Love_2_Learn

Love_2_Learn

Level II & III NICU, Mother-Baby Unit

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  1. Art Sticks

    Love_2_Learn replied to Shenandoah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I forgot to add that if you hyperextend the baby's wrist it will often make the pulse more difficult to feel. It's very helpful to allow the baby to grasp the finger of your non-dominant hand and to...

  2. Art Sticks

    Love_2_Learn replied to Shenandoah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I once had a neonatologist teach us some tips on radial art sticks which I have found helpful. Along with feeling for the pulse, he taught us to look at the baby's inner wrist and notice they nearly...

  3. bilimeter readings

    Love_2_Learn replied to asher315's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree that each phototherapy light manufacturer has their own parameters. One of our nurse practitioners taught us that using the overhead phototherapy that comes attached to a regular radiant heat...

  4. Question for preceptors

    Love_2_Learn replied to RNin2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The newest issue of Advances in Neonatal Care (The official journal of the National Neonatal Nurses Association - NANN) has an excellent article titled A Nurse's Guide to Common Mechanical Ventilation...

  5. Rough Night in NICU

    Love_2_Learn replied to navynurse06's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is the kind of sad situation which is very difficult for everyone to come to terms with; thankfully it doesn't happen very often. It brings to my mind the wonderful organization...

  6. NCPAP with a rate

    Love_2_Learn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Do any of you know of any ventilators which can give a baby nasal cpap (either with the short prongs or with the little mask) which can be set to give a constant PEEP and a either a set rate or a...

  7. NCPAP with a rate

    Love_2_Learn replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you all so very much for responding to my post! So, you are telling me that the VIP Bird and the Drager ventilators can be set for NPCPAP or NPIMV with a rate and the ventillators do not scream...

  8. Need to share

    Love_2_Learn replied to Elvish's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi Arwen_U, I think most of us who post here and are NICU nurses have an understanding of how emotional each loss is for the family as well as the nurses and other personnel caring for them....

  9. VLBW infants and positioning

    Love_2_Learn replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    At the 30 bed Level III perinatal regional center NICU I worked in before I came to where I am now, we definately kept the baby's head midline with their body for at least the first 3 to 5 days. We...

  10. Can someone explain CRP test?

    Love_2_Learn replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do CRPs at my hospital on baby's who we think are septic whether they are newborns or ones who have been in the unit for a long time and suddenly get sick. I have heard somewhere that even a paper...

  11. Preemie Magazine

    Love_2_Learn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Have you seen the new "Preemie Magazine" which began publishing last autumn? They have recently partnered with the March of Dimes too. They offer a free subscription to NICU professionals and will...

  12. As a NP do you miss bedside care?

    Love_2_Learn posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello Everyone, I have two questions for anyone who would like to answer: (1) If you were a bedside nurse who loved bedside care before you became a nurse practitioner, how much do you miss bedside...

  13. NICU certification

    Love_2_Learn replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :thankya: Thank you for your kind words

  14. NICU certification

    Love_2_Learn replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi nicunursechristy, RNC and CCRN are considred credentials. Credentials are the letters you see behind a person's name to designate their education, etc. such as RN, MSN, FAAN, MD, PhD, etc......

  15. As a NP do you miss bedside care?

    Love_2_Learn replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi Zias! I'm glad to hear all the good things going on in your life and that the part-time plan is working for you. I also would like to go the part-time route. It sounds like you have a good plan...

  16. CCRN-----------Yeah I got it

    Love_2_Learn replied to cajrio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    congratulations!!!!!

  17. NICU certification

    Love_2_Learn replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't think it really matters whether your certification is from NNC or from Certcorp. Mine is from NCC. I chose them because everyone I worked with who had their certification had received theirs...

  18. nnp certification questions?

    Love_2_Learn replied to jackieneonate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is a terrific conference to help NNPs study for the NCC NNP Certification Exam. It is sponsored by the Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. Each year they have a conference with...

  19. As a NP do you miss bedside care?

    Love_2_Learn replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm glad to know that becoming an APN will not "always" place a nurse in a particular peg, if you know what I mean... One of the positive aspects of nursing has, for me, always been that we can move...

  20. As a NP do you miss bedside care?

    Love_2_Learn replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi Vickie, I'm tickled pink for you! I too may be a late bloomer; I didn't go to nursing school until my late 20's and I am now 45 years old. A part of me was wondering if my occasional lack of memory...

  21. As a NP do you miss bedside care?

    Love_2_Learn replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you shelq56 for your post. I look forward to hearing any more you can find out about NNPs being hired as bedside RNs. Maybe it has to do with certain state laws or board of nursing...

  22. As a NP do you miss bedside care?

    Love_2_Learn replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you both, TRAUMARN96 and boysinfirm, for you responses to my post.:nuke: I'm glad to know that Nurse Practitioners are able to be regular bedside RNs. I guess I was concerned that once a RN...

  23. Neonatal Certification

    Love_2_Learn replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I suggest reading over your copy of Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (Third Edition) because it gives a good outline-type review of nearly everything you may see on the test. If...

  24. Ventilators

    Love_2_Learn replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for the vote of confidence in the two books I like. :thankya: Even though Dr. Donn may be "Arrrrggggghhhh" to work with as an attending (and a wonderful guy on a personal level), I have to say...

  25. Ventilators

    Love_2_Learn replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I recommend two books for you to look into; I found them very helpful. Assisted Ventillation of the Neonate, 4th Edition by Jay P. Goldsmith, MD and Edward H. Karotkin, MD, published by Saunders....