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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    We've got our new residents (they're not too bad), and we also got new fellows this year. Fun
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    oscillatory and nitric ventilation

    preemieRNkate replied to munkypants's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree, get to be buddies with the RTs! I have learned SO much from the RTs I work with. I'm always asking them about the vents, and when I precept I always ask them to explain the vents to the new...
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    want to work intermediate care NICU

    preemieRNkate replied to iHeartNICU's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our charge nurses also kind of know who prefers what. Everyone knows I'll take a sick 1:1 over 3 pokey feeders any day. I don't know if you can sign up for assignments, but I sometimes will write a...
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    Biggest babys

    preemieRNkate replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Haha, we once told one of our new nurses that the NNPs were going to wax a baby's ears before discharge because it's unsanitary to have hairy ears like that. She totally believed
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    Codes: Can we administer code meds without MD present?

    preemieRNkate replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Whoops, didn't even
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    New NICU RN here!

    preemieRNkate replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratulations to the new NICU
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    Codes: Can we administer code meds without MD present?

    preemieRNkate replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have never been part of a situation where a baby was coding and there wasn't an LIP (either doc or NNP) there. Even back when we didn't have attending coverage 24/7, we had a fellow, resident and an...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    i wanted to share this with all of you. i sent a baby home yesterday (healthy and happily breastfeeding!), and the family gave me a very beautiful silver bracelet with a starfish charm and a card with...
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    Biggest babys

    preemieRNkate replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    13 lbs 2 oz. And 23 1/2 in long! He was so fat he couldn't open his eyes all the
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    post-discharge visiting

    preemieRNkate replied to bubbly's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Steve, that's pretty neat that both you and your sister are NICU
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    post-discharge visiting

    preemieRNkate replied to bubbly's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't have a policy either. I personally don't babysit for any kids that I took care of in the NICU, but I know others who do. I keep in touch with a few families, mostly via
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    Cpap

    preemieRNkate replied to Dachsielover's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What do you mean? How it
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    oldest babies in the NICU?

    preemieRNkate replied to bubbly's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think the oldest we've had was just shy of her 1st bday. That was about 5 years ago, before I worked there. The last old baby that we had was 7 months old before we could send him to
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Oh man, there's nothing like having to change out the isolette because to try to clean all the poop from the walls would just be impossible. What relief she must've
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    MRSA protocol

    preemieRNkate replied to untamable07's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When we spot someone in scrubs we are on them before they can touch a thing. We ask them where they are coming from in scrubs. If they came from working on a "dirty floor," we make them gown and...
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    Watch your deeplines, guys!

    preemieRNkate replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ugh, I've had that happen. It really stinks (for us and the baby!). Last time it happened, it was a PICC that migrated. I noticed it as I was getting report, I said something to the nurse that was...
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    "Never trust a 35 weeker"

    preemieRNkate replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So I've been taking care of the dreaded 35 weeker for the past couple of days. You all know, the kid born at a community level I hospital that comes out and then starts grunting and acting all silly....
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    Neonatal Brain Death

    preemieRNkate replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, we will offer the option of a DNR when the situation is futile. It sounds like that may have been the case in your situation. It is usually the kindest thing we could do for the baby, rather than...
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    NICU to another specialty

    preemieRNkate replied to KT17's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've had coworkers leave NICU and go to other areas. A few to PICU, L&D and the OR. The nurses that went to the OR went through an extensive orientation, a year long peri-op program specifically...
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    Male Nurses in Neonatal

    preemieRNkate replied to bigq2000's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    To answer your question, there sure are! Do a search here in this forum, as there have been some recent threads on male nurses working in the NICU. I work with several, and I know there are a few guys...
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    Shout out to fellow NICU forum junkies

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't post nearly as much as some of you, but I'm on here pretty much daily. I have laughed out loud and cried real tears reading some of the posts here. I've learned many new things, and hopefully...
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    Positive urine tox for alcohol?

    preemieRNkate posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Anyone have any idea about how much alcohol a woman would have to drink for her baby to have a + Utox? I'm trying to get an idea of how drunk this woman could have been when she delivered. I have...
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    Positive urine tox for alcohol?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As more and more info is coming out, me too. So
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    Pressure limits on infusion pumps

    preemieRNkate replied to corks's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, we don't have the syringe pump channels for the Alaris yet anyway. I don't know if we'll be getting them. We just label the actual syringe that is hanging (in the
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    Positive urine tox for alcohol?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, apparently they didn't do a tox on mom. From what I heard, the ED does not routinely do tox screens on MVA patients because if anything comes back positive, insurance will not pay. Not sure how...