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  1. Fluctuating O2 sats in a preemie

    krenee replied to krenee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, I generally ignore the fluctuations unless the kid stays down. My point is only that the sats fluctuate very quickly and by large numbers. Most babies I care for change their sats much more...

  2. Lullaby system for our feeders and growers?

    krenee replied to xfitrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for the info about that app! I was thinking about trying some music for one of our chronic babies.

  3. What kind of experience did you have?

    krenee replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did mother-baby first. It's a good place to start. The NICU I started in wouldn't hire new grads, they always hired for nursery first so you could learn the normal before the

  4. Does anyone know if the Inova Hospitals in VA test hair or urine for their drug test?

    krenee replied to Maria17's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I just got hired, and they did saliva. I'm sure you'll be fine. Just tell the nurse at employee health if there's something you're worried about

  5. IV starts - anyone get better?

    krenee posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been in the NICU for about 16 months now and I just haven't gotten the hang of starting IVs. Not sure what the problem is! Possibilities: 1) the catheters - definitely not the whole problem...

  6. IV starts - anyone get better?

    krenee replied to krenee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for all the advice & tips! I did get one last week so I felt a little better . . . but I still blew 2 veins getting blood cultures. About floating it in though . . . we always draw our...

  7. Cup, syringe and finger feedings - BFHI

    krenee replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Even if there were no risk of aspiration - this policy is not well suited for the NICU. The baby-friendly should apply to mother-babies only. The NICU moms are not in house to breastfeed around the...

  8. IV starts - anyone get better?

    krenee replied to krenee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah, I've tried it both ways. When I advance the needle at all, I blow the vein. If I try to advance just the catheter, it won't advance. So either way hasn't worked for me so far. I was...

  9. If you love where you work . . . why?

    krenee posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are supposed to be having an "employee satisfaction" meeting to come up with ideas to improve morale. Of course, ideas that don't cost money. Mine is that I want vacations approved in a timely...

  10. How does your unit handle vacations?

    krenee posted a topic in General Nursing

    My unit has an ongoing problem (well, *I* have an ongoing problem!) with the fact that they refuse to approve vacation requests in a timely manner. I am trying to discuss this with my manager because...

  11. Forgot to start continuous feed!

    krenee replied to obprof's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, I've done that also. Most of the time when the baby is on continuous feeds, they are getting very small amounts, so in the scheme of things it should not be a tragedy. We hang new feeds every 4...

  12. How does your unit handle vacations?

    krenee replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    Well I can *request* as early as I want, but they won't approve or deny it until about 3 weeks before! That's what's frustrating. You can't put money down on anything because you don't *know* if...

  13. Where's the best place for L&D in Northern VA?

    krenee replied to LDRPcaliRN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I work at Potomac's women & children's unit, I can at least tell you that they are hiring for l&d, and the commute wouldn't be bad for you. As far as are we awesome, no, we have problems like...

  14. What have your co-workers done to make a shift go more smoothly?

    krenee replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    The evening shift nurses sometimes do the night stuff for us when the have time - weighing the babies (we're a NICU), making our flow sheets up for us, getting the stuff together that we'll need for...

  15. Advice needed from fellow night shift people

    krenee replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I take a sleeping pill my first night off or I do the same thing - wake up after a few hours, even though I'm exhausted. I like unisom - but not the kind that's benadryl. Benadryl doesn't work for...

  16. Vacation time being denied

    krenee replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your replies! Yes, the ultimate problem is that we are understaffed. And YES, we have all known this was coming for a long time, so it shouldn't come as a surprise to them. The...

  17. Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

    krenee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student and at my patient the other day at clinical was comatose, after a stroke and has been in the same condition for several weeks now. The nurse told me he was being place on...

  18. Cytotec for PP hemorrhage

    krenee replied to Conejita's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in PP and I haven't seen it used so this is interesting. Granted I've only been in PP a year and haven't had a patient hemorrhage (knock wood), but AFAIK we just use pit & methergine. Can...

  19. baby to the nursery please

    krenee replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, that. They tried to institute mother-baby, but the night nurses were resistant. A lot of the nurses encourage the moms to put the baby in the nsy because they're tired and won't get a break...

  20. Must see commercial for nurses

    krenee replied to TDKH54's topic in General Nursing

    I work in PP & Newborn nursery and sometimes it's really obvious with the diapers - we give them one pack from floor stock & then we charge, but who's paying for it? Most of them are...

  21. EMLA Cream with Circs

    krenee replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The vast majority of our docs only use sweet ease . . . yeah, not happy about that but it's not my decision. I do have to say I assisted on a circ the other day where the doc did use lidocaine and...

  22. Nursing Care Tech in OB

    krenee replied to sophie<3's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, the techs on our floor do much the same as on any floor - vitals, helping patients to the bathroom, bringing them things they need . . . but they also assist on c-sections. I'm in nursery &...

  23. Male Nurses

    krenee replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe men are genetically wired to be more ambitious? I know in my household, dh does feel the need to "climb the corporate ladder", while sometimes I feel I'm just happy where I am, and not sure...

  24. HELP! News might want to interview me!!!!

    krenee replied to StephieBRn's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm, I guess I don't get this whole thing. If the OP is a new grad, and can't find a job as an RN, what exactly is wrong with her saying that anywhere, including in the media? If her employer won't...

  25. Post Partum

    krenee replied to Natalie00's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm pretty much a new grad, been working since August. I work postpartum and nursery. In postpartum we have 5 couplets or up to 10 moms, but that's never happened, up to 8 is more common. I do...