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    Making a good impression

    preemieRNkate replied to NeuroNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ask questions!! Seek out new experiences. Hopefully your preceptor will help seek them out for you as well. If you've had a couple days of feeder/growers, and you hear that a baby on the unit is going...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    We had a baby in the unit about a year or so ago, I think he was 26 weeks. He was up for a visit the other day (looking fantastic, giving everyone this drooly grin), and his mom has gone back to...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Plus, it's not always easy to get that pacifier in there with the ET
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Oh, I agree that it's good that they are able to self-soothe. It just makes me a little sad. I don't know what about it exactly, maybe just that it should be a pacifier instead of an
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Maybe it's me, but seeing babies sucking on their ET tube makes me a little sad. Like they should be sucking on a pacifier or something....I don't know. But your other 2, definitely
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    UAC fluid/antiseptic

    preemieRNkate replied to dbscandy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use NaAcetate (Full, 1/2 and 1/4) or NS (Full, 1/2 or 1/4). Both with 0.5 units of heparin/mL. We usually run at 1 mL/hr, sometimes 0.5 mL/hr on the smaller babies. We change fluids based on lab...
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    Starting in NICU...any advice?

    preemieRNkate replied to yuca799's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with ask questions! It is so frustrating to hear a new nurse say, "I know" to everything. I have 4 years of experience and I still ask questions almost every shift. Just keep your eyes and...
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    Most Patients during a shift?

    preemieRNkate replied to PinkFuzz's topic in General Nursing

    I work in NICU. The most patients I ever had was 5. They were all bottle feeders, no meds, eating 3-4 hours. I also had an aide with me to help feed (after I did vitals and assessed the baby). It...
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    You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have a friend who is always saying that she would love to have twins or triplets. I think she's
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    uniformsontime.com

    preemieRNkate posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Has anyone ever ordered from uniformsontime.com? My computer is giving me a security alert on the site, which is making me a little nervous. I'm not going to order from there unless someone else says...
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    Entering the NICU

    preemieRNkate replied to sweetspirit's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Keep at it! Sometimes it seems that we (my unit) won't hire someone who is a great candidate, and other times they'll hire anyone with a pulse. Be persistent, send them your resume and then follow it...
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    Funny Names

    preemieRNkate replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yes, combining the names of the parents. Almost as good as spelling one of their names
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    Blood Sampling

    preemieRNkate replied to lvnurs9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ditto. And anytime the lab requistion says that they need 3 ml of blood or whatever to run a test, we call them and ask how much blood they really
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    You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hmm, our 8th floor windows don't open either. But there is always the pneumatic tube system with it's 1 kilo weight
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    You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh so true. And you have used peroxide to get a spot of blood out of a blanket instead of changing the entire bed under a baby that just might bottom out if you attempt it again. (Hey, it's better...
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    The bad stuff

    preemieRNkate replied to mslinzyann's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Shadowing in a NICU is a great thing, and will give you a better idea if NICU nursing is for you. Good
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    Question for the females about working with a male in neonatal

    preemieRNkate replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    And then ask if every little thing that you are doing to the baby hurts. Funny story about a man that I work with. His name is Bob. We have all taken to calling him "Uncle Bob." We've all gotten so...
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    The bad stuff

    preemieRNkate replied to mslinzyann's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, before you can work in a NICU as a nurse, you need to go through nursing school. I'm assuming that you know that already? I have never worked as a nurse in any other area. I can't imagine...
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    Question for the females about working with a male in neonatal

    preemieRNkate replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work with several men, and like them all. I would certainly have them on my "list" of coworkers that I would want to take care of my own baby, God forbid I ever need NICU. My unit has a male...
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    99 Balloons - Warning. You'll probably cry your eyes out.

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Those are the kind of parents that make thankful I am a NICU
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    Traveling Nurse

    preemieRNkate replied to Doctor Guazzo's topic in General Nursing

    NRP- Neonatal Resuscitation
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    Xray Shields

    preemieRNkate replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have one tech that always uses them, but most of them don't. We have one taped on the x-ray machine, and we wipe it down with antimicrobial wipes between babies. It's from Save the Gonads (Natus...
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    was/is graduation this negative for you too?

    preemieRNkate replied to angelwingsamy's topic in General Nursing

    My parents divorced about 10 years ago, and they are NOT friendly. My graduation/pinning was more about them showing each other up with their significant others that it was about me. It was...
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    First time working night shift!

    preemieRNkate replied to NICURN04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It never fails...I think, ok our census is down, I'm going to bring a book or my bills or something to try to get done between rounds. You know I wind up with the trainwreck admits, or transports or...
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    Meltdown moment...when was yours?

    preemieRNkate replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, one time sticks out in my head right now and I still get teased about it. I was about 1.5 years into my career at that point, and we were pretty busy. I had 4 babies, but probably should've had...