CRDBear

CRDBear has 5 years experience and specializes in heme/onc (adult), NICU.

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1. anyone work at CHOP or any other NICUs in Phila area?

   CRDBear replied to doglvr's topic in NICU

   HUP, Pennsylvania Hospital and Jefferson all have excellent NICUS and the "CHOP attitude" isn't present. Plus, pay and benefits are better!

2. Patient family issues

   CRDBear replied to foxc1121's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you 2000%! I sometimes feel that families think we are waitresses or servents or something. My question to them is "who does this for the pt at home?" My job as the nurse is to take care of the patient's most pressing needs. Yes, nut...

3. Should you be able to refuse an isolation assignment when pregnant?

   CRDBear replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

   Given that we as NICU nurses know what CAN go wrong during a pregnancy even with all the best prenatal care and the fact that nurses do have a higher rate of miscarriage and preterm labor (don't know where I read that statistic but it's somewhere!) I...

4. 5 worse things a patient can do ...

   CRDBear replied to Witheney's topic in General Nursing

   [ Yes, I'm human and do sometimes feel annoyed or disgusted by some of the things I hear or see at work but I also try to remember that I am the nurse, they are the patients, I'm there for them, not vice versa. WWJD? I have a feeling that Jesus WOU...

5. Tips for speed without sacrificing accuracy?

   CRDBear replied to cherokeesummer's topic in NICU

   I love everyone's tips. I too am a fairly new NICU nurse, and I felt the same way you did cherokeesummer...I wanted to cry some nights when I went home. I think it was worse for me because I had expereince as a nurse with adults but babies are a wh...

6. re-structurating the interdisciplinary teamwork

   CRDBear replied to skysurfer's topic in NICU

   the hospital where i used to work had initiated relationship based care about 4-5 monthes before i transfered within the heath system to the hospital i currently work in. the book they used to start was relationship-based care: a model for transform...

7. Funny Names

   CRDBear replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

   I guess because of where our NICU is we have strange names more than we have "normal" ones! Some recent additions: Tynir and Tyzir (twin boys) Jihad (pronounced "jay had") Sartok Nasir It was kinda sad yesterday...I admitted a Daniel and all the n...

8. nails

   CRDBear replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a NICU nurse so artificial nails are a no-no in our unit but they are also banned from the entire health system I work in for anyone doing direct patient contact. Just a side note to those who love their artificial nails so much....I got them pu...

9. L&D Nursing after neonatal loss...

   CRDBear replied to spottybug's topic in Ob/Gyn

   First I am so sorry for your loss. I'm sure your little angel girl is very pround of her mommy now! IMHO, if you feel that L&D is your calling, go for it! All fields of nursing are rewarding in their own way, but I think that there is a specia...

10. chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

    CRDBear replied to Tadpole's topic in General Nursing

    I think this post speaks to one of my frustrations in being a nurse - being your nurse does not mean that I am your personal "whipping boy". Nowhere in anyone's job description does it say that I need to put up with rudeness, threats or general LACK...

11. Problems with PICU nurses

    CRDBear replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in PICU

    When I was doing adult heme/onc, I worked with a few nurses who had the above problems. Some of them were placed on our unit after going thru counseling, ect for their "problems" because part of the therapy was to be placed on a lower stress unit..i...

12. Central Line Flush Protocols

    CRDBear replied to sandromeda's topic in NICU

    I know the policy when I worked adults was nothing smaller than a 5 CC syringe and the same is true for the NICU I work now. I'm sure there's a journal article somewhere but it should be a written policy I would imagine.

13. Sibling visitors in the NICU

    CRDBear posted a topic in NICU

    Hi All! I am a relatively new NICU nurse (6 months - did adults for 5 years) and have learned a TON from this forum. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions about how to get siblings involved when they visit/any unit-based things that anyone...

14. NICU: Do you remember when...?

    CRDBear replied to twinkletoes53's topic in NICU

    In regards to the Whisky nipple, my parents used whisky on my gums while teething...I'm sure it was common practice and yet somehow we all survived....go figure!

15. What's the weirdest baby name?

    CRDBear replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my short four months working NICU, I have come accross Quadhr (his mom was annoyed at me when I asked her how to spell it for his isolette card), Chauntisse, Amin and Amir (twins) and many others. However, their young mom's names weren't "mainstr...