Mimi2RN

Mimi2RN ASN, RN

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  1. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    Mimi2RN replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you sent your message again. Otherwise, why would they tell you it was deleted without being read? Maybe you could email abc news, they might like to know what happens to

  2. in need of some good reads: nursing fiction

    Mimi2RN replied to jolie chatte's topic in General Nursing

    Cute cat! Try Devil's Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman. It's about Munchausen-by-proxy. I remember going to the library at the end of the term, first time I'd had time to read anything that wasn't for...

  3. Did we do the right thing? 23 wker

    Mimi2RN replied to jarrn03's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think you did the right thing, too. Before we had inhouse peds, we had something similar happen. We were told not to do anything, he had no resp effort, so we didn't try. If the transport team is...

  4. Uterine rupture yesterday...

    Mimi2RN replied to USA987's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You did well, knew you had a problem, made a fuss, and got the right response. Congrats to all of you (doc included!). It's a team effort getting a mom to the OR when something is going wrong. It's...

  5. Scrub or handwash?

    Mimi2RN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our visitors have always done a 3 minute scrub when they come in to visit their baby. They also had to wear a covergown. Now we have been told that they don't need covergowns, and scrubbing isn't...

  6. Clothing from home?

    Mimi2RN replied to weepeenurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have regular baby clothes for our little ones, all sizes. We don't dress them if they are in an isolette with an IV, or one that turns blue regularly. The clothes have been donated by parents and...

  7. Transporting newborns after c-sections

    Mimi2RN replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We carry normal newborns to a room in PACU, next to where mom will be, for recovery. Dad or whoever is in OR comes with us. We do allow other family members to see the baby on the way through as we...

  8. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

    Mimi2RN replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Even crazy and dysfunctional moms get to keep their babies, unless they have threatened to do them harm. Pending, of course, approval by Child Protectice Services. We do keep CPS Hold infants in the...

  9. Need Your Opinion: Am I Finished in Med/Surg or Not?

    Mimi2RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Instead of playing Musical Beds, couldn't you move the patient in a wheelchair, and then housekeeping could clean the bed as well as the room? That might be easier on you. Maybe it wouldn't work with...

  10. I heard somewhere that flushing pills

    Mimi2RN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    We now have special disposal containers, white with blue tops, for all our med waste. IV bags, tubing, buratrols, meds, except for ampules. The waste has to be squirted in the container, too. These...

  11. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

    Mimi2RN replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do almost all of the above, no agency nurses though. We have a supervisor on nights that makes phone calls, gets help from other areas of MCH, in the evening will call people at home. We have an...

  12. Looking for an NRP course...

    Mimi2RN replied to NTPinky's topic in General Nursing

    Our nurses have 6 months to take the NRP class. In that time, they are supposed to attend normal deliveries, to get some hands-on experience with babies. I think it would be hard to take NRP without...

  13. help with liquid measurements

    Mimi2RN replied to letina's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Imperial measure has 20oz in a pint, that's what you would have used before metric measurements came into use in the UK (After I moved to the US). Over here, a pint is 16oz, a cup is 8oz. We consider...

  14. Trisomy 18 question...

    Mimi2RN replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think most NICU's and nurseries have a copy of the Smith book, aka the "Funny Kid" book. It's not one that's available for parents, though. Also we don't recommend it for pregnant nurses. It's hard...

  15. Scrub or handwash?

    Mimi2RN replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for all the replies. It's nice to know how things work in other places. I wish they would keep the cover gowns (they are just hospital gowns, too). Some people are grubby when they come in, and...

  16. Newborn relocation stress

    Mimi2RN replied to odessakl's topic in General Nursing

    We have found that the little ones coming back to us seem to be worn out that first night. Their feedings are off schedule, as the referring hospital doesn't like to feed them on the road, and maybe...

  17. Routine newborn blood glucose testing?

    Mimi2RN replied to bbnurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We don't do routine testing, either. LGA, SGA, IDM babies, stressful deliveries, symptomatic babies. After transition, we'll check a baby who isn't nursing well, to see if it's something to worry...

  18. Do you parents bring car seats in the hospital?

    Mimi2RN replied to Zhlake's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mom's are discharged from pp with babe in arms, in a wheelchair, down to the car. We do the same from our nicu, even if mom has been discharged. They do have to sign that they have a car seat and know...

  19. Please complete this hypothetical, preemie discussion:

    Mimi2RN replied to StressedDad2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my experience, any 34 weeker that is able to go home with mom is probably closer to 36 weeks. Also, the clueless 36 week twins we had for three weeks were probably 34 weekers. BTW, that c/s was...

  20. Please complete this hypothetical, preemie discussion:

    Mimi2RN replied to StressedDad2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are other things involved, r/t mom's health. Is she PIH? On mag sulfate? Has she been given beta methasone? Is she PROM? GBS pos or neg, and has she been treated? 34-36 weekers can be wonderful,...

  21. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    Mimi2RN replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I modified this. We do have nurse delivered babies. I'd rather have the baby delivered by a labor nurse than wait for the doc to get it out, when the baby isn't looking good. We have a ped hospitalist...

  22. Why do we need the docs for delivery?

    Mimi2RN replied to ER1010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's what happened to me. I was 7 months pregnant when I moved to the US, and I didn't have a clue about having a baby. My mil had made an appointment for me with the only OB in town. He told me...

  23. Who wears gloves when starting an IV?

    Mimi2RN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Do you tape with gloves on, or take one off before you start? I don't like being attached to a baby. It's easier when you have someone else to assist, and it's not an active term

  24. Information sought on bears with hearts

    Mimi2RN replied to cajrio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We used to have one, kept it wrapped in a clean blanket as it travelled between babies. Later, we took the player out of the bear, and just used that. It can work really well with term babies, premies...

  25. This is sick

    Mimi2RN replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    I have been told by a long-since-retired nurse that the premies and other babies who were not expected to survive would be put in a back corner of the nursery, and if they survived the night, then...