Kidrn911

Kidrn911

Peds ED, Peds Stem Cell Transplant, Peds

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  1. Just happy that is illegal for an employer to ask in my state. If you want to you can, but not mandatory.
  2. Valparaiso Accelerated BSN/Indiana University NW

  3. Pediatric Scrubs!

    Marcus uniforms or Walmart
  4. A Med-surg/onc/tele floor to add Pediatrics!

    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 room for spinal taps and other invasive procedures....
  5. Is this specialty flooded in your area?

    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 diabetic, renal pt with an LPN wasn't working. Ped...
  6. Writing multiple times?

    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 English. So you're going to be a nurse in the US and y...
  7. Worked a PCt that has had her RN for 18 months before she found a job
  8. Thoughts on recent mass lay-offs?

    I wonder how many jobs would have been saved if they didn't waste money on Magnet.
  9. Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

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

    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. Imagine what it would have done to her esophagus.
  11. Insulin order

    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 loads into the chart when it is down loaded.
  12. RN License plate

    Can I quote you can I quote you? I love it:confused:
  13. RN License plate

    I wished it was only twice:yes:
  14. RN License plate

    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 Trooper when I am getting stopped for speeding. I d...
  15. What to do about talkers!

    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 I would ask the teacher loudly if she could stop ...
  16. RN License plate

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

    I am sorry, but if nurses have to clean rooms the housekeepers should be able to apply tape on a bandaid
  18. I'm sorry, honey. Mommy is a nurse...

    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 run on a broken "chipped" hip for 3 weeks. We end...
  19. ETOH and OD Census

    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 am curious how many do you typically see a night, h...
  20. So you hate your job

    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 this is not working and that you think it would be ...
  21. Barcode scanning

    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 maximise billing.
  22. Scary
  23. Back in the ER have a few questions

    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 because my care of adult patients is lacking. Could some...
  24. use of diapers during phototherapy

    Always used diapers with no problem
  25. August 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    Can I have that Intravenously?