EricJRN MSN, RN

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    Gastroschisis

    EricJRN replied to qcumba's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    BabyLady, See post #4. Looks like the baby already delivered and has undergone surgery. It's definitely an eye-opening experience to see the differences in care provided internationally. While we...
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    Gastroschisis

    EricJRN replied to qcumba's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just wanted to wish you good luck, gcumba. I was in Durban for a conference a few months ago and was able to see the disparities that exist between two neighboring hospitals. Here in the US, we think...
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    No blood transfusion r/t high WBC??

    EricJRN replied to Aeterna's topic in Oncology

    I don't think there's a specific contraindication. It may just be an attempt to be conservative. When a patient produces a ton of leukemic cells, other blood cells can be "crowded out" - which...
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    What do you do when you're a pt?

    EricJRN replied to Sarah G's topic in General Nursing

    I know I would dislike taking care of a mouthy nurse, so once if it does come out, I try to reassure them that I'm a baby nurse and that I get all of my adult health information off of
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    Nursing shifts: Is this fact or fiction?

    EricJRN replied to magichospital's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, a schedule of three twelve-hour shifts per week is a common full-time schedule for hospital nurses. At my hospital and many others, we do self-scheduling, which means that we submit the days...
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    new drug-Avastin for ROP

    EricJRN replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was shocked when I found out how inexpensive Avastin was for ROP. High cost is actually usually described as a disadvantage for monoclonal antibodies (Synagis is one example). And in cancer therapy,...
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    New Grad starting in NICU soon! Any advice for study-prep...

    EricJRN replied to dorkalicious's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think it's always a good idea to understand the process of the newborn transition. If you have a solid grasp of the changes that occur in the first minutes and hours of extrauterine life, then the...
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    Do you use oxyhoods?

    EricJRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We rarely use them... and we never use NRB's, though I know anesthesia uses them briefly in some of our post-op
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    night workers- how do you keep a normal routine/life?

    EricJRN replied to arnie1234's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to you! Lots of good advice here. Plenty of us find that, while life can be different on nights, we wouldn't trade it for anything. Let us know what you
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    Who to Contact to Shadow Nursing Professions

    EricJRN replied to bh2788's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Another vote for volunteering at a local hospital. That was some of the earliest and most valuable hospital experience that I got. In between folding linens and assembling registration packets, I got...
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    CPNE this weekend!!!!!!

    EricJRN replied to hotnurse84's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good luck this
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    Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    EricJRN replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting! Had to look that one up.
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    Different field of nursing...Looking for something new!

    EricJRN replied to chancie's topic in Nursing Career

    How about NICU? Most units have a steady share of babies who are now just learning to feed and grow, so you likely would not get quite as much of the daily onslaught of critical patients that you...
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    Raising C-Section Room Temperature for preemie births

    EricJRN replied to nicu1991's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes - for at least several years, increasing the ambient temp for preemies has been a key concept in neonatal resuscitation. Chapter 8 of the current NRP textbook should be a good starting point for...
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    Can a NP make over $100k a year?

    EricJRN replied to KT12's topic in Advanced Practice

    Even as an associate-degreed bedside RN, it's possible to make >$100K. Using the allnurses.com search function, you can find threads discussing this. It usually involves consistent overtime, travel...
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    infant dialysis

    EricJRN replied to outofherdeepth's topic in Pediatric

    In neonates and young infants, peritoneal dialysis is often thought to be more efficient than hemodialysis. That involves the use of a Tenckhoff catheter in the abdomen. A stopcock connects the...
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    Graduate Schools?

    EricJRN replied to Jeana18's topic in Post Graduate Students

    You would need two years of full-time experience as a bedside nurse in a level 3 NICU prior to attending an NNP program. DE programs with an NNP track would have to build in time for the student to...
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    Concerned...allnurses store product

    EricJRN replied to AwayWeGo's topic in General Nursing

    They're great... and those that come in said Allnurses vessel are some of the best I've had. What makes them so enjoyable? I never realized it until this thread, but maybe it's partly the endorphin...
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    Many thanks!

    EricJRN replied to JulesRN10's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Good job, Julie! I hope you find your post-Excelsior career to be as fulfilling as mine has been over the last five
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    Breast Milk Verification

    EricJRN replied to CHBRRT's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm familiar with units where the P&P's allow one RN and one RT to verify EBM or blood products. In practice though, after working shifts in nine units over five years, I've never actually seen...
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    Any LPN's here experienced Excelsior or ISU??

    EricJRN replied to RxOnly's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I've never been an LPN/LVN, but I am an Excelsior grad. One quick suggestion: If you're specifically worried about the clinical skills exam, you want to search for info on "CPNE" and you can find...
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    What color

    EricJRN replied to vianna's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Whatever you do, NO seafoam green! The horror! I'm just teasing you. You should get the color you want. I have seen some fashion conscious nurses, but they would be silly to judge you based on the...
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    To my preceptor, future students beware (rant)

    EricJRN replied to leekun2010's topic in General Nursing

    I'm struck by the fact that your instructor tried to handle the preceptor issue via messages. I'm assuming those were phone or email messages, or maybe handwritten notes, but that just doesn't seem...
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    Ventilator concepts of volume and pressure

    EricJRN replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, that's a great point, kgh. Even with volume control ventilation, you still set a positive end expiratory pressure. (We use primarily SIMV-pressure control/pressure support and high frequency...
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    Ventilator concepts of volume and pressure

    EricJRN replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Basically, when you talk about ventilator pressures, you're referring to the pressure generated in the patient's airways. If I have nice, elastic, healthy lungs, you can give me a pretty large tidal...