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  1. Bagging ETT

    stacylethani posted a topic in Critical Care

    How do you know when you should start bagging your pt with an ETT? I read something saying disconnecting the pt from the vent should be a very last resort because then they lose the recruitment from...

  2. Figs scrubs for petite women

    stacylethani posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I’m 4’11 and 110 pounds. I bought a few pairs of FIGS and although I love the material and feel of them, they’re not the most flattering on my figure. I have the yola in petite XS, and I do...

  3. Pediatric Cardiovascular acute unit

    stacylethani replied to smiles and medicine's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Hey! I used to work on an acute care peds cardiac floor, currently in peds cardiac ICU. On the floor it was almost exclusively post op cardiac surgeries or cardiac catheterizations, working up on...

  4. Depressed, unhappy, feeling lost

    stacylethani posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I want to preface this by saying, this is a rough time in life for everyone. I have yet to meet someone who isn't struggling. I'm feeling so anxious, overwhelmed, and depressed. I never feel like...

  5. New peds CVICU nurse... so overwhelmed

    stacylethani posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I’ve been a peds cardiac nurse for two years and started a new job in the cvicu in August. I’m off orientation in 4 weeks and feel so overwhelmed and not ready at all. I’ve had two evaluations...

  6. What is an RVOT?

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can someone please explain what an RVOT (right ventricular outflow tract) is? Or LVOT? What does it do? What does that mean? Why would you need surgery on it? For reference I’m in the peds cardiac...

  7. What is an RVOT?

    stacylethani replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your help!! I really appreciate it!!

  8. Bagging ETT

    stacylethani replied to stacylethani's topic in Critical Care

    Adventure_rn, thank you so much!! That is so helpful! I’ve been lost on which forums to post questions to because peds cardiac ICU doesn’t have its own category - I guess lumping it with PICU...

  9. U of Michigan interview, Advise Please!!

    stacylethani replied to namaste111's topic in General Nursing

    What unit are you interviewing for? What I’ve noticed is everyone is super helpful and eager to help you learn. They want nurses dedicated to learning/improving their practice. Very focused on...

  10. Do you think nurses aren’t taught enough about general emergencies/basic info about emergency medicine?

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Random question, do you think we don’t get enough training on basic emergency medicine/situations? For example, when you’re in a focused speciality, you know so much about your particular...

  11. New grad nurse - how long did it take you to feel like you knew your job?

    stacylethani replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

    I’d say at about one year I felt like I could possibly handle harder assignments (that’s also when they started giving my harder ones) and after a month or two of those I started to feel much more...

  12. New peds Cardiac icu nurse... tips/advice??

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just started a new job on a peds cardiac icu unit. I've had two weeks on the floor so far (which I know isn't much). I'm feeling overwhelmed and kind of anxious. I've been a nurse for two years,...

  13. Moved states to start in new CVICU... kind of heartbroken and scared

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, just wanted to jump on here and talk. I recently left my old job (a job I completely loved) on an acute care med surg floor to start on a peds CVICU at a large hospital. I had to relocate due to...

  14. Night shift mentality: keep them alive until day team comes on

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I’ve been a nurse for two years on a cardiac step down peds unit. As I’ve grown as a nurse, it’s hit me how much pushback I get from doctors, team members, and charge nurses to make changes in...

  15. Night shift mentality: keep them alive until day team comes on

    stacylethani replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your responses! So the situation was a kiddo in severe heart failure who couldn’t hold their temperatures. They kept dropping to 35C and at one point went as low as 33C. Most of the...

  16. CP/DD kids exhaust me, am I a bad person?

    stacylethani posted a topic in Pediatric

    Lately I've been getting put in this tough assignment pretty often where I have a well known severely delayed CP/DD kiddo on our floor. This kid is notoriously very difficult to take care of. Parents...

  17. Seizure code blue

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm one year into nursing and the other night I had my second ever code blue, my patient seized and O2 sats fell to the teens, HR skyrocketed, she was apenic and blue. I called a code, and all I could...

  18. New grad, peds cardiac, so lost

    stacylethani posted a topic in Pediatric

    I started on a pediatric cardiac med surg floor a few weeks ago and I'm feeling so lost and overwhelmed. I feel like 75% of the time, I don't even truly understand the kid's hx/admission reason...

  19. First year nurse, feel so miserable and alone

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a few short months away from hitting my one year mark as a new nurse. I have my dream job, amazing coworkers, an amazing boss, and I work with the most amazing kiddos and families every day....

  20. Exhausting families and exhausting shifts

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night was my first night of three and I was floated to a different floor. I had a mom who was refusing midnight and 4am vitals on her kid, she was getting super frustrated every time I went to...

  21. RRT one hour into shift

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    If I call an RRT on my patient an hour or two into shift is it the previous shift nurse's fault? The other day I got report on a patient and called an RRT not long afterwards when I was told he looked...

  22. First med error, freaking out!

    stacylethani posted a topic in Cardiac

    Help! When I got onto shift yesterday my kid had TPN and lipids running. During report, the day shift RN and I did our double check for the hanging medication and everything looked perfect. He was...

  23. Feel like a crap nurse. How do I become better?

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    Over the last month or so, I've come home from work each day feeling distressed, discouraged, and frustrated with myself. I've made some mistakes, like forgetting to double check TPN and lipids...

  24. New RN in peds cardiac, FREAKED OUT

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently started my first RN job at a Children's hospital on a cardiac floor. I passed my NCLEX in 75 questions (still can't believe it) and I did well in nursing school (B+/A- average). Now,...

  25. How to get dream job at my senior practicum site?

    stacylethani posted a topic in General Students

    Hi all, I'm a senior nursing student currently in my senior practicum at the Children's hospital where I go to school. I am currently on a med-surg floor and I had my pediatric clinical at this...