minniemiteRN

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1. my twins

   minniemiteRN replied to dstout-rn's topic in NICU

   Its great to hear your boys are doing so well. Thanks for the update:)! The haberman is my fav for cleft palate and other feeding difficulties. It would be nice to hear how you liked/disliked it.

2. Trisomy 18 question...

   minniemiteRN replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU

   We had a 28wk trisomy 18 born to parents after several failed pregnancies and stillbirths. After extensive repeated counseling throughout course of stay parents wanted EVERYTHING done including HFOV and multiple drips at one point. Ended up going hom...

3. Trisomy 18 question...

   minniemiteRN replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU

   I unfortunately came across this book by accident while I was pg with my first and working as a new nurse in my large unit. We had just received a "funny" kid and were looking up his symptoms/characteristics. Unfortunately I was already on edge due t...

4. Work on Weekiend Program?!

   minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

   But you are able to take the PTO days you earn? See, the problem with my units program is not that we don't earn the appropriate amount of PTO, it is that we are only allowed to take 3 days a quarter and it is also a first come first serve, seniorit...

5. Nails Jewerly In The Nicu

   minniemiteRN replied to nicurn3's topic in NICU

   Exactly! How involved is your infectious disease dept in writing this protocol? Something tells me that if they were to get more involved and do what ours did when our "whiners" started up and break out the black light they would be able to kill tw...

6. Nails Jewerly In The Nicu

   minniemiteRN replied to nicurn3's topic in NICU

   I have two words to say about false nails in the NICU...NO WAY!!! Our staff are not allowed to wear them under any circumstance and random nail checks are done by coordinators to make sure that our nails are the correct length and that we are not we...

7. NICU Blessings

   minniemiteRN replied to dinkyandzen's topic in NICU

   I'm so glad your daughter is doing well and your experience in the NICU was a good one. Congrats to you for getting into LVN school!:yelclap: We have 2 LPN's working in our unit that have been with us for 15+ yrs and are no longer hiring LPN's. My re...

8. Work on Weekiend Program?!

   minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

   I'm glad I'm not the only one who see's it that way. It would be a little hard not to have any PTO days for the first 6 mos in your unit though...but you don't have to stick to all the other unreasonable rules. Well hopefully they will offer you a we...

9. Work on Weekiend Program?!

   minniemiteRN posted a topic in NICU

   Sorry guys, this really isn't a NICU specific topic but I haven't posted anywhere but here before so I hope you don't mind... Question is: Do you have a weekend program and if so what are the rules/benefits? The reason why I'm asking is our program i...

10. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

    We switched to computer charting from paper about a year ago much to our dismay. We are "supposed" to be charting as we go but our charting system is Mckesson and it is VERY SLOW for one and two our keyboards do not have covers and I don't even want ...

11. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

    Staff already are have no jewelry; now we just need to work on parents and vistors.

12. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

    Actually we are seeing more and more MRSA as a community wide infection, not just solely a nosocomial infections anymore.:uhoh21: We swab each new admits nares as well as their parents for staph aureus non resistant and MRSA. In the last year we have...

13. What type of patient

    minniemiteRN replied to Tiny1Nisolet's topic in NICU

    My favorite type of patient to take care of has changed. When I first came into the NICU I loved the high acuity of a micropreemie. I enjoyed taking care of the babies on the high frequency vents and multiple drips. Now however, after taking care of ...

14. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

    Thanks for the replies! I agree with the policy...just find it strange that parents and other visitors are able to wear as much jewelry as they want esp. since we don't know how well they are scrubbing before they visit (there is a scrub demonstrati...

15. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN posted a topic in NICU

    I was just wondering what everyone's policy is on wearing jewelry in the NICU. When I first started we were only able to wear our wedding bands, no watch or stones of any kind due to the grooves where germs could be harbored. Now, we are unable to we...