libran1984's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I wonder how many jobs would have been saved if they didn't waste money on

  9. Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

    Kidrn911 replied to Phoenix2541's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I find if interesting that people say housekeepjng does not do patient care. I have worked at many hospitals were housekeepers have to know CPR. If giving CPR isn't patient care, then what

  10. Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

    Kidrn911 replied to Phoenix2541's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you Thank you Thank you. I hate it when people try to use hot coffee logic when they have no clue of the true damage it caused. Could you imagine ehst could have happened if she actually drank....

  11. Insulin order

    Kidrn911 replied to newbiern22's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The 2 hour gap is not safe, like others suggest. The transposing of numbers can be corrected if your glucometer reading is transported to your EMR? I know what I have used in the past automatically...

  12. RN License plate

    Kidrn911 replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    Can I quote you can I quote you? I love

  13. RN License plate

    Kidrn911 replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    I wished it was only

  14. RN License plate

    Kidrn911 replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    Why do people have to impress people or be showy to people about what they do for a living? That is how it is pretentious. I am happy to be a nurse, but the only people I brag about it, is the State...

  15. What to do about talkers!

    Kidrn911 replied to Mainergal2000's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I personally would stand up in class and loudly state you are paying x much money to learn how to be a nurse, and not about their sex life (even if there conversation had nothing to do with sex). Then...

  16. RN License plate

    Kidrn911 replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    I personally think it is insulting to have a RN plate when someone has not obtained it. I also think it is pretentious to have an RN

  17. Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

    Kidrn911 replied to Phoenix2541's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am sorry, but if nurses have to clean rooms the housekeepers should be able to apply tape on a

  18. I'm sorry, honey. Mommy is a nurse...

    Kidrn911 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yeah that is what I said, unfortunately for my 12 yr old daughter, kept complaining her hip hurt, I ignored her and told her to stop whining and continue running, she was in track and field.I made her...

  19. ETOH and OD Census

    Kidrn911 posted a topic in Emergency

    I just been working in the adult ER for a few weeks. I work in a bad area of town, and we see lots of OD and ETOH abuse. The ED is 16 beds and we will have 4-6 tied up a nightly for OD and drunks. I...

  20. So you hate your job

    Kidrn911 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Say you are an experienced nurse and you just started a new job, and you hate it. I mean really hate it. You know this will never work out, and your in orientation. How do you tell your manager that...

  21. Barcode scanning

    Kidrn911 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    The pain is that we have to scan the meds all within a minute of each other, so I scan 1 med give it, wait a minute scan another med give it. When you have several it is a waste of time. They do it to...

  22. Big pay cut at Orlando Health, please help your fellow Nurses

    Kidrn911 replied to skyflight's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Scary

  23. Back in the ER have a few questions

    Kidrn911 posted a topic in Emergency

    I was recently hired for an ER position. I am so happy about this. I have worked almost 8 years in a level 1 trauma pediatric ER. I am leaving a PICU position. I do have a few questions, mainly...

  24. use of diapers during phototherapy

    Kidrn911 replied to al.ghada68's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Always used diapers with no

  25. August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Kidrn911 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Can I have that