Jokerhill

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1. sweetease

   Jokerhill replied to winterblue's topic in NICU

   I agree it needs to be used appropriately.

2. sweetease

   Jokerhill replied to winterblue's topic in NICU

   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...

3. Male NICU nurse

   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...

4. Neonatal X-Ray Interpretation

   Jokerhill replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU

   Radiology Cases In Neonatology

5. Neonatal X-Ray Interpretation

   Jokerhill replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU

   Radiology Cases In Neonatology

6. Male NICU nurse

   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...

7. Utter failure with my first baby that should have been coded

   Jokerhill replied to LisaNICUrn's topic in NICU

   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...

8. Male Neonatal Nurse

   Jokerhill replied to KamarulFitri's topic in Men

   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...

9. RNC--Low Risk Neonatal vs. Neonatal Intensive Care

   Jokerhill replied to littleneoRN's topic in NICU

   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...

10. Any male nurses working in OB?

    Jokerhill replied to Jack245's topic in Men

    "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.

11. Any male nurses working in OB?

    Jokerhill replied to Jack245's topic in Men

    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...

12. What do you make?

    Jokerhill posted a topic in NICU

    This was on my face-book page this morning what do you think? Stole from a fellow NICU RN :)

13. Which topics in microbiology are the most useful in nursing?

    Jokerhill replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    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 ...

14. should potential employers use credit checks?

    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 ...

15. Play Dr. House

    Jokerhill replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    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.