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  1. Another irritating question...CBI

    cocco replied to garciadiego's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work in an inpatient urology floor. Our doctors place our 3 way foleys and we maintain them. Usually we titrate them until the urine is pink. Things to watch for are flow, output, color and...

  2. are the rumors true???

    cocco replied to taapple's topic in Agency Nurses

    You can specify whatever you want to work with the agency. They might call you with other kinds of shifts but if you do not want to work them be strong and say no. I have not had a problem with many...

  3. Creatinine in JP fluid???

    cocco replied to ladybugdivarn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    If there is creatinine in the jp fluid it means there is a urine leak at one of the reanastamosis

  4. Lying Foley bag on floor?

    cocco replied to bookwormom's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I work in urology/gynecology in one of those great magnet hospitals that are being spoken of and we do put our foley catheters on the floor. For some reason the catheters that they place in the or...

  5. Help, please! Need fast responses on Infection Control

    cocco replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    1) Do you have your parents scrub up and gown before coming in and visting their baby/babies? Visitors are supposed to be doing a 3 minute scrub. I can say that usually doesn't happen, usually they...

  6. Best Practive for bathing neonates?

    cocco replied to BABY--RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    According to our policy ELBW infants are bathed with sterile water and older ones are bathed with tap water and J&J

  7. Can someone offer an ante nurse some insight?

    cocco replied to KellNY's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with the other posts. Only our neos go to consult and get consent and then they document a full page of their consult for the chart. It is not the rn's place to consult it is our place to...

  8. What have you done besides NICU?

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

    med-surg

  9. How bad would it be to get pregnant while in nursing school?

    cocco replied to Soup Turtle's topic in General Nursing

    I planned my second pg to be during my last year of nursing school. I had many kidney problems, was admitted to the hospital for 4 days. I was due 16 days after the final. I delivered on a...

  10. I did it!

    cocco posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I got my first IV stick all by myself from start to finish!!! I have done good hitting veins but I usually need help to finish off advancing the catheter and flushing and taping while holding the...

  11. I did it!

    cocco replied to cocco's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There was someone in there that I could have just said hey help if I needed to but it is not policy that we have two people. There are usually more than two around to do an IV and look the kid over...

  12. Have you performed CPR?

    cocco replied to TemperStripe's topic in General Nursing

    Did chest compressions on a neonate last night for the first time. I have only been in the NICU for 10 wks. Before that I was in med/surg for 1.5 yrs and never did compressions. We only had 2 codes...

  13. PT/OT: 100% satisfaction Nursing: 75% satisfaction

    cocco replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    It is even worse when you work at one of the largest hospitals in the area and one of the best hospitals in the country, that is noted for having the slogan of world class care. If I had a penny for...

  14. What's YOUR favorite specialty area?

    cocco replied to socishan's topic in General Nursing

    I just started in the NICU and love it. I always knew I wanted to work in peds/L&D and while I was looking for a L&D position and there were none available, I fell into a NICU position. A...

  15. Poll: Male Nurses in the OB? Ok or No Way???

    cocco replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I did not get to vote in the poll cause it was closed, but I would not want a male rn delivering me. For the same reason I will not go to a male ob/gyn. It makes me uncomfortable to be examined by...

  16. Blood glucoses

    cocco replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't know our policy for new admissions cause I haven't had one yet. I have only been in the NICU for a month, but the only time I have seen them done so far is when a kid was changed from d10 to...

  17. Thermometers- personal or shared?

    cocco replied to wee one rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have our own stethescopes and we use the rolling thermometers with probe covers. We do keep the probe covers attached to the isolette and reuse them on the same

  18. Do you like team nursing?

    cocco replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

    There are a few floors at my hospital that do team nursing. I have never floated there but I think it is ridiculous. To have to float an LPN, RN or PCNA from our floor to their floor even though...

  19. Is night shift easier?.....

    cocco replied to RN1263's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a 36 bed med/surg unit in a teaching hospital. On nights we like to have 5 rns which would give us 7 pts and one rn would have 8pts. Lately we have had 4 rns which gives us 9 pts each. I...

  20. Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    cocco replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    Just don't wear anything with lace. One of the new grads didn't even have to bend over; all she did was turn around, and I happened to be looking in her direction. It was like a train wreck; I...

  21. getting report

    cocco replied to ersnurse00's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have only been on the unit for 2 days so I don't know all the small details yet but we have a sheet that has all the pt assignments in our conference room. It is done by the charge rn. We then get...

  22. Support staff

    cocco replied to Jules A's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    At the NICU I will start in next week there are only

  23. At what point do you call in sick?

    cocco replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I am also sick right now. I have called off since Tuesday, 3 nights. I have a bad cold, not enough to go to the dr but enough that I would be dripping snot and coughing and spitting up phlegm every...

  24. How far do you commute to work?

    cocco replied to flowerchick's topic in General Nursing

    An hour, but my new job is about 45 minutes.

  25. Can a suppository be given via a colostomy?

    cocco replied to floatRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have never done it but I know you can. If it is an enema our ET nurses do