Mimi2RN ASN, RN

I had shingles at age 13. It affected the left side of my face, from my temple to my nose, and in my sinuses. I broke out on the last day of school for Summer vacation. I have been told by my doctor that I should get the Shingrix vaccine. It’s ex...

I retired about 3 1/2 years ago at age 70. I had worked for the previous 20 years as a NICU RN, the last few years as charge nurse. My departments was changing, partly due to some poor management decisions, staff were leaving, some to retirement and...

Congratulations! With your background you should do well. I retired this year at the age of 70. I enjoyed my work, but the politics were getting to me. I've been a NICU RN for years, but management issues and excessive educational requirements, meani...

The local hospital usually hired a couple of nursing students as CNA's after our first quarter. It was good experience for me, I already had worked there as a volunteer for a couple of years. Unfortunately, that hospital and the other two within 20 m...

We close from 05-07 and 17-19. It's a small nursery and gets very crowded. Unfortunately, there are HIPPA issues if family members stay through report. It's not so much family members hearing about their baby, but there is a lot of interest in every...

I retired in June at the age of 70. I graduated from nursing school in 1986, did a stint on med/surg, moved to Peds and when management decided we didn't need a Peds unit or dedicated Peds nurses we decided it was time to relocate.My Peds experience ...

We use Tegaderm or Veniguards, with or without armboards. I get very irritated when I find an IV with the insertion site covered with tape!

We draw our own labs, line, venous or heelstick. We also have a Gem for blood gases. Some of our staff do art sticks if need be.

How things do change! This was started in 2006, and next year, certification is going to be mandatory in our NICU. That is the joy of becoming a Magnet hospital. No, there won't be any increase in pay.

I use NSO, Still less than $99 a year. There are other companies, too.

We don't cup, syringe or finger feed in our NICU. You don't learn anything about a baby, maybe he's not breast feeding because he's sick? That happened to us, we had the educator showing us how well cup feeding worked, but when she tried to demonstra...

We don't since we no longer have Multivits in the TPN.

I have had my own coverage since I became an RN. I've never had to use it and hope I never will. Would you trust that the hospital you work for now would cover you for an incident at your previous place of employment? I think not. When I retire, shou...

We have to have at least one on the baby, the other can be taped to the bed. Those bands are frequently cut off for IV restarts, but can be repaired and replaced. The hospital arm band stays attached to the sheet that it prints on, and that gets tape...

First of all, stop feeding when her sats start to drop. if she doesn't recover quickly, but keeps on dropping, then CPAP or PPV would be appropriate. To me, any baby that desats like that with feedings even when paced is getting tired. At that point ...

We don't filter lipids, just TPN.

If you have found that there are no interactions, and you don't have stomach problems, go for it! At least you are taking them.

About a year ago, we were busy, very busy. Some very sick babies, and many preemies. Now the census is down, and nurses are having to stay home, sometimes missing 2 or more days on a paycheck. Is it like this everywhere? I know L&D has had slight...

Thanks for your replies. I found out that our deliveries really are down, maybe people are actually putting off having babies! We still have a lot of teenage moms, though. They don't think about the cost of raising children, and for the most part, we...

Years ago, my SIL lost her first baby after 4 years of marriage, term baby, horrible delivery that should have been a c/s. Full code and transferred out a train wreck. Baby was severely brain damaged, seizing. The parents chose to stop and let her go...

The bands that we scan come on a sheet about 5" x 8 1/2". We tape that sheet to the warmer, isolette or crib, so it's away from the baby when we scan it. The baby is given regular bands with the same code as mom. Usually the baby only wears one of t...

We get paid for the night shift before the holiday, except for July 4. That's the only "day of" holiday for us. And it's for the full 12 hours of the shift.

We had a premie named Jhon. We all thought it was strange, but what can we do about that? A week or so later, we noticed that he had a new cribcard, "John"! The family had decided to change the spelling, making life much easier for one small boy!

Yesterday, I had an appointment scheduled with my PCP. There were several people in the waiting room, but it was quiet. After a few minutes, a teenage girl, maybe 16 yrs old or so came out from the exam room area over to an older woman sitting acros...

I would be surprised if the girl was 18+. But if that was so, she would not have been at a private practice doc's office, as there is more than one clinic here in town for adult to get care on her own, and then get more help for other care. This girl...