nurse_snoopy

nurse_snoopy specializes in Neonatal.

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1. Crocs!

   nurse_snoopy replied to mel1977's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I loved my Crocs and was able to work 8h shifts whithout feeling the slightest pain in my legs or knees. However, some time after I started wearing them, I got plantar fasciatis. Are they the cause? The guy who had to make my orthotics and my physiot...

2. What's the weirdest baby name?

   nurse_snoopy replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My mom knew a couple in Venezuela who called their daughter Mylady (Mee-lah-dee). We had twins at work named Timmy and Tommy (asian last name) Siraji and Siraja (girls) A friend named her daughter Darytza (it came to her in a dream. Middle name Orphe...

3. Co-bedding

   nurse_snoopy posted a topic in NICU

   Do you guys do co-bedding with your twins and triplets? If so, are they always in the same bed or do you let them "visit" with each other every once in a while? To answer my own question: our chief neonatologist doesn't like babies sharing isolettes ...

4. NICU safe assignment

   nurse_snoopy replied to shah's topic in NICU

   Wow! Your ratios are a lot nicer than ours. Of course, we're almost always short staffed, but an easy assignment is a 2:1. On our unit (Level 3 without surgery), we typicaly get 2(2:1) --> that's 2 vents, not always stable (2:1) + 1 --> 3 bab...

5. looking for bath protocols

   nurse_snoopy replied to jnsatc's topic in NICU

   Wow! It's so interesting to read what all of you do in different hospitals! We wash babies (and change linens) every other day, if the assignement permits it. The baths are assigned for the night shift nurses, along with morning weights and blood tes...

6. Three minute scrub?

   nurse_snoopy replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU

   I work in Montreal. Our parents are allowed at all times 24/7. They must wash their hands with antibacterial soap (the same kind we use) and take off all jewelry (rings, watch, bracelets). Coats get left outside of the unit. They can wash their han...

7. Where are you from?

   nurse_snoopy replied to noworries's topic in Canada

   Hey guys! I'm sorta new here, but figured I'd jump in and tell you wehre I'm from. I studied at Universite de Montreal (graduated 2003) and now work in an NICU in Montreal. ANy of you from around here?

8. The use of sucrose in NICU please respond:

   nurse_snoopy replied to cajrio's topic in NICU

   We give sucrose 24% to our babies (0.1cc x 3 --> not enough for the big bb if you ask me!). We technicaly need an order but don't always get one. The "newer" nurses are less reluctant to give sucrose without the order than the more "senior" ones....