krenee

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1. Any 22 weekers out there?

   krenee replied to mauigal's topic in NICU

   We had 3 sets of 22 week twins last summer. One of each passed away and the other survived. One I honestly don't remember the outcome, one was a pretty poor outcome but survived. The third survived amazingly well. Either no or grade 1 head bleeds...

2. Line Changes

   krenee replied to futureTBA's topic in NICU

   Our central line changes are allegedly sterile, but since it's not a two-person system, it's really half-sterile, half-clean.

3. Isolette Practices

   krenee replied to nickirn31's topic in NICU

   I've worked in three NICUs of various levels, and for none of them was it a big deal to open the top. I do it rarely, but I don't think anything about it if it would make it easier to reposition an intubated kid or start an IV or something. And nev...

4. Isolette Practices

   krenee replied to nickirn31's topic in NICU

   What do you even mean, 21 weeker? I've never seen one alive. Wow.

5. Isolette Practices

   krenee replied to nickirn31's topic in NICU

   What do you even mean, 21 weeker? I've never seen one alive! Wow.

6. Vacation time being denied

   krenee replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

   Actually I still get notices via email when someone posts on my thread. My vacation was not approved, and I didn't go. I barely got so much as an apology. Basically I could have called out & taken my chances, but I had just recently started wo...

7. Level III to Level IV

   krenee replied to krenee's topic in NICU

   No, we don't do surgery or cooling, we ship them out. I'll get 8 weeks I'm told.

8. Level III to Level IV

   krenee posted a topic in NICU

   So I've now had experience in level II, and almost two years in level III. Just got hired in a level IV. When I went from II to III I had a rough transition - basically felt like I knew nothing and even the kids I thought I was capable to take care...

9. Really struggling with my transition to NICU

   krenee replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU

   Are you sleeping in the daytime? I work nights and I work 60 hours a week . . . everyone wants to know how I do it, and I tell them I sleep! 7-8 hours a day. I don't do anything when I work except eat, sleep, and go back to work. I also have a v...

10. Long term effects of working night shifts

    krenee replied to yadirosa's topic in Stress 101

    I wish someone would do a study on whether the health risks of night shift still apply if one gets enough sleep. I hear all the scary stories about cancer, etc. due to shift work, but I wonder how much of that is due to sleep deprivation. I sleep v...

11. And the award for most asked question goes to...

    krenee replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU

    We had a 23 weeker recently, and on his first day of life, his mom asked me, when will they feed him, and when can he come out of the isolette? Um, you mean IF he lives??? The circ question drives me crazy . . . when are you going to circ him? I a...

12. My first case of NEC

    krenee replied to boardchic's topic in NICU

    My first NEC case was recently as well . . . ex 26 weeker who was 40 days old, on full feeds and had never had any problems tolerating the feeds. I'd had her many times before. First hands on she was fine. Second hands on she had had some emesis, ...

13. Yo night nurses

    krenee replied to simmaplease's topic in General Nursing

    I do stay up the night before my first night shift . . . I used to do housework when I was new and ambitious . Now I mostly catch up on my TV shows! I do usually go to the gym around 10pm and the grocery store at 11pm because they close at midnight...

14. BE CAREFUL on social networks

    krenee replied to Chico David's topic in General Nursing

    I got in trouble at work over a facebook post. And yes, my page is very private, and yes it was a co-worker "friend" who ratted me out (she's now BLOCKED on my facebook). My post was referencing something I was really ticked at my manager about, an...

15. number of IV starts

    krenee replied to acenab4jc's topic in NICU

    I work at two hospitals. First one is a smaller level II NICU and the RNs get 2 sticks apiece. There are usually only two RNs working. Then we call the NNP. There doesn't appear to be a rule about how many times the NNP can try, and I've seen kid...