doularoz

doularoz has 6 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. Parents never cease to surprise me

   doularoz replied to NFB2008's topic in NICU

   For those of us that have been doing this for YEARS, it can get frustrating to see abuses of the welfare system over and over. I think it was clear that this was not a judgement about the mom being on medicade, however that does not help when the ch...

2. Subutex withdraw

   doularoz posted a topic in NICU

   I was wondering what everyone's experience has been taking care of babies exposed to subutex during pregnancy. We have mothers tell us that they were told by their Dr. that Subutex does not cause withdraw in infants. From what I have read, that is n...

3. Cup Feeding Strikes Again!

   doularoz replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU

   We have the same issue only our alternate method of feeding is "finger feeding". Basically you put a 5F ng tube attached to a syringe full of formula into the baby's mouth with your finger. Then squirt the milk into the kids mouth and hope he is ab...

4. Need Information About Charlotte

   doularoz replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina

   I may be moving to the Charlotte area but I have no clue about the area. Whad are the suburbs called around the city so I can look for a house I want to work at a BIG hospital with a good NICU. What are the income levels. What kind of a house can ...

5. How to get into NICU?

   doularoz replied to Charmedone619's topic in NICU

   NICU seems to be a popular area and can be difficult to get in to. You just need to be an RN as far as degrees go. Some units hire new grads and some want experiene. A good place to start is regular newborn nursery if you can't get right into a un...

6. Floating to NICU... how to be helpful?

   doularoz replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in NICU

   I think it's great that you are taking this much time to gather information to increase your skills/knowledge in an area where you float. Your NICU should be thrilled to have you in the unit. Most people would not do this. It sounds to me that the...

7. hmm maybe time for a change....

   doularoz replied to Annken's topic in NICU

   I am having a similar problem. It seems that a majority of our families have major social issues ie. drugs, abusive homes, parents that don't seem to care to have one more baby etc. It kills me to send these kids home to a bad situation. Childrens...

8. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

   doularoz replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX

   I had that conversation with a GN who had just taken the NCLEX and we both agreed that you would have to have had done really bad to fail in 75 questions so don't worry about it. She failed and now I feel stupid. Foot in mouth, again!

9. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

   doularoz replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   Never in a million years!

10. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    doularoz replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

    I had a postpartum patient call me to the room to ask if I thought it was ok that her poop smelled bad.

11. i want to be a NICU nurse

    doularoz replied to marie229's topic in NICU

    If you have trouble getting into a NICU try mother/baby nursing first in a hospital that has a NICU. Then aks to shadow or work per diem in the NICU. Maybe they will orient you to feeder/grower babys to start. Good Luck

12. How do you get "experience" when no one will give you a chance?

    doularoz replied to MelRN13's topic in NICU

    I would definately get some mother/baby experience. I'm not opposed to hiring inexperienced NICU nurses (we all had to start somewhere). You might have better luck finding a job in maternity as a transition job. I actually does help to have a good f...

13. Calculating PGE drips

    doularoz replied to Love4Me's topic in NICU

    we actually have charts for things like dopamine, dobutamine, epi, prostaglandin. You look at weigh in grams across the top then the mcg/kg/min down the side. It then gives you the hourly rate according to our hospitals standard concentration. It'...

14. books written by preemies

    doularoz posted a topic in NICU

    Some of my friends at work are joking about starting a book series about the preemies perspective of NICU. By the way, a lot of our families could be on Jerry Springer. Any suggestions for titles i.e. Is crack a vitamin? Why's my daddy in prison? ...

15. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    doularoz replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

    Yes, unfortunately I got to to see it for myself. They were teenagers and I guess he thought it would feel neat or something. They took a shower together later that day. I bet she was pregnant at her 6-week check-up!