DawnE

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1. US maternity nurse moving to New Brunswick

   DawnE replied to vandenbs's topic in International

   Hi Sarah, Fredericton is nice. It's the capital city of NB and a university town. Not big, which is what I like about NB. It is hotter in the summer and colder in the winter than if you go near the coast. They get plenty of snow. You should be able t...

2. US maternity nurse moving to New Brunswick

   DawnE replied to vandenbs's topic in International

   I lived and worked in NB for 13 years. Now I am in North Carolina. where will you be moving to in NB? There are 3 main cities and a bunch of small cites/towns. I worked in Saint John...(note always spell the SAINT in full) on Peds. There is a level 2...

3. Giving IV meds

   DawnE posted a topic in NICU

   Does your unit have a policy/protocol for giving of IV meds? What I am looking for is: What do you prime med lines with...the med or N/S or D5? How long do you give meds over? Now I know this depends on the med...say Gent for example...we give the me...

4. Do you sign out breast milk?

   DawnE replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   We double check MBM...at least in theory. Our system is rediculous. I take a baby's label, get the milk from the nutrition room, put what I need in a syringe or bottle, label the syringe or bottle and then have another nurse in my pod check that the ...

5. fixing nasogastric tubes in place

   DawnE replied to samrakaan's topic in Pediatric

   We used a product called Mefix on the cheeks and then Tegaderm overtop with and just extending slightly over the Mefix. The GT is in between the two. Used this method for nasal cannula also.

6. How to tell the difference between diaper rash, heat rash, and yeast infection?

   DawnE replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in Pediatric

   A yeast rash has little pimple like spots usually. Corn starch is really good, but don't let it cake, just a light dusting. BTW, baby powder is actually very harmful if inhaled. Where I worked we did not recommend its use anymore.

7. Moving to US with furniture, anyone done it?

   DawnE replied to monie2004's topic in International

   I moved from New Brunswick to North Carolina. Cost me a fortune!!! I used a moving company.

8. Classes of nurses in UK???

   DawnE replied to DawnE's topic in International

   Thanks for the replies. What is a Junior sister? Thanks

9. Circumcision and cervical cancer

   DawnE replied to ayndim's topic in International

   I spent 14 years on a Canadian peds floor and PICU and now work in a US NICU. I wouldn't say that Circs are done routinely in Canada or the US. It is much less common than it was, say, 20 years ago. I would estimate that less than 1/4 of the boys in ...

10. Classes of nurses in UK???

    DawnE posted a topic in International

    I have seen jobs listed for different grades of nurses in the UK. Could someone please explain this to me and tell me what grade a Diploma RN from Canada would be?