minniemiteRN

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1. Trisomy 18 question...

   minniemiteRN replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We had a 28wk trisomy 18 born to parents after several failed pregnancies and stillbirths. After extensive repeated counseling throughout course of stay parents wanted EVERYTHING done including HFOV...

2. Trisomy 18 question...

   minniemiteRN replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I unfortunately came across this book by accident while I was pg with my first and working as a new nurse in my large unit. We had just received a "funny" kid and were looking up his...

3. Work on Weekiend Program?!

   minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   But you are able to take the PTO days you earn? See, the problem with my units program is not that we don't earn the appropriate amount of PTO, it is that we are only allowed to take 3 days a quarter...

4. Nails Jewerly In The Nicu

   minniemiteRN replied to nicurn3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Exactly! How involved is your infectious disease dept in writing this protocol? Something tells me that if they were to get more involved and do what ours did when our "whiners" started up and break...

5. Nails Jewerly In The Nicu

   minniemiteRN replied to nicurn3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I have two words to say about false nails in the NICU...NO WAY!!! Our staff are not allowed to wear them under any circumstance and random nail checks are done by coordinators to make sure that our...

6. NICU Blessings

   minniemiteRN replied to dinkyandzen's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I'm so glad your daughter is doing well and your experience in the NICU was a good one. Congrats to you for getting into LVN school!:yelclap: We have 2 LPN's working in our unit that have been with us...

7. Work on Weekiend Program?!

   minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I'm glad I'm not the only one who see's it that way. It would be a little hard not to have any PTO days for the first 6 mos in your unit though...but you don't have to stick to all the other...

8. Work on Weekiend Program?!

   minniemiteRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Sorry guys, this really isn't a NICU specific topic but I haven't posted anywhere but here before so I hope you don't mind... Question is: Do you have a weekend program and if so what are the...

9. jewelry in the NICU

   minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We switched to computer charting from paper about a year ago much to our dismay. We are "supposed" to be charting as we go but our charting system is Mckesson and it is VERY SLOW for one and two our...

10. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Staff already are have no jewelry; now we just need to work on parents and

11. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Actually we are seeing more and more MRSA as a community wide infection, not just solely a nosocomial infections anymore.:uhoh21: We swab each new admits nares as well as their parents for staph...

12. What type of patient

    minniemiteRN replied to Tiny1Nisolet's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My favorite type of patient to take care of has changed. When I first came into the NICU I loved the high acuity of a micropreemie. I enjoyed taking care of the babies on the high frequency vents and...

13. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for the replies! I agree with the policy...just find it strange that parents and other visitors are able to wear as much jewelry as they want esp. since we don't know how well they are...

14. jewelry in the NICU

    minniemiteRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was just wondering what everyone's policy is on wearing jewelry in the NICU. When I first started we were only able to wear our wedding bands, no watch or stones of any kind due to the grooves where...

15. Stress Scale

    minniemiteRN replied to KES's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    5 or