TIGRESS99

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1. Treatment of DVT's

   TIGRESS99 replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

   I recently was diagnosed with a DVT (April 2003) and was placed on Lovenox SQ q12 hours for 7 days along with PO Coumadin. I was on Coumadin for 6 months and had to go in frequently at first for INR checks and then when my INR was where they wanted ...

2. Introductions

   TIGRESS99 replied to Brian's topic in New Mexico

   ECMO stands for Extra Corporeal Membranous Oxygenation. It is basically a heart lung machine that we use for critically ill children who meet the criteria for this type of intervention. We are a team of nurses, perfusionists, surgeons, neonatologis...

3. Does anyone happen to speak fluent Spanish or another language?

   TIGRESS99 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU

   HI NICU_Nurse: it goes--Su bebe esta muy enfermo, pero los doctores van a hacer todo que los pueden hacer para ayudarlo. Soy de Nuevo Mexico y hay muchas veces que yo necesita a hablar con los padres. I unfortunately am not as fluent as I should be...

4. Introductions

   TIGRESS99 replied to Brian's topic in New Mexico

   I am an RN from Santa Fe, NM. I got my BSN from UNM, several years ago. I moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and I have been practicing here since 1985. I worked at Presbyterian Hosp. in Albuquerque and I also worked at UNMH for a little bit. When I ...

5. Medication checks

   TIGRESS99 posted a topic in NICU

   What's the word out in the world about double checking meds? What meds are double checked and signed off by another RN and how is it done? Any special procedures, requirements, etc? Let me know. Thanks a million all:p

6. Hang time for breastmilk

   TIGRESS99 replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU

   We hang breastmilk for 2 hours, with or without HMF. We also turn the syringe up to allow fat to go in. We also wash out the tubing in between syringes to avoid accumulation of fats and/or HMF.