marikabw

marikabw specializes in premies, peds, adults.

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1. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

   marikabw replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

   the 24 and 4/7 wkr now on jet and INO, plus a morphine drip and maybe we're titrating dopamine who still manages to squirt the back of the isolette just as you want to change the wee-pee diaper. Any baby who manages to flip the bird while sleeping....

2. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

   marikabw replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

   I want to go to Paris - with my girl friends and eat lots of cheese, not feel guilty, and then go to the Italian Riviera and have someone bring me breakfast in bed. Then I want to have a massage, and sleep uninterupted by small people, or husbands or...

3. SHOES: Are Dansko comfortable?

   marikabw replied to ternerzero's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I love my Dansko's I have many pairs and have been wearing them for about 15 years. I have worn clogs all my life and like the flexible sole the best. I also go to a store and try in pairs. They are hand made - all natural glue etc, so I might by a l...

4. Deciphering ABG's

   marikabw replied to IamVickiRN's topic in General Nursing

   remember "go to ROME" Respiratory opposite, metabolic equal" but if you're in the baby land those numbers aren't quite the same. Acidotic numbers for adults are okay for premies!

5. Comfortable Nursing shoes

   marikabw replied to newmom27's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I actually like the Dansko sport the best. Crocs feel great and squishy, but my shins ache by hour 8! ( I do 12's) I alternate with Crocs and clogs, and put Dr. Scholls for back pain in my Crocs and this helps. I suppose if I went to Yoga more that w...

6. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

   marikabw replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

   I was a Prep Cook, Secretary, Baby Nanny, Photographer's Assistant, then CNA while in nursing school. I've also been a mom for 13 years. I graduate next Friday!!!! 12/14/07 with a BSN and plan to go back to my babies in neonatology! We all do better ...

7. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   marikabw replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   when my spouse had yet another devastating injury from his beloved sport, I decided I had to go back to finish nursing school so I could be able to take care of my children. Along the route, I realized I really loved this path, and foud a way that I ...

8. My story - returning to school, would love to hear positive experiences as an RN

   marikabw replied to futurecnm's topic in General Nursing

   I went back to nursing school for my BSN at age 37. I am 40 and will graduate in 3 semesters! I have three daughters now 12, 8.5 & 4.5. I have been asked at least twice a week, "how do you do it?" "why do you want to change your career?" Well my ...

9. New nurses in Med/Surg a must?

   marikabw replied to writrix's topic in General Nursing

   at my hospital - the MOST travelers are in the medical unit. (the surgical is a separate unit) After the 8 wk stint, they transfer up to CCU or ICU. I work as a float tech - RN student and have experienced each unit (ED, ICU, CCU, PACU, postpartum, ...

10. RN with huge medical debt, looking for high paying work

    marikabw replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought of travelling agencies? I am a cna/rn student at a Sutter Health community hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Many traveling RNs come here from the South (GA AL VA NC TX) and South West (AZ, NV) I have learned the most valuable ...

11. Phenytoin

    marikabw replied to angelique777's topic in CCU

    My Mosby's Pharm 21st ed book says "client's hx s/b reveiwed for conditions that contraindicate the use of phenytoin, such as a known sensitivity to the drug and impaired cardiac fct, b/c parenteral admin may affect ventricular automaticity & cau...

12. IV's on obese patients

    marikabw replied to sandslady02's topic in General Nursing

    heat, tourniquet and dangle.

13. We need a Nursing TV show

    marikabw replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

    what about real nurses writing the scenario? "I need a 22 French stat, my pt needs a cleansing enema" Really, who understands code brown? the exhaustion, the need for caffeine, the need for a lift team, and how much fun it is to cross a picket line w...