Joannie

Joannie specializes in NICU. Flight Nursing, Med-Surg.

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1. FOOTPRINTS

   Joannie replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU

   We don't do footprints as routine, and especially not on the timy premmies, who do not need the handling and certainly don't need ink put on their thin, permeable skin - who knows what chemicals are in the ink! We do prints for stable babies at the ...

2. Florence Nightengale Pledge.

   Joannie replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   Nope. We don't do that here in New Zealand.

3. Deciding whether to drop out CRNA school?

   Joannie replied to micugirl's topic in CRNA

   I don't work in the USA but I have been a nurse for 35 years and there are a couple of points I would like to make. First of all, the experiences related by micugirl may not be like yours, but they are valid nonetheless. None of us have the right t...

4. Medication error causes 2 deaths in Indiana NICU

   Joannie replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU

   The last unit I worked in was a very busy unit and we made up all our own infusions - dopamine, fentanyl, morphine etc, and did our own IV adds (KCL, NaCL, etc) and EVERYTHING was checked by 2 nurses. We had very few errors, and interestingly enough...

5. Medication error causes 2 deaths in Indiana NICU

   Joannie replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU

   Just a quick question - was the problem that the stuff in the syringe was not the same as the stuff on the label? Everyone is really quick to blame the nurses for not doing their checks, but pharmacists make mistakes too...... I remember hearing fro...

6. LPNs in the NICU??

   Joannie replied to luvbug's topic in NICU

   I presume that an LPN is what we in NZ call an Enrolled Nurse - a graduate of a shorter programme of training (18 months I think it was). We used to employ several ENs in our Level II nurseries, but they have now all done their degrees and are now R...

7. Welcome to your new U.K. Nurses forum

   Joannie replied to Brian's topic in UK

   Milk and sugar please, and I prefer stotty cake (I come from Durham)!!

8. Welcome to your new U.K. Nurses forum

   Joannie replied to Brian's topic in UK

   Hi, I was born in Scotland of English and Welsh parents and have been living in New Zealand for the last xxxx years - can us expatriate Brits join in ?

9. Preemies and suppositories????

   Joannie replied to NICUNURSE's topic in NICU

   I know, it sounds impossible to give a preemie a suppository, but it is fairly common practice where I have worked. We cut a sliver off the side of the suppository with a scalpel blade and use KY jelly for lubrication. It usually goes in easily eno...

10. Feeding Protocol

    Joannie replied to magRN's topic in NICU

    We start the preemies on 2 hourly OG/NG feeds, titrating the feeds up and the IV down. Then when they are up to full feeds we go to 3 hourly. Usually by this time they are ready for breast or bottle, whichever is the mother's choice.