tracy6fan

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1. RN - Relocating to Douglasville Ga

   tracy6fan replied to SmittysRN's topic in Georgia

   What type of nursing job are you looking for?

2. suburban hospitals?

   tracy6fan replied to prinzessdy's topic in Georgia

   I live in the far southwestern side of the county so it takes me 40-50 minutes to get to work on a good day. I know that sounds like a long time, but you get used to it living in Atlanta. Plus I don't get on the interstate. I'd rather drive 10 min...

3. suburban hospitals?

   tracy6fan replied to prinzessdy's topic in Georgia

   Prinzess, I just might be able to answer this one... I live in Douglasville and work in the NICU at Cobb. We're level III and transport out all surgeries to Scottish Rite or Eggleston. Don't know that we're hiring today, but that could all change...

4. Discharge teaching

   tracy6fan replied to Mithrah's topic in NICU

   We tended to have the same problem with the "last day teaching" and found it to be extremely overwhelming for the parents. We've been working on it hard and have just added a "To Do" checklist for the parents. We put it on the cribs once the babies t...

5. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

   tracy6fan replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

   I don't know how it is in other states, but here in Georgia now, Medicaid/Medicare has added their own set of questions to the PG surveys, and they're basing their reimbursements on the scores.:angryfire My favorite question was rating the quietnes...

6. Sugesstions on how to anchor UVC/UAC lines

   tracy6fan replied to VEVINA's topic in NICU

   BBG, we use the hydrocolloid gold hearts and put a hat on.

7. Cath UA on a preemie

   tracy6fan replied to htrn's topic in NICU

   Or a 5Fr feeding tube if you have them.

8. Securing OGTs

   tracy6fan replied to millyk30's topic in NICU

   My thoughts exactly Gompers. We use the green tubes too, but change them every 3 days. A product rep for the 30 day tubes showed me something on the green tubes I'd never noticed before. There are holes along the distal side of the tube, but no ho...

9. If I can't have NICU...

   tracy6fan replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

   You will surely learn alot in any of those units that could apply to the NICU. I worked in a PedsER for a few years when I became burned out after 9 years in the NICU, and I felt like I had never been a nurse before. I learned so much practical kno...

10. Poster ideas for the NICU?

    tracy6fan replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU

    NICU_Nurse, if you're seriously interested in doing a poster on car seats, I can help you out with some great websites. We redid our parent teaching notebook on car seats a couple of months ago and I learned SOOO MUCH. It was one of those things I ...

11. Sugesstions on how to anchor UVC/UAC lines

    tracy6fan replied to VEVINA's topic in NICU

    Oh, you're going to love, love, LOVE the Giraffe beds!!! After I said this I remembered there is one drawback...those darn temp probes! They're a little stiffer than the disposable ones we use on Ohmedas and come loose alot. We played around with i...

12. vein viewer

    tracy6fan replied to pedrn's topic in NICU

    We use the transilluminator attachment on the bili blankets all the time for IV lines/PICCs or to transilluminate a chest. I will say it kind of ruins you after you get used to using it. One of our product reps gave us a hand held mini-transillumin...

13. NICU positions in GA?- What's up??

    tracy6fan replied to JennicaRN's topic in NICU

    Jennica, if you're still job hunting, what part of Atlanta do you live in?

14. companies that manufacture neonatal products!

    tracy6fan replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU

    A couple more to add Respironics/Children's Medical Ventures: http://chmv.respironics.com/ Specialty Medical Products: http://www.gopreemie.com/shop/customer/home.php

15. omphalocele baby

    tracy6fan replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

    We've seen a marked increase in belly defect babies here, 6 gastros in a 2 or 3 week period during the spring. The genetisists are finding a link between belly defects and meth use, which is also pretty rampant here.