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  1. Does YOUR licensing body give out your address?

    nell replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

    California lists name, license number, status, county, and dates of original licensure & current expiration. Those of you in states that list addresses should work to get it

  2. NICU Travel Nursing? Anyone done this or know about it?

    nell replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Kristi, I'm a CA NICU nurse - Silicon Valley to be more precise. We have used travelers in our NICU in the past, but haven't in the past year due to budget concerns. There are a lot of other...

  3. IV Starts

    nell replied to Mofe'ny's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Kristi, surgilube = Ky jelly. Sure are a lot of good ideas here! Too bad we got "stuck" with catheters that are waaay too long and seem to blow and leak more than any we tried

  4. Sewing your own scrubs

    nell replied to obeyacts2's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Kat, Are you knitting your socks flat and then seaming them or "in the round"? Either way, do you have some directions you could share? If yours are portable, they sound easier than ones I've...

  5. Holiday Decorations and Infection Control?

    nell replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We decorate all of the time for all kinds of reasons/seasons. Everything (including phone lists and other important things!) comes down when JCAHO comes

  6. stressed out nurse needs advice

    nell replied to Bikerchic's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    More than a year. Sometimes I still don't. Get over the hours, but Mandatory OT should be outlawed. I won't work for a facility that allows it. I did better working 12hr shifts and doing every...

  7. t-shirts for IVs

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks, all. We have someone with a Serger to do the sewing but are gathering data before we settle on a pattern. Do the velcro tabs on the shoulders get messed up in the wash? Do the shirts come...

  8. How are you supposed to answer the phone?

    nell replied to MRed94's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I bet that cr*p is comming to a hospital near me. They are very into that kind of thing. So far, they have said we must answer the phone in 5 rings or less....takes me 3 rings to hear it over...

  9. Per diem questions

    nell replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    Shift differentials of ten percent (10%) will be paid for the evening shift and twenty percent (20%) will be paid for the night shift. A weekend differential of ten percent (10%) will be paid to an RN...

  10. Refusing and safety

    nell replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    In CA you cannot legally be floated to a unit that you have not been oriented to and do not have current competencies on file

  11. BID vs q 12h

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks Mofe'ny, but it was like talking to a wall to get some understanding from resp. therapy. Unfortunately, our CNS isn't any help, so the Neos are being told to write orders q12h, q6h etc. and...

  12. BID vs q 12h

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No offense to all of you non-NICU folks, but that is the point I was trying to make: that it is a different world in NICU, and RTs that are trained in NICU should also recognize the uniqueness of the...

  13. BID vs q 12h

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for the replies. Mofe'ny, you get the problem exactly. It doesn't matter how the Neo orders anything for us; we just put it on the appropriate schedule - taking into consideration the baby's...

  14. t-shirts for IVs

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks so much Dawn! We do the over the shoulder thing too, but the boss wants special shirts,

  15. Staffing and acuity

    nell replied to BBnurse34's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, if "Wonderland" is in California, your facility is in violation of Title 22 which mandates staffing minimums in certain units. Nursery and NICU are 2 of the units with minimum staffing ratios...

  16. ideas for special projects

    nell posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Okay, time to share. What special projects do you or someone else, do for your patients/parents/unit? To get things started, here's one I do: Stick-on sunglasses. Parents are often upset that their...

  17. ideas for special projects

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey NicuGal, That's a great idea. All we give out is the gift pack and book from the formula reps and a hat on holidays. PS: if you want a Disney font (and don't have it already) here's a place to...

  18. ideas for special projects

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Since I'm in the process of printing more of these up, I thought I'd add this to the "special projects" list. We mostly feed pumped breastmilk in our unit and add fortifier or NeoSure to the majority...

  19. first day of orientation

    nell replied to Nicunurse_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    nicunurse_rn, oh my! it sounds like this nicu has some real problems! and some really bad nurses! i think your expectations for orientation are right-on and there need to be some major changes in...

  20. ideas for special projects

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, here's another one: These are little envelopes for baby's hair when we have to shave it off for an IV. They're acid-free parchment with a traslucent vellum window and each has an embossed...

  21. ideas for special projects

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Great ideas Anaclaire! I particularly like this one: Would you believe I've never seen that in any NICU I've worked in? I guess it's time the practice spread to the West Coast!

  22. Air Fresheners in the hospital

    nell replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    My golly sunnygirl272! How in the world do you have that info at your

  23. Air Fresheners in the hospital

    nell replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    deespoohbear I know what you mean. Although I don't have asthma, I am sensitive to a lot of fragrances. Even though our unit is posted with signs that perfumes and colognes aren't allowed (tiny...

  24. prn question

    nell replied to carz's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the olden days when I did adult nursing, we used to get orders like this so that we could give a Tylenol plain with a Tylenol #3 instead of giving 2 Tylenol #3 when one wasn't enough....

  25. ideas for special projects

    nell replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Mark, I like the bears! Were they one flat piece of felt or 2 layers with stuffing? Stuffed ones would be more like teddy bears, but flat ones would go into baby books better. What does everyone...