I remember in school being told over and over again that a good nurse was a life-long learner and there you are. You can be retired but you will always be a nurse! And someday I hope to be you-retired! I'm at 32+ years and counting. Enjoy your book!
In our unit, most incubator babies are feeder/growers with temp problems. Rarely they might have a PIV but nothing else. Our incubators are oriented parallel to the wall and babies heads are usually on the left side. I like to change my babies positi...
How fast a resp rate is too fast to po feed? Recently had a doc go ballistic because the nurse "defied" the order to remove NG tube and po feed despite the infant with rr 70-100"s. Anybody have any input? Won't tell you what our director said about t...
asher315 replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty
I just lost 2nights shifts because of ice. Snow, rain, tornados I can handle, ice just scares me. I have a long driveway, country roads and several bridges and hills to navigate and ice makes it almost impossible to drive. My agency doesn't like for ...
I was always taught to give ampicillin first then gentamicin 2 hours late to avoid incompatiability. Is this still the way it is done? Thanks for your help.
I work in a Level 2 NICU and we deliver approx 1800 babies a year. With the new Medicaid changes, we are really being pressured to improve our breastfeeding numbers, especially no supplementation, AT ALL, (despite a mother's request) only with a doct...
asher315 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn
Here's one for the list: Na' ladge Amor de King First name is pronounced "knowledge" and is because he is smart. Middle name is because everyone loves the King (not sure which king). I should have named my child this, after all my last name i...
The funniest "oops" I've heard lately: The hospital operator announces overhead: "Would the owner of a black vulva, parked in the ER parking lot...." Repeated it 3 times loud and clear.
asher315 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing
My manager just spent the week at a hospital across the state, meaning her room and meals provided, to observe how they were surveyed by JACHO. Maybe I'm the crazy one, but wouldn't it be better for her to stay and manager her own unit? Of course, sh...
We do glucose at 30 mins of age for SGA, LGA, IDM and any NB having needed resus. At 2 hrs for any newborns "at risk" mec fluid, jitteriness, If the 40 we do prefeeds until feeding is stable and glucose > 50 x 2. We can also can do one for any ...