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  1. SCHOOL PROJECT: What are the effects of being a neonatal nurse? Please Help

    NICU_Nurse_3986 replied to melissa15's topic in NICU

    This post has some discusses some NICU experiences https://allnurses.com/nicu-nursing-neonatal/whats-your-nicu-896058.html

  2. Whats your NICU experience?

    NICU_Nurse_3986 replied to jackiei3's topic in NICU

    FYI, babies can be dirty too. MRSA, CMV, Herpies, etc... And some of them smell, bad! I have had multiple patients with ostomys or on high calorie formula that stink to high heaven dispite being just bathed. Also, getting to know the families is defi...

  3. Interesting cases anyone?

    NICU_Nurse_3986 replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU

    We seem to have a surplus of babies with syndromes in my unit. One of my least favorites so far has been pfeiffer syndrome. Those are some sad little babies! But the craziest baby that I have ever seen was a baby that was born with no eyes or eye soc...

  4. Abortion in nursing school rotations?

    NICU_Nurse_3986 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    I didn't see many sad things during my OB rotation in nursing school, but I am a NICU nurse now so I see it quite a bit now. The difficult situation that we had to face was a mom that had IVF and ended up with triplets. Triplets are at a higher risk,...

  5. A Question to Nurses and Nursing Students.. HELP ME!

    NICU_Nurse_3986 replied to Hannah1991's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sure by now you have gotten all the encouragement you need to reinforce your desire to become a nurse, but i just wanted to add my thoughts. i was like you in the way that i always wanted to be in the medical field. my only problem was a big prob...

  6. UACs and tegaderm use

    NICU_Nurse_3986 posted a topic in NICU

    I am a new NICU nurse, and I have a concern about a current practice at my hospital. We do not cover our UACs and UVCs with tegaderms. Instead we leave them open to the air and just tape the catheter above the insertion site to prevent unintentional ...