BabyNurse513

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1. HR slow! Have manager's info-now what??

   BabyNurse513 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, long time lurker here, have not posted in a long time but really need some advice. After 7 years of working in a Level 3 NICU I am applying for a job in L&D/High-RIsk OB. It has always been an interest of mine and I am excited abou...

2. I'm never primarying again, y'all

   BabyNurse513 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

   Sorry about your situation. I used to work in that unit and unless it has changed drastically in the last couple of years I know how frustrating it is. They are horrible about pain management and there is no teamwork and a serious lack of support f...

3. Is this upsetting to anyone else?

   BabyNurse513 replied to Gompers's topic in NICU

   I know this was brought up on another thread but try reading "Baby at Risk: The Uncertain Legacies of Medical Miracles for Babies, Families, and Society" by Ruth Levy Guyer.

4. Back to Sleep

   BabyNurse513 replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU

   I have worked in 3 NICU's, one in the midwest and 2 on the east coast. In my experiences they have all generally waited until we knew discharge was approaching and then we would remove all rolls, lay the head of the bed flat and put the baby on thie...

5. Miami NICUs

   BabyNurse513 replied to wee one rn's topic in NICU

   I think Miami Children's is the big NICU for that area. I had a friend who was a traveler there and from what I remember she liked it but that was 3 years ago.

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

   BabyNurse513 replied to twinkletoes53's topic in NICU

   We use bactroban in our NICU for MRSA colonization, i thought that was standard practice?

7. Generational Differences: kindly share your opinion/experience

   BabyNurse513 replied to yuuki's topic in General Nursing

   Generational Differences 1. What generation do you belong to? Generation X (born between 1961-1980) 2. How long have you been a nurse? 5 years 3. In your opinion what is your generation's strongest & weakest points (in te...

8. What are your nurse:pt ratios?

   BabyNurse513 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU

   Out of curiosity how many beds is your unit? Level? How many nurses do you staff per shift?

9. This is from JCHO....

   BabyNurse513 replied to Zippedodah's topic in NICU

   Our visititation policy allows siblings of the baby to visit, regardless of age, (personally I don't agree with that but that is for another thread) and we take their temps all year round but no adult temps.

10. VLBW infants and positioning

    BabyNurse513 replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU

    In my unit, we keep all infants less than 27 weeks midline for the first 7 days of life, vented or on CPAP, to prevent IVH.

11. Holiday policies- what does your unit do?

    BabyNurse513 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Our holidays are paired in 3 groups. Memorial day and Thanksgiving, 4th of July and Christmas and Labor Day with New Years Eve. We rotate each year so this year I worked Labor day and New years, next year I will work Memorial day and Thanksgiving e...

12. Does your unit utilize support RNs without pt assignments?

    BabyNurse513 replied to Magilacutty's topic in NICU

    I work in a 50 bed Level 3+ ECMO, Surgery etc. It is a Children's Hospital so we don't do deliveries. We usually have a charge nurse and a second charge nurse each shift that don't have assignments. The charge nurse tends to do more admin stuff, s...

13. Columbus Ohio Nicu RN's??

    BabyNurse513 replied to ebth2306's topic in NICU

    None of the NICU's in Columbus take travelers. I was in your position a year and half ago. I personally called and spoke with the managers and none were interested in taking travelers so I ended up taking a staff position. If you would like info a...

14. Medication error causes 2 deaths in Indiana NICU

    BabyNurse513 replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU

    Our policy is to flush all PIV's q8 with heparin. The only exception are the babies that are on ECMO.

15. Medication error causes 2 deaths in Indiana NICU

    BabyNurse513 replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU

    We have 10units/1ml vials on our unit that we use for heplocking PIV's. If pharmacy stocked 10,000u/ml that could be a problem.