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  1. RN - Relocating to Douglasville Ga

    tracy6fan replied to SmittysRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    What type of nursing job are you looking

  2. suburban hospitals?

    tracy6fan replied to prinzessdy's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I live in the far southwestern side of the county so it takes me 40-50 minutes to get to work on a good day. I know that sounds like a long time, but you get used to it living in Atlanta. Plus I...

  3. suburban hospitals?

    tracy6fan replied to prinzessdy's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Prinzess, I just might be able to answer this one... I live in Douglasville and work in the NICU at Cobb. We're level III and transport out all surgeries to Scottish Rite or Eggleston. Don't know...

  4. Discharge teaching

    tracy6fan replied to Mithrah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We tended to have the same problem with the "last day teaching" and found it to be extremely overwhelming for the parents. We've been working on it hard and have just added a "To Do" checklist for the...

  5. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    tracy6fan replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    I don't know how it is in other states, but here in Georgia now, Medicaid/Medicare has added their own set of questions to the PG surveys, and they're basing their reimbursements on the...

  6. Sugesstions on how to anchor UVC/UAC lines

    tracy6fan replied to VEVINA's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    BBG, we use the hydrocolloid gold hearts and put a hat

  7. Cath UA on a preemie

    tracy6fan replied to htrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Or a 5Fr feeding tube if you have

  8. Securing OGTs

    tracy6fan replied to millyk30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My thoughts exactly Gompers. We use the green tubes too, but change them every 3 days. A product rep for the 30 day tubes showed me something on the green tubes I'd never noticed before. There are...

  9. If I can't have NICU...

    tracy6fan replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You will surely learn alot in any of those units that could apply to the NICU. I worked in a PedsER for a few years when I became burned out after 9 years in the NICU, and I felt like I had never...

  10. Poster ideas for the NICU?

    tracy6fan replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NICU_Nurse, if you're seriously interested in doing a poster on car seats, I can help you out with some great websites. We redid our parent teaching notebook on car seats a couple of months ago and I...

  11. Sugesstions on how to anchor UVC/UAC lines

    tracy6fan replied to VEVINA's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, you're going to love, love, LOVE the Giraffe beds!!! After I said this I remembered there is one drawback...those darn temp probes! They're a little stiffer than the disposable ones we use on...

  12. vein viewer

    tracy6fan replied to pedrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use the transilluminator attachment on the bili blankets all the time for IV lines/PICCs or to transilluminate a chest. I will say it kind of ruins you after you get used to using it. One of our...

  13. NICU positions in GA?- What's up??

    tracy6fan replied to JennicaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Jennica, if you're still job hunting, what part of Atlanta do you live

  14. companies that manufacture neonatal products!

    tracy6fan replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A couple more to add Respironics/Children's Medical Ventures: http://chmv.respironics.com/ Specialty Medical Products:

  15. omphalocele baby

    tracy6fan replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We've seen a marked increase in belly defect babies here, 6 gastros in a 2 or 3 week period during the spring. The genetisists are finding a link between belly defects and meth use, which is also...

  16. Sugesstions on how to anchor UVC/UAC lines

    tracy6fan replied to VEVINA's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've worked in units that have done it both ways and I prefer opsiting to the belly. It seems to hold the lines more secure and I haven't experienced any problems from humidity on the ELBW babies....

  17. What Virginia towns/cities do you recommend working in and why?

    tracy6fan replied to fd5151's topic in Virginia Nursing

    The Lynchburg to Roanoke corridor may be what you're looking for. Both are beautiful areas with the Blue Ridge Mountains for a backdrop, smaller towns (pop~100,000) and less congested than northern...

  18. What can managers do to work on their staffing schedule more effectively?

    tracy6fan replied to Angelfish1234's topic in General Nursing

    We self-schedule in a computer based program (active staffer). It can set the maximum number of people that can schedule themselves for a shift, let's say 8, and once 8 people sign up no one else...

  19. which hospitals have a nicu

    tracy6fan replied to prinzessdy's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Not all NICUs will offer a nurse externship, so you may be limited by that. From those choices, decide how much you want to see. Scottish Rite and Eggleston NICUs would offer the most as far as...

  20. Cobb Wellstar Emergency Department

    tracy6fan replied to ctbtrini's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I'm responding too late for your interview, but I work at Cobb in another department and like it. I've worked in several hospitals in 3 different states in 18 years of nursing. It's been a good fit...

  21. PICC line certification

    tracy6fan replied to dopeyrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The manufacturer of the product you use may offer certification classes. We use Kendall PICCs and they're doing a class in the Atlanta area in

  22. Vapotherm pulled by CDC???

    tracy6fan replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    After the Vapotherm was pulled here, someone in RT management jerryrigged a "high flow" cannula together with a concha heater to use in place of it. Some docs will use it, some won't. It was cleared...

  23. can nurses intubate?

    tracy6fan replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    KK, I think my nurse manager just toured your unit about a month ago. She came back and told me about a unit that nurses did everything you described, and as an 18 year veteran, it gave me the...

  24. Umbilical Artery Catheter Question

    tracy6fan replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The CDC's website is a good place to start when you're looking for various practice recommendations. www.cdc.gov It's often difficult to find full text articles on the web unless you're a member. We...

  25. what's your policy on switching out isolettes?

    tracy6fan replied to luv-r-babies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of the reasons I joined this forum was to network and see what other units are doing. This was one of the questions at the top of my list. Like Luv, I too am having a difficult time finding...