IttyBittyBabyRN replied to IttyBittyBabyRN's topic in NICU
Our manager actually said that anyone who possibly could should get intermittent FMLA. Work the system......We say all the time how we would LOVE some California nurses to come over here to Tennessee and teach us how it's done . The problem here is t...
Sorry this is so long but I really want to get a perspective on how other hospital's attendance policies work. Consider what our hospital implemented this year: There is no longer ANY excused absence. Absences and tardiness are assigned point values ...
IttyBittyBabyRN replied to mgturtle's topic in NICU
I do the tongue depressor thing if they are in a small crib. If in the large metal crib, we usually string rubber bands together to stretch diagonally across the crib and hang the syringe from a couple in the middle. Really high tech :):)
Due to our having some short staffed days on our unit schedule, or manager has implemented a "mandatory on-call" policy. While our unit is in no way nearing a staffing crisis, I work in a unit where you NEVER take care of more than three babies. Th...
IttyBittyBabyRN replied to Buckaroo93's topic in General Nursing
I had a BS when I decided to go to nursing school as well. It was the same length of time for me to go to the BSN program as it would have taken to do the other. My advice is to compare each based on length and cost. A BSN will be required to advan...
IttyBittyBabyRN replied to twizzlers67's topic in NICU
Don't quit!!! It is like this for everybody--I promise!!! I just changed from one unit to another after doing this job for 7 years and I still felt like a new grad orienting at the new unit. Once you get on your own, you can stand at the bed and j...
I think I would vomit if I heard someone tell a parent that or saw them actually do it!!!! I view that as being very unsanitary for the parent and especially the baby. We always ask parents to use hand sanitizer if they touch their face,nose,mouth, ...
IttyBittyBabyRN replied to I'mANurse!'s topic in NICU
It's great that you care enough to find out for certain before feeling comfortable with this--more people should be that way. You can never get all the little bubbles out and "thumping" on it, like we all were taught to do, will drive you nuts eve...
Welcome to nursing school.......I found 90% of it to be the most ignorant, non-adult centered pointless blah, blah, blah and 10% actual learning environment. Apparently it was not just my school. I went back to nursing school after finishing anoth...
IttyBittyBabyRN replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn
Most of these are in our unit now.........some are old favorites. Taniah Jermiracle Sema'J Uziah Kasonia La-Nya Sa'Mya Mhersi ToGodHeOwe (as in, To God he owe his life as stated by the mother) Kevasea Michael/Michaelneesha (twins, of course) Armoney...
Ok, need some info on everyone's CPAP experiences. Most of our babies have the kind with 2 corrugated hard plastic tubes held on their head with 2 blue sponges and a cap that has a band to secure around it. Sorry, don't know the brand name. Anywa...
IttyBittyBabyRN replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn
I would bet that no one who works in a NICU would ever recommend at home birth!! It is somewhat of a blessing and a curse that the average mother has no idea of all the things that could go wrong during a pregnancy and delivery. I was pregnant wit...