analee23

analee23

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  1. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    analee23 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    My very favorite is when I'm discharging a kiddo that had a negative Head CT. The radiologist usually writes "normal" across it and I like to say, "Well, we think you're normal... so you can let all...

  2. So overwhelmed! I can't do this

    analee23 replied to Bluestem's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So sorry life is so stressful. I know there are certain areas of nursing I couldn't do and cardiac is one of them. You just need to find your niche. Give the stepdown unit a lil time, and if you're...

  3. What is with the crazy parents?? --vent--

    analee23 posted a topic in Emergency

    I work in a pediatric ER and I am so sick of all the crazy parents out there. Just the other day I had this little 26 day old come in with a known seizure disorder on phenobarb. Baby was d/c'd from...

  4. What is with the crazy parents?? --vent--

    analee23 replied to analee23's topic in Emergency

    UPDATE: The family I spoke of in this thread has returned to our ER twice now. I was present with the third visit. We were extremely busy, and I was running with a PICU admit an Onc admit, so I...

  5. Favorite Patients

    analee23 replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a pediatric ER. We had a 3 year old that overdosed on a medication (can't remember now what it was). I had to give him charcoal, so I mixed it with a bunch of chocolate syrup so he would...

  6. Oops, sorry! Son got wrong vaccination

    analee23 replied to hotshot05's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a pediatrics office and we always had to have consent before giving vaccines as well. So, I agree with everyone that this MA/Nurse/? made a huge mistake and needs some type of...

  7. Desperate !!

    analee23 replied to mika1's topic in General Nursing

    I know that at my college of nursing you could go to the nursing director and she'd allocate funds in cases like yours. I actually have a good friend that got help as she and her husband were both in...

  8. Family in or out during procedures???

    analee23 replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I am a peds er nurse, so family is generally there. However, with LPs, Sedations to reduce fractures, and SOME suturing, I have the family step out. Although, I have had family present in all of...

  9. Your top three coping strategies

    analee23 replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    There are a few things I do to relax. I leave work at work as triagern said, but I do call my dad sometimes on my drive home (he's a pediatrician) and discuss some more difficult cases (I work peds),...

  10. I need just a little encouragment...please...

    analee23 replied to HeavenBound0530's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    rachel, I know it seems really really stressful right now... but remember, this is just the first exam, after this exam you will have a much better idea of what the teacher is looking for on exams and...

  11. Scared about ER clinical rotation

    analee23 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Emergency

    You'll do fine. Your nurse isn't going to expect you to know everything when you first walk through the door. I work in an ER now, and trust me, I didn't know much when I started (after nursing...

  12. Need help to choose- Peds or L&D

    analee23 replied to NatalieGRN's topic in Pediatric

    I did my final rotation in nursing school in L&D (we got to choose) and then ended up in a peds er. I decided not to do L&D just because it really wasn't for me... I like workin with boys AND...

  13. What is with the crazy parents?? --vent--

    analee23 replied to analee23's topic in Emergency

    So I've been reflecting a lot on this family since my first post and I think I've figured it out. I know these parents were anxious and upset that their baby was back in the hospital, they had every...

  14. rules of injections

    analee23 replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing

    We often give rocephin IM in my ER divided in two doses for lil kiddos. It's always arranged that the second RN watches you pull up, verifies dosage, and then helps admin. It's a good system and it...

  15. how many break(s) in your 12 hrs. shift?

    analee23 replied to Sammi15's topic in General Nursing

    40 min lunch break and 1 10min break. I pretty much always take the lunch break, but the other 10 min break rarely happens since I work in a busy ER and just can't get away... I would LOVE it if I...

  16. What's In Your Pocket?

    analee23 replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Left pocket, 2 pens, if I carry more I lose em, alcohol wipes and a small pad of paper to write vitals n such on. Right pocket a set of braslow crash cards and trauma sheers, in my right pant pocket,...

  17. What is with the crazy parents?? --vent--

    analee23 replied to analee23's topic in Emergency

    Thanks to everyone that has posted. To set the record straight, I've been working in peds for multiple years (before nursing school I worked with kids ith special needs teaching daily living skills,...

  18. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    analee23 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a peds er too and I was talking to the child life specialist about this. She said she asks the parents what they call a child's privates so that she can properly explain procedures in the...

  19. Words and phrases that make me want to scream

    analee23 replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I know this is an old post, but I just wanted to add a few things. My husband is disabled, he has sacral agenesis, so he has been disabled since birth. He is very capable of taking care of himself...

  20. do you HAVE to assist with circs?

    analee23 replied to pittnurse08's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Have you ever used sweetease? My dad is a pediatrician that does circumcisions, he uses lido and sweetease, I use sweetease routinely for iv starts and assisting with lumbar punctures (I work in the...

  21. Hurst Review

    analee23 replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took hurst review and their was a girl in my class that had failed nclex after taking hurst review (she passed the second time due to the huge packet of information they sent her after failing)....

  22. How long will I be miserable?

    analee23 replied to nrcnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    not EVERYONE'S miserable. I was, I admit for the first little while as a nurse, but I must say, having a good preceptor is everything! I am just finishing a 6 month orientation in a pediatric ER and...

  23. What is the answer to this crazy question?

    analee23 replied to peaceful's topic in General Nursing

    I know! It's a trick question! uhhh, mebbe not, but that's what it seems to me... shows your rationale for selecting each one, what type of a thinker you are I guess. I'd go with C too though......

  24. Oddest things found in a patient!

    analee23 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Had a guy that put an apple up his rectum... It makes me laugh any time I see those teenage girls with the "apple bottom" pants! Also had a little girl (four year old) that swallowed a fairly large...

  25. Emergency or Critical Care..Its up in the Air!!??!!

    analee23 replied to jellybeanmead's topic in General Nursing

    I went from new grad into an ER, I have just finished the class portion (about 4 months of classes) and will follow a GREAT preceptor for another month or two. I would highly recommend it, it's a lot...