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1. Holding babies for lumbar punctures

   charlimoon posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi, I have been working on a paediatric ward in the UK for about 18 months now. Yesterday I was looking after two babies both with suspected sepsis, both who required lumbar punctures. They had already been treated with IV antibiotics for 24 hours an...

2. Paediatric IV infiltration :(

   charlimoon replied to charlimoon's topic in General Nursing

   I've just realised I've probably posted this in the wrong thread, so sorry if that's the case!

3. Paediatric IV infiltration :(

   charlimoon posted a topic in General Nursing

   Last night I was infusing IV Ceftriaxone into my 10 month old patient's hand. It flushed fine, I connected the IV, wrapped the cannula back up with a crepe bandage and set the 50ml infusion to run over 30 minutes. 20 minutes later she was screaming a...

4. How to stop beating yourself up after medication error?

   charlimoon posted a topic in Medications

   Hi all, I'm a newly qualified children's nurse in the UK, I've been in my job for 5 months. I'm still settling in and getting used to being a registered nurse rather than a student, but I think I'm getting there! Yesterday the ward manager told me ...