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1. Chlorhexadine Use!

   shands5690 replied to shands5690's topic in NICU

   WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BURNS ALSO. SO OUR UNIT SWITCHED TO CHLORHEXADINE. WHAT IS YOUR INCIDENCE OF BURNS WITH BETADINE? IS THIS WHAT YOU USE FOR PUTTING IN LINES?

2. Chlorhexadine Use!

   shands5690 posted a topic in NICU

   HELLO TO ALL. I HAVE JOINED A RESEARCH COMMITTEE AT WORK AND WE ARE STARTING A RESEARCH STUDY TO LOOK AT THE EFFECTIVENESS (INFECTION RATE) OF CHLORHEXADINE VS. ALCOHOL ON PREEMIES. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? WHAT DOES YOUR HOSPITAL USE? THE ...

3. how to start a career in the NICU

   shands5690 replied to myles's topic in NICU

   Hello I started working in the NICU right out of my program. My program offered six weeks at the end of the program to work anywhere in the city. I choose the hospital i work at now. If your program does not offer this several nurses I know started...

4. Read this.....

   shands5690 replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

   I belong to a union. It has not helped with pay. It has helped several people keep their jobs when problems came up with the supervisor.

5. nursing salaries

   shands5690 replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Pa State correctional facility and started at $19.75/hr. plus .90 shift diferential I work in a neonatal intensive care unit level III in northeast florida. I started out at $15.00/hour. I was shocked. I had worked as a respiratory therap...

6. Advice from exp. NICU rn's

   shands5690 replied to annrn's topic in NICU

   Dear AnnRN: I have done adult ICU and NICU. They are two different worlds. I have been doing NICU for two years and cannot go back to the adult world. If you love babies, and you have to to be able to work in an NICU. Get your foot in the door now wh...