labordude BSN, RN

L&D, OBED, NICU, Lactation

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    Evidence based practice for newborn care

    labordude replied to babynurse428's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Boston Medical Center did a study a short time ago about the effect of delayed bathing on breastfeeding rates. It would seem (and I'm sure this will be replicated) that delaying the bath until around...
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    Is it difficult for men to get into NICU?

    labordude replied to MattNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Most NICU nurses I've met have never worked labor and delivery at all, they want very little to do with caring for adults as patients. I'm usually the only male in the units I work in just like...
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    What should I ask while shadowing a NICU nurse?

    labordude replied to bnc0725's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Make sure you ask questions you've always wanted the answer to. Make sure you try and see through non-rosy colored eyes that this is a specialty that pushes your critical thinking skills, your...
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    NG tube placement

    labordude replied to Animal3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Evidence shows that the nose to ear, ear to xiphoid is not as reliable as NICU nurses would like to think, nor is nose to ear, ear to umbilicus or xiphoid-umbi midpoint. de Boer, J. (Coby), Smit, B....
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    Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    labordude replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Had to leave this here...wise words from the legendary George
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    Stethoscope covers OK for men?

    labordude replied to leftysoftball's topic in Men in Nursing

    I could also argue there isn't much manly about the Chicago
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    What kind of experience did you have?

    labordude replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I went into the NICU as a new grad. It did require that I relocated to another city, but it was what I
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    Anything new in you're NICU

    labordude replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If we were to implement something 'new' in our NICU, it would still likely be 10 years "old" by the time we got it
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    Any male nurses working in OB?

    labordude replied to Jack245's topic in Men in Nursing

    I also work in NICU, but spend a lot of time in deliveries and in the nursery. On top of that I'm a lactation counselor. Very rarely has it been an issue and I would love to transfer over to L&D,...
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    Care Times

    labordude replied to sab7169's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It sounds like you need a coordinated meeting with some staff nurse representatives, your nursing leadership, members of the surgery team, and your neo team. If they are an hour apart, could they...
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    Bracelets in the NICU

    labordude replied to kandrien's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't put the bands on the preemies. They are typically stapled or paperclipped together and attached to the inside of the isolette. The L&D nurses have learned not to try to slap bands on...
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    What causes As and Bs during gavage feeding?

    labordude replied to LRC_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Also consider checking the placement of the tube with new measurements, especially if this is happening EVERY
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    Male Nursing Student Interested in NICU Nursing

    labordude replied to jchap12's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As a guy and a NICU nurse for almost 6 years, I can say that NICUs love guys. I've worked in 6 different NICUs, a newborn nursery, been to hundreds of deliveries, and I've been a certified lactation...
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    What do you make?

    labordude replied to Jokerhill's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I made some additions to really focus on NICU nurses. "You're a NICU nurse?? That's cool, I always wanted to hold and rock babies for a job. Tell me, what do you make?" "YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT I...
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    Are we trapped by our nursing degrees? Is nursing worth it?

    labordude replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    Looking back, I probably would not have gone into nursing. At this point I'm working on an MBA and then moving toward an Ed.D. I initially thought that my nursing experience would be hugely...
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    RN to CLC????

    labordude replied to scupp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I took the CLC course offered through Healthy Children and found it to be excellent. It is a great start for those who want to work toward becoming an IBCLC. You will learn a great deal of theory and...
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    WOW Projects Does Your Hospital Do These?

    labordude replied to gibbygator's topic in General Nursing

    By working in a vacuum, I meant not looking beyond that patient, right now, on this shift. You can still think about the bigger picture even if you have more to do. It sounds like the system around...
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    WOW Projects Does Your Hospital Do These?

    labordude replied to gibbygator's topic in General Nursing

    Poster/scrapbooks aside, those days are gone. We can no longer work in a vacuum because it benefits no one. We as nurses have to see ourselves as part of a larger system and work together with each...
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    WOW Projects Does Your Hospital Do These?

    labordude replied to gibbygator's topic in General Nursing

    I had to do a project similar to this when I was at the end of my new graduate residency. My group focused on error prevention for new graduate nurses. It was not that hard and pretty fun actually....
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    Blood products question

    labordude replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We will transfuse through our 24g IVs or through our umbilical venous lines. Very rarely will we infuse through our PICC lines, though this has varied among different facilities upon the size of the...
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    Staff assignments

    labordude replied to luvsmaui's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is what I have so far Gray, J. E., Richardson, D. K., McCormick, M. C., Workman-Daniels, K., & Goldmann, D. A. (1992). Neonatal Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System: A Therapy-Based...
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    Staff assignments

    labordude replied to luvsmaui's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are threads about this everywhere. What there is not is any sort of consensus about how best to assign patients to nurses. I've found several research articles with great information,...
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    Questions from a staff nurse

    labordude posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Hi to all managers and staff reading this, As someone with experience in multiple facilities, I see situations come up that are handled in many different ways (or sometimes not at all), so I am...
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    Should I call? Or inappropriate?

    labordude replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    E-mail addresses are usually easy to figure out. Once you know the name of the person and the organization, just google "@organization.com" or whatever they are. Most companies are First.Lastname@,...
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    Should I call? Or inappropriate?

    labordude replied to smkiya's topic in General Nursing

    There is no reason why you couldn't call the unit directly and ask to speak to the nurse manager. Why look a gift networking horse in the mouth when the job outlook isn't all that great at the current...