I could see this as interfering with care making the baby suffer needlessly. I think nurses may not do all that to use it for a minor procedure like a blood draw or dex stick. Or they would keep a used one at the bedside for hours, allowing for bacte...
Jokerhill replied to Callsign Skinny's topic in NICU
You are right I am corrected, but I don't think of this as a male/female issue its a cultural one. I agree move on when you can, I have been called to bad delivery's before, and asked to leave by the woman's family. They were informed that the baby m...
Jokerhill replied to Callsign Skinny's topic in NICU
I have never had a problem with it and another male NICU nurse friend had a news article about him a little bit ago. A local politician had a baby and he was thanked by her for helping her with breastfeeding. When they see your a competent and that t...
I don't want this to seem like an attack on you, but learn from it. Sounds like the outcome was okay, baby lived, I'll point out that babies have decels in utero for just as long and live normal lives after. To learn you need to recognize the problem...
I have worked in the NICU now for 14 years, I had to move here when I hurt my back in adult ICU and it took some adjustments. I really like it now and usually do the high risk deliveries and charge nurse rolls but love jump in and hold babies any cha...
I took the regular exam, this was the hardest test I ever took in my life, I passed but lots of thinking involved. I had worked level II almost III for 4 years for experience transferring from Adult ICU with 20+ years of experience and this was do ab...
"On top of that I'm a lactation counselor." I have gone to the classes but I am more into the high acuity patients, the sicker the better, I'm not so much into the well baby thing.
I don't work L&D but I attend a lot of deliveries being a high risk RN in the NICU. There are two of us guys where I work and two in L&D it does not seem to be a problem for most. There are cultural problems with some who don't want any men i...
Do any of you draw blood cultures? Do you know why they are drawn in two sets an hour apart? If you took Micro you should. Why do you draw them when the patient has a temp. vs a febrile? You should. Most say this info is useless and that is crazy if ...
Jokerhill replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing
Yes, they should be able to, it says a lot about the person and if they have been able to maintain themselves or not. I want someone working for me that can plan and prepare for the future. It is called responsibility, and if you can't take care of ...
What was the response to renal dose dopamine? What is the uric acid levels Blood and urine? I would like to know also the renal ultrasound result and what the blood flow to the kidneys show.