Our morphine comes in the 10 mg/ml vials. I pull up 0.1 ml, then pull up 0.9 of NS to dilute it to a concentration of 1 mg/ml. I mix it in the syringe, then push it out to the dose. So if my dose is 0.1 mg, I'll push up 0.1 ml. So now I have the ...
Hey everyone! I'm a new nurse, and I've been working NICU for 8 months. I'm newly pregnant and I remember reading on here a while back that pregnant women shouldn't take care of patients on iNO. Can you give me more info on this? I've never hear...
nicuRN2007 replied to Lucky21's topic in New Nurse
Hey guys. Just wanted to say...I feel the same. I just graduated in May, am recently on my own, and I feel so much anxiety and dread before work sometimes I just don't know what to do. I have always wanted to be a nurse. People tell me all the ti...
I wear gloves when there's a possibility I will come into contact with a bodily fluid (starting IV's, drawing labs, changing diaper [but usually only if it's stool], or when handling breast milk). We scrub when we come in and have alcohol foam at ea...
nicuRN2007 replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU
I've worked in 2 NICU's (externed in one while in school, and I now work as a RN in another), and in both, parents are required to wear a hospital gown over their clothes if holding their baby.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions on what to say everyone. Glad to know I'm not the only one who's a little unsure of how to take the comment. I love the Giraffe beds! They're great.
Does everyone else hear this a lot? People always say to me something along the lines of, "I don't know how you can do what you do, I can't stand to see those sick babies." I almost don't know how to take this. I'm sure they don't mean it this way,...
Hi. Your son will not lose his license if he goes into rehab. He should seek help. There are many awesome nurses who have been through what your son is going through, and have fully recovered. There are several nurses on these boards who have bee...
Thanks everyone for the replies. Just curious what goes on in other hospitals. Susan...sounds like you got a good deal there! I might have to come work with you!