preemiepedsnrs

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1. Nursing and tattoos

   preemiepedsnrs replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

   I have my four children's names written in a fine black lettering about .25 to .5 inches tall with a simple heart in between each name, completely encircling my right wrist. I work NICU and can't tell you how many parents have commented on it in a po...

2. Mystery Baby: poor feeder @ 40 weeks...help!

   preemiepedsnrs replied to lu1975's topic in NICU

   I've seen this done once in the past year or so. We let mom come stay in the care-by-parent room for two full days, pulled the NG tube and just had mom feed the baby on whatever schedule the baby would eat and at whatever amounts the baby would take...

3. Mystery Baby: poor feeder @ 40 weeks...help!

   preemiepedsnrs replied to lu1975's topic in NICU

   This seems to be a great idea for some kids. I never thought of it. One thing that I DID do in the past was when I had a kid that was way past term, poor feeder, seemed like definite oral aversion, I would wrap him really tight at feedings when he w...

4. Mystery Baby: poor feeder @ 40 weeks...help!

   preemiepedsnrs replied to lu1975's topic in NICU

   I know who you are! I thought so when I seen another post of yours on here. Yeah, it's amazing the way that the kids recently have responded to different milks. I'm thinking of one kid in particular that was on MBM24 and acted exactly like the O...

5. Nurses struggling with mental illness

   preemiepedsnrs replied to Severina's topic in Disabilities

   I've been an LPN in a large level 3 NICU for about six years now. I have also been diagnosed at various times with Bipolar 2, PTSD, BPD, and major depression. About three years ago, I had a major episode of depression, including three suicide attem...

6. do any of you work in anything other than ltc as an LPN?

   preemiepedsnrs replied to Princess74's topic in LPN/LVN

   I've been an LPN since 1999 and worked in LTC for the first six months after getting my license. In Aug 2000, I was hired into the NICU (my dream job) and have been there ever since. Originally, I did only feeder/growers, but transferred to a diffe...