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1. Another irritating question...CBI

   cocco replied to garciadiego's topic in Urology

   I work in an inpatient urology floor. Our doctors place our 3 way foleys and we maintain them. Usually we titrate them until the urine is pink. Things to watch for are flow, output, color and irrigant volume. Make sure it doesn't go dry because i...

2. are the rumors true???

   cocco replied to taapple's topic in Agency

   You can specify whatever you want to work with the agency. They might call you with other kinds of shifts but if you do not want to work them be strong and say no. I have not had a problem with many nurses treating me rudely, of course you are the ...

3. Creatinine in JP fluid???

   cocco replied to ladybugdivarn's topic in Urology

   If there is creatinine in the jp fluid it means there is a urine leak at one of the reanastamosis sites.

4. Lying Foley bag on floor?

   cocco replied to bookwormom's topic in Educators

   I work in urology/gynecology in one of those great magnet hospitals that are being spoken of and we do put our foley catheters on the floor. For some reason the catheters that they place in the or back up and cause horrible pain for the patient. We...

5. Help, please! Need fast responses on Infection Control

   cocco replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU

   1) Do you have your parents scrub up and gown before coming in and visting their baby/babies? Visitors are supposed to be doing a 3 minute scrub. I can say that usually doesn't happen, usually they just do a normal wash at the sink. They do not gow...

6. Best Practive for bathing neonates?

   cocco replied to BABY--RN's topic in NICU

   According to our policy ELBW infants are bathed with sterile water and older ones are bathed with tap water and J&J soap.

7. Can someone offer an ante nurse some insight?

   cocco replied to KellNY's topic in NICU

   I agree with the other posts. Only our neos go to consult and get consent and then they document a full page of their consult for the chart. It is not the rn's place to consult it is our place to educate about the environment and like pp said the v...

8. What have you done besides NICU?

   cocco replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   med-surg

9. How bad would it be to get pregnant while in nursing school?

   cocco replied to Soup Turtle's topic in General Nursing

   I planned my second pg to be during my last year of nursing school. I had many kidney problems, was admitted to the hospital for 4 days. I was due 16 days after the final. I delivered on a Wednesday and took my final on the following Monday. When...

10. I did it!

    cocco replied to cocco's topic in NICU

    There was someone in there that I could have just said hey help if I needed to but it is not policy that we have two people. There are usually more than two around to do an IV and look the kid over for a good one anyway when one blows!

11. Have you performed CPR?

    cocco replied to TemperStripe's topic in General Nursing

    Did chest compressions on a neonate last night for the first time. I have only been in the NICU for 10 wks. Before that I was in med/surg for 1.5 yrs and never did compressions. We only had 2 codes in that time on our floor that did require compre...

12. I did it!

    cocco posted a topic in NICU

    I got my first IV stick all by myself from start to finish!!! I have done good hitting veins but I usually need help to finish off advancing the catheter and flushing and taping while holding the baby. Last week I hit two and blew them both when I ...

13. PT/OT: 100% satisfaction Nursing: 75% satisfaction

    cocco replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    It is even worse when you work at one of the largest hospitals in the area and one of the best hospitals in the country, that is noted for having the slogan of world class care. If I had a penny for every time someone threw that in my face because I...

14. What's YOUR favorite specialty area?

    cocco replied to socishan's topic in General Nursing

    I just started in the NICU and love it. I always knew I wanted to work in peds/L&D and while I was looking for a L&D position and there were none available, I fell into a NICU position. A month into orientation and I am loving it and can se...

15. Poll: Male Nurses in the OB? Ok or No Way???

    cocco replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I did not get to vote in the poll cause it was closed, but I would not want a male rn delivering me. For the same reason I will not go to a male ob/gyn. It makes me uncomfortable to be examined by them. My husband would also have a VERY big proble...