BlueYYsRN

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1. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   BlueYYsRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   I shouldn't have looked at this thread right before hubby brings home dinner. Wound care is so not my thing!

2. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

   BlueYYsRN replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   When the former micro preemie, trach chronic kid comes back to visit as a walking talking smiling three year old.

3. NICU Burnout...need to cry

   BlueYYsRN replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU

   I can't post much of anything that is affirmative right now. I went back in last night and realized I would not be able to attend the funeral because I worked last night and the funeral is today at 2:30, its over an hour away and I have to go back i...

4. NICU Burnout...need to cry

   BlueYYsRN replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU

   The third baby passed yesterday morning at 0100. I had a long talk with my nurse manager yesterday and she was very supportive and told me I had done a wonderful job taking care of all those sick babies. It was really nice to hear and it was really...

5. NICU Burnout...need to cry

   BlueYYsRN replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU

   My husband and I went to the local comedy club tonight...we had a great time and laughed alot. When I got home I saw that my nurse manager had called and when I called her back she told me that my baby had died about an hour after I left this mornin...

6. NICU Burnout...need to cry

   BlueYYsRN posted a topic in NICU

   Last pay period I put in 105.5 hours. Being part-time I am nowhere near that amount this pay-period...Thank God! In these last three weeks I have had the sickest of the sick and the saddest of the sad. One baby is already gone from overwhelming st...

7. Emotinally Draining

   BlueYYsRN replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU

   Our unit is very sad right now. One baby we had with us for over five months and had been discharged home a few weeks ago came back through the ER coding and was later taken off life support. Another we have had for six months was set for discharge...

8. My first lost patient

   BlueYYsRN replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

   {{{Elizabells}}} Sweetie, first of all I am sorry you feel like a burden to the nurses you are assigned. Its nothing personal. Secondly, its always difficult to lose a patient you have been working with. Thats when reality hits you in the face th...

9. do people say this to you?

   BlueYYsRN replied to ftr_bb_catchr's topic in NICU

   My motto is..."If you can talk to me then I probably can't take care of you." When another non-NICU nurse says it, I tell them how much I admire them because adults scare the hell out of me. I really love my babies. Its all about seeing them get be...

10. non religious memorials for neonates

    BlueYYsRN replied to danissa's topic in NICU

    We dont host memorials but we do try to attend them. We will try to put something together for the parents if possible, especially if the child was with us for a long time. We have a digital camera and try to take pics of the kids as they grow. I,...

11. I am such a WIENER!

    BlueYYsRN replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU

    First of all, you need the adult crap to get your liscense. Go with it. You never know what you might see that captures your interest even more? Secondly, you may just be wary of the science classes. It seems like so much to learn in so little ti...

12. Part-Time in the NICU?

    BlueYYsRN replied to KES's topic in NICU

    I work part time in NICU. I work 12 hour nights and I love it! I work 2 12's a week including every third weekend. This is great because if I work my schedule right I get a long stretch off every month (like 10 days).

13. America's view of the nursing profession

    BlueYYsRN replied to elatty's topic in General Nursing

    You are right on. Maybe it would help if we stopped insulting each other. Am I "blue collar trailer trash" because I am a Registered Nurse who obtained an ASN before taking the same boards as the nuirse who obtained a BSN? I generally dont even res...

14. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    BlueYYsRN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Humor

    [ And last but not least, a bad day in home health will include running over a chicken. :rotfl: Poor chicken:rotfl: Im sure it wasnt funny when it happened but OMG!:rotfl: What have you done to deserve such karma???

15. Rotavirus

    BlueYYsRN replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU

    We had a case several months ago (we really believe the family brought it in) and it was determined that the child had to be 1:1 until d/c. The infection control people said if another case came up we would have to be reported to the state. We were...