LaNICUnurse

LaNICUnurse

Peds, 1yr.; NICU, 15 yrs.

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  1. Starting school soon...

    LaNICUnurse replied to Boogie's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I am not sure what it is for new grads, but I will find

  2. How is lab collection treated in your unit?

    LaNICUnurse posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In our unit we have to collect what I consider to be an unusually large amount of blood for our tests. How much do you all collect and who does the collection? Amounts for things like CBC's,...

  3. Cath UA on a preemie

    LaNICUnurse replied to htrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use 3.5 fr feeding tubes. Our doc has them specially ordered for our gavage feedings. So, with our micro-premies, we use them for UA, and

  4. New Dual Lumen PICCs

    LaNICUnurse replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have just started using them. I haven't yet placed one though. I like the idea of having more than one port. The first one I dealt with had one port that wasn't working,

  5. At what gestation would YOU want YOUR baby saved?

    LaNICUnurse replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What kind of medical issues did you

  6. At what gestation would YOU want YOUR baby saved?

    LaNICUnurse replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree, the vigorousness of the infant should help to rule the decision. I have seen micro-premies that do very well. They ususally exhibit spunk from the

  7. At what gestation would YOU want YOUR baby saved?

    LaNICUnurse replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are one of the lucky ones. I see babies everyday that shouldn't have been resuscitated. I believe that the individual baby tells us how to treat him/her by their responses. But, we have to be...

  8. How is lab collection treated in your unit?

    LaNICUnurse replied to LaNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks, Gompers. I'm going to suggest it to our

  9. Continuity of care...What's your unit doing?

    LaNICUnurse replied to edynjoy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for the info. My unit needs to do something like

  10. How do you deal with lazy nurses??

    LaNICUnurse replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurse Clown, you are not a push over. You may be the next one needing the extra help, and

  11. How do you deal with lazy nurses??

    LaNICUnurse replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    AMEN, to those of you telling the complainers to do something about it. I liked the statement "NURSING IS NOT FOR LAZY PEOPLE IT IS A HARD JOB." by Jupiter Crash. It is also a joint effort, not one...

  12. Recrutiment and Retention Incentives

    LaNICUnurse replied to Anita126's topic in General Nursing

    What other suggestions do you have? I am also looking for ideas to submit to my

  13. Starting school soon...

    LaNICUnurse replied to Boogie's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I went to nursing school straight out of high school, and admire y'all for going back with family. I am a RN in Shreveport. :heartbeatI love my job, and wouldn't do anything else. I hope you all...

  14. What ended your honeymoon?

    LaNICUnurse replied to smkiya's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You were so mad at them, but did you stop to think how their last few days had been? If yours was as bad as it was, I bet if you had asked them, they would have had horror stories that would have...

  15. What ended your honeymoon?

    LaNICUnurse replied to smkiya's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Welcome to the real world of

  16. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    LaNICUnurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I think this one is one of the

  17. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    LaNICUnurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL

  18. How is lab collection treated in your unit?

    LaNICUnurse replied to LaNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do the same with Ampho. We also have some nurses that are trained to put in PICC's. We love them, and are beginning to use the new 2 port catheters. Also, we just yesterday began trialling the in...

  19. anyone study Sylvia Rayfield?

    LaNICUnurse replied to augirl4ever's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did in 1991. It worked, I've been an RN ever since. Good Luck!!!

  20. "restraint" policies

    LaNICUnurse replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What is their incidence of NEC when they do start feedings? I have been taught that the earlier the feedings start the better it is for the intestines, especially if it is breast milk. The longer...

  21. gavage feeds and paci's

    LaNICUnurse replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I always offer the paci, and thought everyone did, for the reasons mentioned above. I think it is poor insight into the infants development to not offer it. Also, I always encourage moms to let us...

  22. How is lab collection treated in your unit?

    LaNICUnurse replied to LaNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I do this also, and if you become skilled with it, it is very less traumatic to the infant. Not good for anything that has to go in a vacuum tube

  23. Would you consider a home birth?

    LaNICUnurse replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's not for me. Like those above, I'm a NICU nurse that has seen too many bad outcomes from home

  24. Syringes with no needles - garbage or sharps container?

    LaNICUnurse replied to Hoozdo's topic in General Nursing

    It is our new hospital policy that all syringes go in a sharps container. I personally don't agree with it, because we use them for feeding our babies. So, there are a lot that don't have any...