MEtheBabiesRN

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1. NICU lighting

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   Do you have a soda can bottle depot in your area? Staff members here put their cans into a bin and a staff member takes it to the bottle depot which gives us 10 cents a piece for them. you'd be surprised how much we collect in just a couple of months...

2. IV Starts

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to Mofe'ny's topic in NICU

   Two sticks is the max for anywhere I've worked. My favourite is the saphenous vein. Least favourite baby to start an IV on is the big term babies. Can't see a thing.

3. developmental care help!

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to curlilocks23's topic in NICU

   In Dallas we did ECMO too but we were called level III.

4. stressed out nurse needs advice

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to Bikerchic's topic in NICU

   I'm glad you're hanging in there too Bikerchic. I really miss the level III NICU although I really enjoy working level II. When I quit, I was thinking "do I need this stress in my life?" I had enough going on without adding that to it. Now I am tryin...

5. Need some advice....

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to Heather333's topic in NICU

   How is this baby's weight gain? My son (term baby) threw up for the first six months of his life. Once he was on homogenized milk, he stopped. He just didn't like it. He was gaining weight so doc wasn't worried. Now he's 14 years old and loves his da...

6. where do u go to school?

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in Canada

   Mount Royal College class of 91 and like Oilersfan, if I had known the Flames were never going to make the playoffs again, I would have stayed in Dallas. lol

7. anyone take A&P from athabasca...or the BSN program?

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to healthyone's topic in International

   I graduated in 1991 from nursing school. I would have to take all the courses to get my BN wouldn't I. I wouldn't be able to transfer any right?

8. Gordon Campbell DUI

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to fergus51's topic in International

   MADD BC probably accepted his apology after a hefty donation. I don't care who you are. Anyone can be bought.

9. Us Nclex Exam Info Please

   MEtheBabiesRN replied to illecob's topic in International

   Colorado is also easy. I did mine through there but wrote in Montana. Florida has got to be the most difficult state to licence through.

10. returning to NICU

    MEtheBabiesRN replied to nicudaynurse's topic in NICU

    It doesn't sound like the same hospital I worked at. We had separate level II and Level III nurseries. Nothing in between.

11. stressed out nurse needs advice

    MEtheBabiesRN replied to Bikerchic's topic in NICU

    I went through something similar to you. I worked at an NICU in Dallas which I just loved. The girls there were right into teaching. Didn't make you feel incompetent at all. We decided for personal reasons to move back to Canada. Got a job at the Lev...

12. returning to NICU

    MEtheBabiesRN replied to nicudaynurse's topic in NICU

    Yes but Level I is actually just called newborn nursery. Level II is basically overflow from Level III. Certainly not like the Level II I worked at in Dallas, where the babies were basically feeders and growers with the occasional IV. I called it ass...

13. False assignments advertised

    MEtheBabiesRN posted a topic in Travel

    I have found when surfing the various travel websites that there are assignments posted that I may be interested in. But when I contact my recruiter, it's either not really a posting or it's posted but the person that has the job is renewing. My opin...

14. Having a hard time finding my great travel assignment

    MEtheBabiesRN replied to DIPLOMATICRN4HIRE's topic in Travel

    I have been trying since last fall to get to Florida. I asked for anywhere between Gainesville and Sarasota in NICU. All the companies I'm registered with say that it is very difficult to get anything in Florida in NICU, Peds or L&D for some reas...

15. Stay Away From Texas

    MEtheBabiesRN replied to parisgirl's topic in Travel

    I think it all depends on what experience each individual has. I worked as a staff nurse at an NICU in Dallas. Left there to move home to Canada but felt that I had a good experience in Dallas. I worked with a girl in Canada that had worked at the sa...