nurserynurse55

nurserynurse55

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nurserynurse55 specializes in NICU.


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  1. What is the most common chief complaint or diagnosis in your ED?

    I have never worked in the ER before, but my friends have told me that a lot of women/girls will come in just for urine pregnancy tests. Isn't it a lot cheaper to just buy one? They even sell them at dollar stores.
  2. Will you add your patient in facebook?

    No, but people on my unit do!
  3. What's the weirdest baby name?

    La-ah (La dash a)
  4. PICC TKO Rate

    We use continuous running of 2cc an hour (no heparin) or 1cc an hour with heparin. I have seen many clot off too.
  5. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

    Re: What would you change about Nursing to make it better? There are a few things I would like to see change. 1) Get rid of the complaining chronically depressed I hate this job types. 2) Mandate a bachelors degree as the minimum requirement for all ...
  6. HELP!!!! All the nursing nurses...

    It is doable. My son is 12 months and I still nurse him. I just stopped pumping. The process is hard, but you just have to get used to it. You will have to use your break-time to pump. It is unfair to others otherwise. Breastfeeding nurses have...
  7. when to stop humidity in the isolette

    Our policy is that all babies are off in 2 weeks (14 days). There are very few exceptions to our rule.
  8. "What's with all the men in the NICU lately?"

    We do not have any male nurses in our NICU or SCN. I wish that we did though. About half of our docs are men though. I think that male nurses in the NICU would be great role models for our parents (especially the youthful dads). Come work in my N...
  9. UVC/UAC equipment

    Thanks for posting. We get a tray and then we get the caths, but how many syringes and other stuff like that. I am worried about being rusty when I get back. My hope is that I get lucky and am the person helping a bad admit so that I can remember e...
  10. UVC/UAC equipment

    Hello everyone. I have a question about UVC and UAC set up in the NICU. I am hoping that a few somebodies could list the set up equipment that they use for UVC and UAC placement. I used to have a folder with this type of stuff in it (that I made, ...
  11. IV rates

    I do things pretty much like Texas2007. Our pumps have a hard time reading TB syrings and our med tubing holds 1cc of fluid, so I push and run the flush for whatever time.
  12. pregnancy and night shift

    Hello. I am pregnant now (23 weeks). I work fourty hours a week on the night shift (2 twelves and 2 eights). I had no problem getting pregnant on nights. My problem is not that I work nights, but the 12 hours shifts are too long for me now. I wa...
  13. oldest babies in the NICU?

    We will keep them for 12 months as long as tell have never been dicharged home. If they were transfered to another hospital and want to come back, they can. We are a birth hospital, not a children's hospital, so no PEDS or PICU.
  14. JCAHO Visit

    What is it like when JCAHO visits? They are expected to be here in a few days (or might be there now). I forgot to do something small ( I am sorry too). When we got critical lab values on patients, we tell the doctors and chart it in two places. Usua...
  15. Nurse and Starting a Family

    That's crazy. Nurses have babies all of the time. You can have a baby and work the off shift too. If you do not want the off shift then find a different type of nursing job. Besides, you will be in school in the morning and afternoon for the next...