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What are some of the funniest names that you guys and gals have seen at work? I'll start Twins : Roderrick and Roderricka, Twins : Autumn and Fall Girl : Asshole (A-sole-lee) P.s. This thread is just for fun.....

Hello. Here is my second question. What is the difference between SGA and IUGR? Your help means a lot to me. Thanks........

I have never worked in the ER before, but my friends have told me that a lot of women/girls will come in just for urine pregnancy tests. Isn't it a lot cheaper to just buy one? They even sell them at dollar stores.

No, but people on my unit do!

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We use continuous running of 2cc an hour (no heparin) or 1cc an hour with heparin. I have seen many clot off too.

Re: What would you change about Nursing to make it better? There are a few things I would like to see change. 1) Get rid of the complaining chronically depressed I hate this job types. 2) Mandate a bachelors degree as the minimum requirement for all ...

It is doable. My son is 12 months and I still nurse him. I just stopped pumping. The process is hard, but you just have to get used to it. You will have to use your break-time to pump. It is unfair to others otherwise. Breastfeeding nurses have...

Our policy is that all babies are off in 2 weeks (14 days). There are very few exceptions to our rule.

We do not have any male nurses in our NICU or SCN. I wish that we did though. About half of our docs are men though. I think that male nurses in the NICU would be great role models for our parents (especially the youthful dads). Come work in my N...

Hello everyone. I have a question about UVC and UAC set up in the NICU. I am hoping that a few somebodies could list the set up equipment that they use for UVC and UAC placement. I used to have a folder with this type of stuff in it (that I made, ...

Thanks for posting. We get a tray and then we get the caths, but how many syringes and other stuff like that. I am worried about being rusty when I get back. My hope is that I get lucky and am the person helping a bad admit so that I can remember e...

I do things pretty much like Texas2007. Our pumps have a hard time reading TB syrings and our med tubing holds 1cc of fluid, so I push and run the flush for whatever time.

Hello. I am pregnant now (23 weeks). I work fourty hours a week on the night shift (2 twelves and 2 eights). I had no problem getting pregnant on nights. My problem is not that I work nights, but the 12 hours shifts are too long for me now. I wa...

What is it like when JCAHO visits? They are expected to be here in a few days (or might be there now). I forgot to do something small ( I am sorry too). When we got critical lab values on patients, we tell the doctors and chart it in two places. Usua...

We will keep them for 12 months as long as tell have never been dicharged home. If they were transfered to another hospital and want to come back, they can. We are a birth hospital, not a children's hospital, so no PEDS or PICU.

That's crazy. Nurses have babies all of the time. You can have a baby and work the off shift too. If you do not want the off shift then find a different type of nursing job. Besides, you will be in school in the morning and afternoon for the next...

No, No. I work in NICU, and the only unit that I float to is special care nursery.

I love the infection idea. We have similar issues like that on our unit. There is also lots of info on co-bedding twins (in the same crib or isolette) and kangaroo care (when it should or should not be done), NICU staff wearing their own scrubs or ...

I agree. Med/surg nurses rule!

I believe that there is a whole board dedicated to BSN vs ADN. Check it out. Good Luck!

We try to shield pregnant nurses from babies who are GBS +. I mean the babies are really infected with GBS, not just exposed to to it. There is a huge difference between being born of a GBS mother and actually being a positive GBS infection baby. ...

What type of unit are you going to be working on? I ask, because I am wondering about what special infections or diseases you might come across. For the most part I take any asignment in NICU. P.S. I am preggo. I would not take on cytomegalovirus...

:heartbeatNot true! I live in Southeast Michigan, "the Metro-Detroit and inner city" area and we respect ALL of our geriatric nurses. We need you and want you for LTC, home health and hospitals. Like what others have said, most of nursing is geria...

Hello. I am just wondering what your HFOV or jet orientation was like. I had eight hours orientation with them, and I wish that I had more.