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  1. sweetease

    Jokerhill replied to winterblue's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree it needs to be used

  2. sweetease

    Jokerhill replied to winterblue's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I could see this as interfering with care making the baby suffer needlessly. I think nurses may not do all that to use it for a minor procedure like a blood draw or dex stick. Or they would keep a...

  3. Male NICU nurse

    Jokerhill replied to Callsign Skinny's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are right I am corrected, but I don't think of this as a male/female issue its a cultural one. I agree move on when you can, I have been called to bad delivery's before, and asked to leave by the...

  4. Neonatal X-Ray Interpretation

    Jokerhill replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Radiology Cases In

  5. Neonatal X-Ray Interpretation

    Jokerhill replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Radiology Cases In

  6. Male NICU nurse

    Jokerhill replied to Callsign Skinny's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have never had a problem with it and another male NICU nurse friend had a news article about him a little bit ago. A local politician had a baby and he was thanked by her for helping her with...

  7. Utter failure with my first baby that should have been coded

    Jokerhill replied to LisaNICUrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't want this to seem like an attack on you, but learn from it. Sounds like the outcome was okay, baby lived, I'll point out that babies have decels in utero for just as long and live normal lives...

  8. Male Neonatal Nurse

    Jokerhill replied to KamarulFitri's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have worked in the NICU now for 14 years, I had to move here when I hurt my back in adult ICU and it took some adjustments. I really like it now and usually do the high risk deliveries and charge...

  9. RNC--Low Risk Neonatal vs. Neonatal Intensive Care

    Jokerhill replied to littleneoRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I took the regular exam, this was the hardest test I ever took in my life, I passed but lots of thinking involved. I had worked level II almost III for 4 years for experience transferring from Adult...

  10. Any male nurses working in OB?

    Jokerhill replied to Jack245's topic in Men in Nursing

    "On top of that I'm a lactation counselor." I have gone to the classes but I am more into the high acuity patients, the sicker the better, I'm not so much into the well baby

  11. Any male nurses working in OB?

    Jokerhill replied to Jack245's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't work L&D but I attend a lot of deliveries being a high risk RN in the NICU. There are two of us guys where I work and two in L&D it does not seem to be a problem for most. There are...

  12. What do you make?

    Jokerhill posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This was on my face-book page this morning what do you think? Stole from a fellow NICU RN

  13. Which topics in microbiology are the most useful in nursing?

    Jokerhill replied to Copperismydog's topic in General Students

    Do any of you draw blood cultures? Do you know why they are drawn in two sets an hour apart? If you took Micro you should. Why do you draw them when the patient has a temp. vs a febrile? You should....

  14. should potential employers use credit checks?

    Jokerhill replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they should be able to, it says a lot about the person and if they have been able to maintain themselves or not. I want someone working for me that can plan and prepare for the future. It is...

  15. Play Dr. House

    Jokerhill replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    What was the response to renal dose dopamine? What is the uric acid levels Blood and urine? I would like to know also the renal ultrasound result and what the blood flow to the kidneys

  16. Newborn's of Drug Dependent Mothers

    Jokerhill replied to rickdon19's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It all is dependent on the severity of the withdraws the baby shows. Some are so severe the baby has a hard time eating and sleeping, so they will need to be given OG feedings or IV's with or without...

  17. Advice

    Jokerhill replied to AlynnSN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with your instructors advice for many reasons. 1 When you apply for a job as an RN you will have some medical experience to put down. 2 You will learn things not taught in school that...

  18. Having difficulty getting labs on newborns-need tips please!

    Jokerhill replied to babyburperrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked in hematology for 14 years before going into nursing and now the NICU. If the specimen is good when you it leaves your unit it will be good to run forever. Clotting is a fast process not a...

  19. CBC clotting

    Jokerhill replied to NJNICUCCRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are wrong, I worked in hematology for 14 years before going into nursing and now the NICU. If the specimen is good when you it leaves your unit it will be good to run forever. Clotting is a fast...

  20. Job advice, please help! Don't know what to do.

    Jokerhill replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me that you need to talk to your PMD and see what has in his offer, it may or not be worth it at all. You need to get a gurantee like Konan O'brian did for hosting the tonight show, if he...

  21. Having difficulty getting labs on newborns-need tips please!

    Jokerhill replied to babyburperrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Look under the NICU forum there is some discussion there about this, including

  22. Mandatory Internal Transfer at New Job (sorry, really long!)

    Jokerhill replied to jorjaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just needed to vent, and wonder if you guys think that I have a reason to be frustrated? Yea, you do have reason to be frustrated. I can't imagine how the transfer committee is feeling, there are so...

  23. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

    Jokerhill replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    The lab will never be perfect and they know when a result is not consistent with life like a PT result greater than 35 sec as most humans start to spontaneously bleed out at that point. Or a potassium...

  24. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

    Jokerhill replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    the lab is not perfect but they try hard to be.

  25. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

    Jokerhill replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse should know not to start the dose when they do not knowing the trough level! If it is important enough to order the test, it is important enough to check the value. If it was not important...