NICU_babyRN

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  1. My first med error :(

    NICU_babyRN replied to RNin2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Don't too much!! You'll learn from your mistake and something like this one wont happen again. I gave MEROPENEM at the completely WRONG time once, the kid got almost twice the recommended amount in...

  2. E.Coli in sputum aspirate cx

    NICU_babyRN replied to NICURN04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've seen it a few times and EWWW...... hand washing!!!!!!! is a

  3. Death rates in your NICU?

    NICU_babyRN replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How big is your NICU? I would say we probably average 3-5 deaths/month, maybe a little less. We have 60

  4. NICU staff educators

    NICU_babyRN replied to jbgilb's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our staff educators are always around the unit, and some of them do advanced skills (PICC placement), but they are not working per diem. I wish sometimes they would just to keep up with practice....

  5. Which job would be better for a NICU career?

    NICU_babyRN replied to HappyPediRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Both sound like very good options, so I would pick whichever you like

  6. Applying for a neonatal icu post

    NICU_babyRN replied to nurz-rach's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you are coming without experience, they can not presume or assume you will know how to care for neonates. They will ask what you think may be challenging as you become a NICU nurse. If you are...

  7. Do regular "newborn nurseries" still exist?

    NICU_babyRN replied to nervousnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NBN are around, but like it was said above, babies are rooming in with mom more and more. Many hospitals have "One Room" systems where delivery suite becomes a post-partum room and the baby stays...

  8. I got the job ... and then let it go

    NICU_babyRN replied to Sun*shine's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ditto the above poster!!!! DON'T go work somewhere that is of no interest to you. Yes, two months of no income can be rough BUT....it's NOT about money, it's about what makes you happy. Be frugal for...

  9. How did you become an NICU nurse?

    NICU_babyRN replied to wooosp's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm thinking you are a nursing student already? If not, getting into nursing school (if you want to be a nicu nurse) is your first step! Once in nursing school I did the maternal/child clinical that...

  10. Returning to my first love

    NICU_babyRN replied to Polaris0000002's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think some of it is like riding a bike, while a lot of it you will have to re-learn, but it sounds like your love is NICU, so I say go back to it, but ask for the same orientation a new grad would...

  11. Wound VAC in NICU?

    NICU_babyRN replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yup-Gastroschisis and a baby who developed compartment syndrome post-op. We use them more than I thought we

  12. UACs and tegaderm use

    NICU_babyRN replied to NICU_Nurse_3986's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Never cover the stump! Not only does gross stuff grow under that tegaderm if you cover the stump, but it also prevents the stump from drying and with that, the catheter can actually migrate in and/or...

  13. I took STABLE today...

    NICU_babyRN replied to HappyPediRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's so exciting! I loved my STABLE class! I have Cardiac Stable next week!!!!!!!! I use my STABLE book with new nurses on my unit A LOT!! i LOVE LOVE LOVE their VBGs and ABGs

  14. Applying for a neonatal icu post

    NICU_babyRN replied to nurz-rach's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The interview will be like any other interview as far as what they will ask you.... But you have to ask questions, and you want to ask about the "culture of the unit", how is the "team work", how is...

  15. Question about soap.

    NICU_babyRN replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NANN guidelines for us also. Tiny ones get warm water and gauze, bigger babies J&J Head to Toe. Baths are twice/week and PRN for the big stinky

  16. LOW Census

    NICU_babyRN replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In in the chicagoland area also and we are sllllooooowwww-it's a bit scary. We staff for 22-25 and have been working 17-19. I'm getting a 2nd per-diem

  17. Policy/Practice with capped PICC

    NICU_babyRN replied to RN4Little1s's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    PICC: Hep flush with 0.5ml Hep NS (5units of heparin) q4hrs. CVL: Hep flush with 1ml Hep NS (10 units heparin)

  18. hourly rate

    NICU_babyRN replied to jeffrey01's topic in Michigan Nursing

  19. Premature baby 'comes back to life'

    NICU_babyRN replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had a set of twins about two years ago, twin-twin transfusion. The smaller of the two was only 380 grams at 27 wks. The bigger was almost about 1000grams! Both are alive, but it is the bigger...

  20. Nursing school

    NICU_babyRN replied to EnursMstuR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Although many hospitals do hire ADN RNs, I feel many are going away from it for their NICUs. My hospital still hires ADN RNs however they prefer some experience or the "promisse" to go back to school...

  21. Accidental Extubation

    NICU_babyRN replied to twizzlers67's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    For all you neobar users, please be aware that there is a little "notch" on each side of the bar where it meets the duoderm that you can literally cut with scissors in the case of an emergency! if the...

  22. blood gases and your standard of care regarding them

    NICU_babyRN replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not a single gas in 21 days? I don't work in "intermediate Care" nursery all that much-usually in the intensive care therapy wher our sickest babies are taken care of. In Intermediate care though,...

  23. Gastroschisis

    NICU_babyRN replied to littlepeach's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We cut sterile drape strips/rectangles and wrap the defect in it, then wrap around with kirlex. Usually if we know there's a gastroschisis baby coming surgery comes up within the hour to place the...

  24. hands on care schedules in your unit

    NICU_babyRN replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    omg I would hate it if someone told me that a baby HAD to eat on a 8-11-2-5 schedule! or 9-12-3-6....seriously? What about devoting time to do a GOOD assessment? You can't assess two kids at the same...

  25. NICU Shadowing Update

    NICU_babyRN replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Glad to hear you enjoyed your experience! It takes time, but you will learn to take care of the most critical patients in the long run! About the manger vs recruiter: The recruiter is the...