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1. Giving Nursing Students a Taste of NICU

   lovemybabes replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

   I am a Preceptor to many Student Rn's and want to give them a packet with helpful info on the first day. Student RNs, what would have been helpful to you to have information on to refer to? Does anyone else handout packets of info to Student RNs? ...

2. Conflict between staff

   lovemybabes posted a topic in Management

   I work in a 20 bed NICU. Our supervisor recently resigned because family reasons, but come to find out a group of girls have kind of taken control in the NICU and go above her head if they don't like the answer that whe gave them. She has been gone 2...

3. Conflict between staff

   lovemybabes posted a topic in NICU

   I work in a 20 bed NICU. Our supervisor recently resigned because family reasons, but come to find out a group of girls have kind of taken control in the NICU and go above her head if they don't like the answer that we gave them. She has been gone 2 ...

4. Neonatal IV question

   lovemybabes replied to NickB's topic in NICU

   We never cover our IV sites. We do hourly IV checks and would have to remove a cover every hour to check it. We have padded arm boards we get in pink and blue. The Dr's want most of our IV's secured with an armboard. I've never had a baby get scr...

5. Any 22 weekers out there?

   lovemybabes replied to mauigal's topic in NICU

   We had a set of twins born in the Ultrasound dept on the table. We responded to the code. We din't know the gestation of the babies at the time. They were very little, but we did everything to save them, per the parents. The first one pasted away...

6. You know you're a NICU nurse when...

   lovemybabes replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   You know your a NICU RN when you sister can't stop her baby from crying. You take the baby and put it in that special hold and that special rock and they stop intantly!!!

7. uniform scrubs with embroidered "RN" offensive?

   lovemybabes replied to BayBabyRN's topic in NICU

   We opened 9 years ago. We had hospital scrubs for the first 3 years, then they decided to have us buy our own. When we go for c-sections, we put a disposable gown, hat, mask and gloves. It is nice to be able to wear what you want and buy neat scru...

8. Really not liking these new Alaris syringe pumps....

   lovemybabes replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU

   I really don't like them!! We had an admit the other day that needed a 30 ml bolus over 30 min. The pump would not let us do it and we were under IV boluses. We had to run it over 40 mins. Have to find out why this happened. I agree we have to ...

9. Liquid Glycerin Administration in Neonates

   lovemybabes replied to ICNClinicalRN's topic in NICU

   We use just the syringe the glycerin comes from pharmacy in. Just push a little out to lubricate the end. Works great!!

10. NICU certification

    lovemybabes posted a topic in NICU

    I have taken the NICU certification exam and failed. I don't know what more I could have studied except, Interpreting blood gases and adjusting the ventilator setting accourdingly. We have 1 NNP and 1 DR in house at all times. We also have our own...

11. Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

    lovemybabes replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU

    I love my job in the NICU for many of the same reasons as most of you. I also love interacting and teaching the parents, well most of them. The negative part of the job is sending my babies home to parents that are less than normal. You know these ...