Anaclaire

I'm very interested in Reiki and was wondering if anyone knows/does Reiki either in their personal life or in their nursing career. Our state board of nursing approves CEUs for a "Reiki Seminar for Health Professionals" taught by a certain Holistic...

In a Georgia NICU Level 3 30 bed NICU I worked in there were 2 LPNs who had been working there for nearly 20 years. They were not transferred to Peds or Mother-Baby Unit but were only allowed to care for feeders & growers. Our policy was that ...

Great post Mira! The NICU is very interesting in that we are often in constant proximity with one another during the entire shift. It's not like you can leave your patient's area easily when you don't want to be in the middle of certain conversation...

our hospital stopped insisting parents and visitors wear gowns back in the early 1990s after some study showed they made no difference in infection control... seemed to be a hold-over from the 1940's and 1950's. we do however keep gowns available fo...

Will one of the 7 lawyers be there representing only you? I've never been in such a situation but it seems like a good idea. From what I've known of in the past, hospital attorneys will try to protect nurses but seem to put the hospital and the phy...

I'm so proud of you for reporting this! It takes courage sometimes to do that, especially if we feel our co-workers will give us a hard time for it later on. Like webbiedebbie said, when reporting things to the next higher up person (like your super...

Our float areas include staying within our "sister" units of the Maternal-Child Department. (Our hospital is a 650 bed hospital with a 26 bed Level III NICU.) Most of us float to the Transition Nursery which is mainly staffed by the Mother-Baby nursi...

I've been "out of the loop" for almost 3 years, but I remember some of the mothers of our preemies being prescribed Reglan (Metoclopramide) by their OB-GYN doctors to help increase their milk supply. Sometimes it worked. I searched the internet a bi...

Level III NICU ~ The nurse assigned to the baby is responsible for transcribing the medication order onto the Medex. We also calculate the dosage and write it there too. A second RN or LPN must also check the order in the chart and compare it to wh...

Teshiee, I found my best help from reading Handbook of Neonatal Care by Merenstein & Gardner Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing edited by Beachy & Deacon (an AWHONN publication published by Saunders) Manual of Neonatal Care ...

teshiee, i have my rnc "certification in neonatal intensive care nursing" from ncc "national certification corporation for the obstetric, gynecologic and neonatal nursing specialties". here is a link to their web site: http://www.nccnet.org i studie...

teshiee, i have my rnc "certification in neonatal intensive care nursing" from ncc "national certification corporation for the obstetric, gynecologic and neonatal nursing specialties". here is a link to their web site: http://www.nccnet.org i studie...

Good article Kristi! Makes me remember the phrase, "Experience makes the best teacher." Many times when making snugglies out of blankets I have considered how I could make one at home using a bunch of my blankets. Can you imagine how BIG the snuggl...

Good article Kristi! Makes me remember the phrase, "Experience makes the best teacher." Many times when making snugglies out of blankets I have considered how I could make one at home using a bunch of my blankets. Can you imagine how BIG the snuggl...

Kristi, I'll try to get in touch with my previous NICU manager to see if she is still using the noise device and if so, any info you would need to find one of your own. Wish me luck! Anaclaire

This is a good thread Kristi! I love your post Prmenrs because is speaks volumes! Leadership really has to be committed to change, and the changes must be done slowly as you mentioned through committee involvement. Too much change too fast tends to...

Are you familiar with Contemporary Forums? They offer seminars as well as have self-study CD-ROMs. Topics include: Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Pediatric Inpatient Nursing Pediatric Outpatient Nursing Neonatal Nursing Neonatal Pharmacology Neonata...

I like this thread. It's great to learn how other people do things and to find out ways we can possibly improve our own places. Our hospital allows two armbands per baby. This means that when a baby is admitted, it's Mom and one other person she ...

is anyone planning on attending any of these? do you know of any other meetings, conferences or other very good ceu educational opportunities you'd like to add? 4th annual nicu nurse managers leadership forum april 24-27, 2003 desert springs mariott...

This information comes from my Neonatal Medications & Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide, 2nd Edition book. Neofax is another good medication administration book we use in the NICU. 0-7days and >7days refers to the age of the baby. I'm not a...

That makes sense to me Kristi because I've been noticing that since NANN and Neonatal Network split, that the NANN articles and advertisements in their new journal, Advances in Neonatal Care, seem to be directed more toward NNPs and other APNs. I do...

This week I received a CD-ROM from Contemporary Forums titled "Neonatal Nursing" which has 12 different lessons which each have a test I can send in for CEUs. I think each CEU is $6 per hour but don't quote me... This is the first contact I've ever...

The ADN program I completed did not include Pathophysiology. I took that when I continued on to get my BSN (at the same university). I also took other classes like Physical Assessment (a much more in depth class as compared to what we learned in th...

i'm with you emily_mom! if i had spent 13 years writing a book and it was shredded in a matter of seconds, i'd truly want to kill myself too!!! arrrrgggghhhhh!!!!! otherwise, these are some of the funniest stories i've heard in a while! "truth...

Thanks for your reply Tonya. It sounds like you are making a very good decision for yourself, and I'm certain you will be happy. Wishing you a wonderful nursing career!!! :balloons: