Peds trauma. so many peds traumas are preventable. use seatbelts, helmets, safety precautions. and those SNATS just drive me CRAZY, as someone said..."i'd have to go hunting":angryfire
jeffinerrn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing
If I may join the choir in saying to please have all family members as well as all nurses fill out your Advance Directives...Be sure your family, friends and co-workers know your preferences in case of life threatening illness or injury (co-workers b...
Coming up in April there is an annual Perinatal Update Conference held in Savannah. it is sponsored by the Memorial Health University Medical Center, Dept of Mat/Fetal Med. I went a couple of years ago. It was a good conference. It is a beautiful ...
thank you everyone for your replies, I have been checking in, I just haven't been typing much, I have a bum thumb and haven't been able to type much lately. I have been reading your input though and find it helpful. I do find it interesting that ev...
Dawngloves, heheh, don't worry about the thread. as you can see, I haven't gotten much response anyway. but no, we don't use benzoine. our hospital decided long ago not to use it. it just seems to harsh on the babies' skin. I've been in NICU 4...
Our new orientees are required to take NRP within the first 6 months of hire and we are required to renew q2years. Karen, I'm confused, your hospital doesn't send a NICU team to high risk deliveries? the L&D nurses and docs deliver? We atten...
What is everyone doing currently for Skin Care? We are working on updating our skin care policy. Are you avoiding alcohol? Using only sterile water for skin preps? Betadine only for arterial preps and cultures? Using Limb leads or no leads for ...
I'm sorry for your loss. I am a NICU nurse. I went to nursing school after the loss of my daughter. She was born at 35 weeks with neuro complications. She came home with a trache and g-button and contractures. She lived almost 3 years. I had an...
jeffinerrn replied to A_Nightingale55's topic in NICU
One of the things I did when I first started in the unit after orientation was to volunteer to take first admit for the first several months I worked. I would go on all deliveries I could and take whatever was first admission. this helped me get pa...
WElcome! i suggest you just say you are interested due to personal exposure with family. There is no stead-fast rule saying you have to have experience to be hired into a NICU. I was a new Grad hired into NICU. It's what I went to nursing school f...
We are still wearing rings and watches, but we may end up losing them along with nails. Personally, I can't stand to be wet under my rings or watch, so i dry very thoroughly. Don't see how anything can grow there. And I have only the one watch I w...
jeffinerrn replied to IttyBittyBabyRN's topic in NICU
We use 1% lidocaine and only use is QID. and that's only when there's breakdown. I like to eye ointment idea though, the boogies is one of the biggest problems, (in addition to the Kindergarten Alien thing):chuckle