Love_2_Learn

Love_2_Learn

Level II & III NICU, Mother-Baby Unit

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  1. NICU certification

    Love_2_Learn replied to lovemybabes's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.nicusolutions.com Thanks NeoNurseTX for sharing your experience with this company! I have seen the speaker at national nursing conferences and read some nursing journal articles she has...

  2. RNC Review Course

    Love_2_Learn replied to mvg rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.nicusolutions.com Not meaning to hijack this thread, I just wanted to share this company which also does very good reviews for study towards the RNC exams. (They have reviews for High...

  3. Preceptorship in NICU - waste of time?

    Love_2_Learn replied to 3fins's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Follow your heart. Lots of nurses over the years have "gotten a foot in the door" doing what you are talking about and it helps the management get to know you. Many managers have "unadvertised"...

  4. opinions on contemporary forums conferences

    Love_2_Learn replied to ymm123's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Glad to hear you say that Steve because I have always heard absolutely wonderful reports on the FANNP conferences. Maybe I can try to go next

  5. Help in finding thick white scrub pants

    Love_2_Learn replied to babudust's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Don't know about a good brand to tell you about, but I was wondering if wearing underwear that matches your skin color would solve your problem. I have a pair of white jeans, and you know how thick...

  6. opinions on contemporary forums conferences

    Love_2_Learn replied to ymm123's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been to some of them and enjoyed them. One thing I liked about them was that at the end of the morning sessions when there had been 3 or 4 speakers we would all take a little break and during...

  7. Sepsis and increased A's and B's

    Love_2_Learn replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I looked around and found this. An article published in Pediatric Surgery International back in 1987 by Chuang, et al in Quebec (Pediatr Surg Int 1987 2:271-277). The article starts out saying that...

  8. Breast Milk Verification

    Love_2_Learn replied to CHBRRT's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We used to have 2 RNs check it together but we recently were able to have our computer department figure out a way to let us be able to print out breast milk labels which have the same bar code as...

  9. Job Offer in Newborn Nursery

    Love_2_Learn replied to jadu1106's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations to you!! My first nursing job after nursing school in 1991 was in a Well Baby Nursery too. About 6 months later our Well Baby Nursery combined with the Postpartum Unit to become a...

  10. What do you look for in a Nurse Supervisor?

    Love_2_Learn replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    I'd much rather respect my supervisor than like them. Respect is earned in so many ways too, including the example of assisting on the unit when times are desperate, being calm and acting like an...

  11. Neofax 2010 Question

    Love_2_Learn replied to niculove's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Prmenrs you are so right about the Merenstein & Gardner book. I was fortunate enough to listen to a few lectures given by Sandra Gardner at A.N.N. conferences and she is awesome in every way!...

  12. Neofax 2010 Question

    Love_2_Learn replied to niculove's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Awww niculove, you are very welcome! I know you will be very glad to have your Neofax and it will help you be the best nurse you can be. Remember though that a new edition comes out every year or...

  13. Got asked to primary!!

    Love_2_Learn replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm so happy for you. What a nice confidence booster too. Seems like they could really feel your sincere care for them and their baby. You have a wonderful career ahead of

  14. Neofax 2010 Question

    Love_2_Learn replied to niculove's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Absolutely, positively buy it. Put it near the very tip top of your list. Take it to work and each time you give a drug look up the drug, proper dosage to check that the doctor ordered a correct...

  15. Surfactant Administration, drawing up the medication

    Love_2_Learn replied to rachels.rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have better luck not instilling any air into the vial. The last thing you want is to have a bunch of bubbles in the surfactant because it works incredibly better that way. As you said, never shake...

  16. Question about checking residuals...

    Love_2_Learn replied to luvmyboys's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    All of our breast fed babies are weighed before and after nursing while wearing the same clothes, blanket and diaper that they were wearing before they start feeding. One of our pediatricians...

  17. Sweet Ease

    Love_2_Learn replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Short term procedural pain as mentioned by others except we do not use it for neonatal abstinence syndrome babies (I suppose to not mask the effects of their withdrawal medication). Lab sticks, IV...

  18. RT's Drawing from a UAC

    Love_2_Learn replied to megcourt's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just the RNs for us to draw from UACs and PALs at all the places I have worked. The RRTs can do arterial sticks

  19. I am officially a NICU nurse!

    Love_2_Learn replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratulations!!! The book you referenced in your post is my favorite. I also love the one called "Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases and Drugs" by Tricia Lacy Gomella....

  20. Professional Organizations

    Love_2_Learn replied to darynash's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you darynash. I appreciate that! :-D prmenrs I have always loved your saying about never trusting a 35 weeker. You have said this for several years and I often think of you when I read the...

  21. Some questions about gentamicin...

    Love_2_Learn replied to summerlove2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use the Neofax as well. You can order one online from Amazon which is where I get mine. There is usually a new one published each year. When you look up gentamicin in there you will see that it...

  22. Professional Organizations

    Love_2_Learn replied to darynash's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I became a NICU nurse in 1994 and joined NANN at that time; have been a member ever since. When NANN broke apart and the Academy of Neonatal Nursing was formed I joined them too since they took the...

  23. What to do when the census drops...

    Love_2_Learn replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our prn's are the first to be called out when we have low census. They look for work in the well baby nursery or on pediatrics too. A couple of them worked on mother-baby in the past and will take...

  24. Sat monitoring -- Car Seat Test -- CHANGES?!

    Love_2_Learn replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would think that the pulse oximetry probe would be necessary to help validate any heart rate drops. You know, when you correlate the two helps to be sure you are seeing what you think you are...

  25. CBC clotting

    Love_2_Learn replied to NJNICUCCRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sending a big Thank You to Steve for his perfectly logical explanation about the lysing of the RBCs causing the clotting cascade to begin. I remember learning to gently turn the tube back and forth...