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1. Wages in SoCal/LA

   lovemyjob replied to Creamsoda's topic in Travel

   OH, one more thing.... take the stipend, not the housing they give you. By finding your own housing you can save money and take the stipend tax free. You can find an extended stay hotel with free breakfast, weekly cleaning, free internet, utilities...

2. Wages in SoCal/LA

   lovemyjob replied to Creamsoda's topic in Travel

   I am currently in socal and 33 is the going rate plus housing or stipend...... Not as much as I thought it would be, but.... Good Luck!

3. Is this the best decision?

   lovemyjob replied to narcissus's topic in NICU

   I am a nurse who started out in newborn and worked for a year before doing NICU. I FULLY beleive that it is important to understand what normal is before venturing into NICU. I worked in a nursery thhat fnctioned like a low level NICU, so I got pl...

4. Is X-Ray Exposure ok?

   lovemyjob replied to KTLou06's topic in NICU

   I have been told that it is not enough radiation to even show an xray of my hand, so I am lazy and dont wear one. I dont make it a point to run to the bedside when one is being done, but I dont run away either LOL!!!

5. TP Tube

   lovemyjob replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU

   hmmm, we measure from nose to ear to knee and that is the legnth. Put the kid in right sidelying position, get the tube to the stomach and then using a 10ml syringe, push air while advancing to open the sphincter and then immediately do an xray to c...

6. Tips for a neat bed?

   lovemyjob replied to change07's topic in NICU

   OK, I am terribly proud of my rolls, so I am more then happy to share my technique. OK, so, I take two blankets layer them on top of each other. Roll them long ways so that they are really tight. Take another one and roll it up with the other one, ...

7. Circumcision

   lovemyjob replied to RN mom of 2's topic in NICU

   i say you dont have to be part of anything you feel strongly about, they cant force you to. I am also very much against circs. I do assist because I feel like I can position them well, give them plenty of sucrose prior and during, and hold them tigh...

8. Do you put tubbing and connections from central lines outside the incubator?

   lovemyjob replied to sofiam's topic in NICU

   I understand many places do change tubing/disconest tubing/enter ports using sterile gloes and mask and sterile feild, but I am not really understanding why. If the outside of the tubing is not sterile and you touch it with sterile gloves, then your...

9. NRP question

   lovemyjob replied to jimmyd787's topic in NICU

   Crack addicts usually arent great historians, especially re: their own drug use! Plus, better to intubate than risk sudden withdrawal.

10. More bonehead IM questions

    lovemyjob replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Educate me please. What makes the gluts an unsafe place? I only do the babes so VL is all I use, but cant recall anything about the VG or DG.. TIA!

11. Who runs your ECMO pumps?

    lovemyjob replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

    Medical College of Ga Childrens medical center has only RN's and RRT's running the pump. The nurses, who are the primary ones who run our pumps, all have 10+ years of experience. They are also our transport clinicians. The nurses and RRTs who run...

12. Preemie survival rates

    lovemyjob replied to Ozboy's topic in NICU

    How old is your child now? I understand why you feel the way you do, but please understand why we can be uncomfortable with resus on a 22+ weeker. Many Many Many times we have seen a child end up profoundly disabled or die a horrible death (NEC, the...

13. stillborn births

    lovemyjob replied to shearernurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can really relate to how you feel right now. I work NICU and lost a patient a few weeks ago. After the familyt left (I had been by the mothers side for 9 hours) I finally cried. The next day I was SO depressed. I was in a fog. I couldnt stop t...

14. Funny Names

    lovemyjob replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

    Amazing Grace A'miracle (not to forget the obligatory ' to make the name cool. However, this one really was a miracle. 24 weeker who layed in a outlying hospital left for dead after a 20 min resus attempt. After an hour kiddo started making cry...

15. Filter Needles & Vitamin-K IM injections

    lovemyjob replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU

    We dont..dont even have them on the unit....