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  1. Am I a good candidate for ICU?

    NessaNurse posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I am currently looking at working in ICU. I have been working in outpatient PACU and preop for the last 2 years, for 2.5 years I worked on a pediatric med surg floor (trachs,gtubes,...

  2. Am I a good candidate for ICU?

    NessaNurse replied to NessaNurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you for the replies! I am currently looking at positions in PCU (stepdown) and ICU at a local hospital :) I think it will be a good change for

  3. Is this ever acceptable?

    NessaNurse replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked Peds at a children's hospital Policy said NOT to give the blood back..even on NICU/PICU..but some nurses did do it. I never did because of the risks associated with the practive. When...

  4. Pricked with a dirty needle

    NessaNurse replied to Jewl's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my JessieRN that is scary! What was that patient thinking!? If they were with it that was a nasty thing for the patient to do, especially while you were

  5. Los Angeles NEW grad programs

    NessaNurse replied to rb123's topic in General Nursing

    Children's Hospital has A new grad RN residency if you want to do

  6. California Hospitals are not forward thinking!

    NessaNurse replied to RN, PHN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm at many hospitals where I have applied New Grads actually seemed to be the preferential new hire! I have 4 years experience but had a hard time finding a job!! So maybe it just depends on where...

  7. Perceptions on childhood vaccinations

    NessaNurse replied to bpander's topic in General Nursing

    My survey said the same thing!! Maybe that could be

  8. How come t here are no Males RNs on a peds floor?

    NessaNurse replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm..when I worked at a childrens hospital on the floor I worked thier were quite a few guys. I think it varies at different facilities. Some of the kids prefered male nurses. Especially school age...

  9. Best way to start IV on infant or child

    NessaNurse replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    Warm packs help. A good helper to help hold and hand you stuff..little guys are wiggly! Always have everything ready to go before you start. For little babies I like feet esp inner ankle. For older...

  10. briefs or diapers

    NessaNurse replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I like briefs unless this confuses the patient than I just call them whatever the patient calls them ..unless I'm working peds then diapers is acceptable (at certain ages of

  11. TPN and meds

    NessaNurse replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Wow..at our facility we use syringe pumps to place mlutiple meds into a Y site, as long as they are compatible you are good to go really.. Some meds are compatible with lipids as well. If something...

  12. Is ICU experience a requirment for PACU?

    NessaNurse posted a topic in PACU

    Hi! I started out in my chosen specialty in pediatric med/surg (rather high acuity for peds, very sick kids, some 2 to 1 patients, stepdown patients as well). I'm very interested in switching over to...

  13. Policy on IV tubing/bag change?

    NessaNurse replied to climberrn's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work as well all bags, tubings ect are changed q24 h. Unless the bag is never entered (*ie no IV push meds, no entring w syringe pump, no piggy backs ect) it can stay for 72 h. So most...

  14. trachealmalasia

    NessaNurse replied to peds77's topic in Pediatric

    sounds like largynmalacia or perhaps a sub glottic mass of some sort. I agree with the post to see a Peds ENT to

  15. Antelope Valley Hospital

    NessaNurse replied to FutureUSRN's topic in California Nursing

    I've Heard AV hosp. runs by team nursing in med/surg, so you have 8 pts w an LVn and an aide, not really what I'm used to. I grew up in the AV, I like it thier, but crime has gone up in recent years....

  16. Needing some help with blood sampling

    NessaNurse replied to samecat's topic in Pediatric

    At the hospital I work at we do a lot of labs via central or pICC for short gut babies as well as otehrs. I usually flush first w 3 ml, draw back 3-5ml for waste, and draw back the very minimum...

  17. Hepatitis B Vaccination for infants

    NessaNurse replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in Pediatric

    I often wondered the same thing. Personally if I ever had a baby, I would like to wait until they are a toddler to immunize them against hep B. seems sort of an unneccsary risk for a newbie IMHO. Most...

  18. Tools for teaching pre-teens about nursing

    NessaNurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    For some reason it reminds me of multiplication rap. Its nice that they are rpomoting nursing as a cool job to kids. Wow I looked at the discover nursing sight I had no idea accountants made more than...

  19. IV scenario

    NessaNurse replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    Finish the blood 1st. Vanco can actually run w TPN and lipids, they are compatible, not sure about GEnt, call pharmacy. TPN and lipds can also be run together. If you must adminster abx at same time...

  20. Forced cheerfulness a hazard to your health

    NessaNurse replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Nursing

    So just do like the other nurses and be nasty to each other? j/k well sorta..I hate it when some guy tells you to smile, dude if iwante to smile i would be

  21. Are nurses treated badly?

    NessaNurse replied to -alice-'s topic in General Nursing

    nurses cant be really brutal to each other, worst part of the job IMHO. I'm a pedi nurse and some parents can be really nasty at times, docs can get short but most heat comes from other

  22. Do you call your patients by first or last name?

    NessaNurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I call the kids I work w by thier first name, or by sweetie, kido or papas or mamas (*I live in LA lol), parents are mom and dad (I never remember thier

  23. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    NessaNurse replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard of people doing this. Also had kids request their benadryl push and then follow w a fast flush. hmmmm. we has one boy who would even point to which port he wanted it in. yowsers. Ive...

  24. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    NessaNurse replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    This happens all the time where I work>iwork Pedi and parents always hate beeping (*and pumps need to be reset q 2 h per our policy) and some have learned how to operate the darn things. Our PCA...

  25. Nursing Dreams

    NessaNurse replied to 2bnursescrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I dream a lot about work. One of the funiest was when I was talking in my sleep. My husband came inot our room to wake me up . I said to him, "you better flush that babies line w salin, then heplock...