nursecave

nursecave has 7 years experience and specializes in MedSurg-1yr, MotherBaby-6yrs NICU 4/07.

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1. Biggest babys

   nursecave replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU

   I didn't admit them, and they went to Newborn, but we had the biggest twins in the state a few weeks ago at our hospital. Here is a link to the story MSNBC had on their site. The Today Show came and interviewed, it was a media circus. I felt so bad f...

2. Relocating to Winston Salem

   nursecave replied to kleeberg's topic in North Carolina

   If you work a weekend option, Sat. & Sun. 12 hours (24 total), you get paid for 36 hours. You get paid an additional $4 after 3pm. This is at FMC. Some units also offer a Fri, Sat, Sun 8hr/day(24 total), or Sat, Sun, Mon 8 hr/day (24 total) and p...

3. Holding an intubated baby with a UAC

   nursecave replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

   We usually have at least another nurse besides ourself, and an RT there for the transition to and from the incubator. While Mom is holding, we are there to monitor baby for tolerance of being out, and have an RT and a nurse on a short leash in case w...

4. Funny Names

   nursecave replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

   Dynasty spelled Di"Nasti. We joked and said that "d nasty" is how you get pregnant to start with!

5. 10 pregnant RN's...

   nursecave replied to dbscandy's topic in General Nursing

   "I just think it must be scary as anything to be pregnant and work day after day in the NICU." I had my children while I worked Mother Baby. That was bad enough. We deliver around 7,000 babies per year, and so there were plenty of horror stories to b...

6. Ruptured ear drum

   nursecave replied to grapejuice01's topic in General Nursing

   Honey, I feel your pain. I had no pain until mine ruptured, at 0230 on Friday, February 22. It took a little over 2 weeks for the pain to subside, and the incessant ringing took a few days longer. I have been back to my primary twice since the day it...

7. Western NC/Piedmont Area

   nursecave replied to FrustratedLPN's topic in North Carolina

   I work at Forsyth Medical Center and most of our units do hire LPN's. I know ICU, CCU, L&D, & NICU do not though. Not sure about the ED. Cardiac telemetry does hire LPN's, as do med surg units, mother baby. There is also Medical Park Hospital...

8. Humiliating IV questions

   nursecave replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

   We don't have any choice in what angiocath we use. They don't stock anything else. We did have the BBraun's with the clip on the end, and it only took about 2 months and the whole corporation quit using them because they were so hard to deal with. It...

9. Getting NCLEX Questions Identical to Studied Questions ????

   nursecave replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in NCLEX

   I had very few similar questions, but I had one exact question! No kidding. I took 75 questions before I went to the testing center, just to get myself into that mode, and no joke question 72 on the NCLEX was the exact same as one I had that morning!

10. Humiliating IV questions

    nursecave replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

    With the BD's it is somewhat helpful to twist the angiocath(take the wing and spin completely around) around the needle to loosen it up a little. When we went to those years ago the company rep recommended that. Also, stick just below where you see t...

11. Sobering first day on the job.....

    nursecave replied to KckStrt's topic in Emergency

    I work NICU, not ED, but coding a baby is coding a baby. It shouldn't happen but it does. My first code was while I was in orientation, just not my first night. It was on a near term kid with no risk factors for pulmonary hemorrhage, who pulmonary h...

12. NC Diploma Programs

    nursecave replied to Cherish's topic in North Carolina

    My sister goes to Queens - it is VERY expensive! She is going to get her MSN there. Good thing she got scholarships is all I have to say. I nearly went to Mercy, but I didn't want to have to enroll there and at CCCC also to get my ADN.

13. first day in nicu

    nursecave replied to newnicurn's topic in NICU

    I just started NICU on 4/2/07 after 6 years of Mother Baby. It is really different, but I like it so far. Good luck to you. I too came from a boss who treats staff horrible. She blocked my transfer inititially and then laughed at me to my face and br...

14. 37 weeker NICU stay possible...

    nursecave replied to bluepenguin's topic in NICU

    At our hospital babies have to be 35 weeks and 4#8oz to go to the term nursery. Rarely does a 37 weeker go to NICU for resp issues. Really no more than any other term baby. At that point it is more of the transition to the extrauterine environment th...

15. Need info about Winston-Salem,Novant Health

    nursecave replied to tanita's topic in North Carolina

    I work at Forsyth Hospital in the NICU. The company is overall a good company to work for. The Neuro- ICU unit is relatively new, opened less than 2 years ago (Ithink). We have had so much construction, it's hard to remember what opened when. Winston...