Bezoars

Bezoars specializes in Med Surg, Perinatal, Endoscopy, IVF Lab.

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1. 8hr Shifts vs 12hr Shifts

   Bezoars replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

   LOVE my 12 hour shifts! When I first started doing them I thought I would hate it, but I actually love them. I feel like after making the 40 min commute into work, I want to just stay and work and get my hours in. I love my four days off! Now whe...

2. Yacker Tracker in the NICU ???

   Bezoars posted a topic in General Nursing

   So they just put one of these things on our unit. It's like a stoplight that goes yellow to red when there is too much noise. We are a small NICU unit. Seriously? I'm pretty insulted to be treated like a child. I tend to pick my battles wisely b...

3. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

   Bezoars replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

   FWIW, I do NICU and love it. It's not always low stress but a lot of the time it is. Also, don't pay attention to the student-haters here. Cue the "NETY" threads.

4. ELBW Supine+Midline for ____ days

   Bezoars replied to Justin-RN's topic in NICU

   Just wondering what the significance of the timing of 72hours to one week is?

5. Isolette Practices

   Bezoars replied to nickirn31's topic in NICU

   You save 21 weekers?

6. Methadone and NAS- from a mom's perspective

   Bezoars replied to MamaAndDoula's topic in NICU

   Just wondering... how is being on methadone for 9 years being "clean"? Back to magsulfate's question. 9 years????? Really????

7. New Grad... 7 months later and I hate my job in the PICU. What next?

   Bezoars replied to AlhendyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that I would definitely give it a year before you jump ship. After that... have at it! OR would be a completely different kind of nursing but you're young and just starting out, so now is the time to explore things. At this point, I have e...

8. The ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier

   Bezoars replied to forumjunkie's topic in General Nursing

   Federally mandated Patient/Staff ratios. Less charting. NO STUPID SURVEYS.

9. 2016 Salary thread

   Bezoars replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

   2015 ~ State: WV RN: 5+ years experience (Per diem) Specialty: Float Pool Pay: $35/hr no benefits Housing: Decent 4 bdr, 2 bath home for $150k 2016~ Northern VA (moving here early next year) Job in NICU, Per diem no more money then Full or Part ti...

10. One quarter of our census are withdrawal kids

    Bezoars replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU

    HUGE problem in our area too. We have our own unit for them now with 18 beds that says full ALL THE TIME. It's sad and exasperating. If we have a whole generation of women in this child-bearing age group who think it's nothing to gestate their bab...

11. Diaper Rash

    Bezoars replied to LRN_RN's topic in NICU

    We use that purple stuff in the vial too... it's called Marathon. BUT, it has to slough off after several days and tends to look stained and yucky after a few changes. We also do desitin, powder, and the butt-in-the-air-to-light-and-heat method. I...

12. If I had a million (or more) dollars...

    Bezoars replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    This ^^^^

13. How long is your commute?

    Bezoars replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    35 minutes. Always the same.

14. What nursing task do you loathe???

    Bezoars replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Loathe: ~ Doing vital signs (tedious) ~ Taking a patient out (hate that time waster) ~ Oral Care ~ Anything that has to do with feet ~ Ostomies LOVE: ~ IV's ~ Wound Care and wound Vacs

15. Your best nursing tips/tricks

    Bezoars replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally you can get a recently d/c'd foley pt to pee by cracking an amonia tab into a pilgrims hat and having them sit on the pot over it.