neonatal_icu_rn

neonatal_icu_rn has 8 years experience and specializes in NICU-Level III.

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1. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

   Compassion is really how you approach the patient and issue. The opposite of compassion is indifference or callousness. Would you treat a patient with callousness? I hope not; you should address reality with the patient in a compassionate way. Your p...

2. Most Annoying Nursing Stereotype

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a level III NICU. We had a baby who was admitted directly into our Intermediate Care Unit. The newborn's mother asked the RN caring for her infant how much money we make. My coworker gave her a general number to which the mother replied,"Yo...

3. Families requesting no male nurses for their baby.

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to theatredork's topic in NICU

   It's a shame that some families have this bias against male nurses. I've only worked with one male nurse in the NICU, and he was amazing with our babies! I just wonder how much the NICU would let the family dictate; we have several male respiratory t...

4. Anyone ever left NICU for adult ICU?

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to neonatal_icu_rn's topic in MICU

   I love the challenge!! And it's amazing to see a baby admitted at 24 wks/650 grams go home as a healthy 4lb baby! Would really miss that. Our hospital has a large SICU and MICU (we are actually the largest rural hospital in the US), so we should have...

5. Anyone ever left NICU for adult ICU?

   neonatal_icu_rn posted a topic in MICU

   I looove NICU, but our unit is calling off so often and even considering hiring more people!! I am planning to move to Florida in the next 2 years, and it looks like it would be easier for me to get an ICU position there. Has anyone moved from NICU ...

6. Relocation to Orlando area

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to neonatal_icu_rn's topic in Florida

   Thank you for the info!!!

7. Relocation to Orlando area

   neonatal_icu_rn posted a topic in Florida

   In the next 2 years, my husband and I are relocating to the Orlando area from Mississippi. Can anyone recommend to us a good area to live in? We may rent first, so any suggestions as far as apartment complexes would be appreciated. Also, does anyone ...

8. 24 Hour Visitation

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to nakeia's topic in NICU

   We have 24 hour visitation. We have "pods" that have 2 babies each; each pod has a nurse's desk in the hall with windows that look into each pod. During report parents are expected to be off the unit or in their baby's room while we give report at th...

9. neonatal IV sticks

   neonatal_icu_rn replied to smbluthing's topic in NICU

   New nurses in the NICU I work in are expected to begin starting IVs immediately; it's better to get over that fear and start gaining confidence and skill immediately. We have semiprivate rooms with two babies per pod; each pod has a transilluminator ...

10. Funny Names

    neonatal_icu_rn replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

    From a list we keep at work: Kilokilo Champagne (her older sister's name was Unique Lingerie) Iwillariseandmeetmyjesus (parents just call her Iwilla)

11. how did you get over the nasty stuff?

    neonatal_icu_rn replied to m12988's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing that makes me gag is mucous- as in trach care mucous. One of the great things about working in the NICU is that you see it all but usually in much smaller quantities. Suctioning a baby on a vent is much more bearable for me than suctio...

12. From the mouths of non-nurses

    neonatal_icu_rn replied to mattcastens's topic in Humor

    One of the nurses I work with had a parent call to check on her preemie. She wanted to know if her baby had had any more episodes of "apnacardia". We decided it was actually a pretty good shortened form of "apnea and bradycardia"!

13. NICU nurses floating to PICU

    neonatal_icu_rn replied to bubbly's topic in NICU

    When hired, we're oriented at least a week to the areas we are expected to float to which are peds and well baby. We're rarely pulled to peds except late fall to early spring during peds' busiest time. The peds charge will try to give us infants, and...

14. From the mouths of non-nurses

    neonatal_icu_rn replied to mattcastens's topic in Humor

    Our NICU's unit coordinator very appropriately typed in a diagnosis of "imperfect anus" instead of "imperforate anus"!:typing

15. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    neonatal_icu_rn replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was a bookstore manager, then jailer and police/fire/ambulance dispatcher before I became a nurse.