Preemienurse23

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  1. CPAP positioning

    Preemienurse23 replied to SmileyGirl :o)'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You can always ask your RT to show you how to position it. I learned more from our RT's than my fellow

  2. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    Preemienurse23 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, I usually started my care plans in clinical, and I would sit a the station, but I would move if anyone needed the seat. I was a nurse tech though. I saw more and did more at work than in...

  3. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    Preemienurse23 replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    I loved this series the first time I read it. I read it in high school, before I decided to become a nurse. The sixth book just came out and I'm re-reading the entire series before the last one. I...

  4. Iv Cannulation Insertion Tips And Documentation

    Preemienurse23 replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    On the super hard sticks, we always wish we could use the abd veins, they are usually big and very visible. Our NNP and our transport nurses are the ones we turn to when everyone who is wiling has...

  5. Iv Cannulation Insertion Tips And Documentation

    Preemienurse23 replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have seen our transport nurses and our NNP's try multiple times for an IV. We don't have a set policy that I am aware of, but I usually don't try more than 2 times. It just depends on the kid, If...

  6. Parents and Firing Nurses

    Preemienurse23 replied to sunny17's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been fired once, and I was ok with it, I didn't like the mom any more than she liked me. We have had a few lists from

  7. Morphine Administration of very small doses

    Preemienurse23 replied to dance45's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are spoiled and have an awesome computer system that does the calculations for us. We just put in the mcg/mg, the volume, the dose, and it give us the total volume we are drawing up. We do dilute...

  8. peripheral line insertion

    Preemienurse23 replied to corks's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We dont use chlorahexadine at all in our unit. We use betadine and

  9. Rash

    Preemienurse23 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I admitted a 37.3 weeker a few days ago who was born with a vesicular rash. My first thought upon seeing him was ckn pox. They covered head to toe, all superficial though. Obviously they were ruptured...

  10. Rash

    Preemienurse23 replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry about all the posts. My comp wasn't sending them, or at least tell me it

  11. Rash

    Preemienurse23 replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It was intresting to see. We went for a long bone on wed when he was diagnosed, but I was off today so I don't know what is going on with him. I'm hoping it will go away without any

  12. You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    Preemienurse23 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    got a urine shower the other day, myself, from a bitty girl, no less. how she managed that, i don't know. fortunately it was near the end of the shift and i went home and took a looong shower, but i...

  13. didn't pass second semester

    Preemienurse23 replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I failed 2 classes during nursing and still graduated. Talk to your instructors and find where your weak areas

  14. Sump tube

    Preemienurse23 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had a kid who was 6 days post surgery to reverse his ostomy. He was on the vent for 5 days (don't get me started on the nurse who had him for 4 days...she scares me a lot!) I had him day 6 post op....

  15. Sump tube

    Preemienurse23 replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sxn was on 80 mmHg. I wasn't getting any clots, just thick stringy secretions that kept blocking up my connections. It may have been up against the wall, but that I don't know. We did get him some...

  16. Cobedding.

    Preemienurse23 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok, I know this has been brought up multiple times, but they are old posts. So: We have a set of triplets, (one didn't make it), but the other two girls are now in open cribs, no IV, on oxygen,...

  17. H&h

    Preemienurse23 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How low do you let your H&H get, esp. in the older kids? We transfuse our littler ones sooner than we would one who is 34+ weeks (corrected age.) I had one that I talked them into transfusing...

  18. H&h

    Preemienurse23 replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm just wondering if there is a relationship between low counts (with and without retics) and NEC? We have had such a huge outbreak lately and they have had lower counts. All the kids were "older",...

  19. Funny NICU Video

    Preemienurse23 replied to mybabies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That is the funniest thing I have seen in a

  20. Tell me about your job....

    Preemienurse23 replied to WDWpixieRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is no typical day. # days ago I sat around holding 2 of my 3 babies, and today I had one that I extubated, who still get fentynal, and one who got placed on NEC watch with a new PICC, sump, and...

  21. Preemie Nipples

    Preemienurse23 replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have the red nipples, but our OT and several of the nurses dont like them because they flow so fast. I don't care much for them. Our similac regular (a clear ring) flows fast enough for me. I do...

  22. Can't get a NICU job!

    Preemienurse23 replied to MommyandRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Since I have started in the NICU, we have had a few adult ICU nurses move over here. They go through an orientation and then they go to some of the same classes that the new interns

  23. Any new grads hired in NICU?

    Preemienurse23 replied to LyndseyER's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I graduated last may and went straight into the NICU. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, the closest I had ever gotten to NICU was working as a pca on the L&D floor. It was a bit...

  24. Funny Names

    Preemienurse23 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a Halo right now. Makes you wonder if they like video

  25. Units w/Private Rooms

    Preemienurse23 replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can see both the pros and cons of it. But I don't think I would want that in my unit, except maybe for moms in L&D or PP who could not visit, and I would probably want that time limited