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  1. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    NebraskaRN replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    There is a hidden song on My Chemical Romances Black Parade album that I think of everytime that I draw blood but I dont know the name "Blood,Blood gallons of the stuff never be enough" I am going by...

  2. Crib Cards & HIPPA - researching policies

    NebraskaRN replied to DonnaH123's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We are a level 4 regional medical center. We have code cards that have the babies last name (mom's last name it does not matter what the birth certicicate says the name always says mom's last name)...

  3. I only have two hands

    NebraskaRN replied to NebraskaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Good news he got a PICC line and was intubated the next day. The poor baby is on the mend. But he may have to have another shunt placed after the antibiotics are

  4. I only have two hands

    NebraskaRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i am so frustrated right now. i had one of those nights were you start off behind and never see the surface again for 12 or more hours. i started the shift by getting report and alerted to leaving...

  5. I only have two hands

    NebraskaRN replied to NebraskaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well they are thinking that his VP shunt was infected and he really was still acting

  6. Tell me about your job....

    NebraskaRN replied to WDWpixieRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i think that a average shift can be related to your experience as a student with the adult med/surg atmosphere. i come into work and get a verbal report, then i review orders and medications time...

  7. How are travelers oriented/viewed in your unit?

    NebraskaRN replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use travelers when we are busy in the summer. Travelers can be great and a relief to see, but we have had some travelers that were not a relief and made more work for us because we had to watch...

  8. Ivh

    NebraskaRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Does anyone have any good resources for IVH (Intraventricular Hemorrhage)? 1. Grades 2. Ultrasound Pictures 3. Developmental/Neurologic outcomes I am trying to learn more to make a poster inservice...

  9. Overstimulated

    NebraskaRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So the other night I had one of those nights.... The nights when you think I am here doing this for what, what was I thinking. I had a 25 weeker (5 days old) on HFOV and having diminished breath...

  10. Overstimulated

    NebraskaRN replied to NebraskaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No the assignments are not always like that, but our census is very high right now and I was the lucky winner for that assignment... lol Yes I did get sleep and relaxed and did some activities like...

  11. Potential NICU asks NICU nurses: What do you love/hate

    NebraskaRN replied to katie0416's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    LOVE: Feeling like you are able to change this little persons life, you can help them to grow and learn the things they need to survive and become healthy children that can go home with their parents....

  12. How many patients a day

    NebraskaRN replied to NICUplease's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We can be responsible for 1-4 babies. 1:1 babies are very sick and are fighting for survival if they are not expected to survive they are 1:1 and depending on the care that needs to be done they may...

  13. How big is your "unit"?

    NebraskaRN replied to BiologyNerd's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are technically a 52 bed unit. Although we frequently go over that. We have 5 rooms that have 3 pods for the ICU and 2 rooms 1 with 9 beds and the other with 10 beds for intermediate. Also we have...

  14. Fly on the Wall

    NebraskaRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What do you do when you feel like no one around you gets what you are doing day to day at work? I sometimes have days at work that really take me time to get over physically and/or emotionally and...

  15. Feeling overwhelmed!!!

    NebraskaRN replied to lilbug's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah I felt like that when I came off orientation. It does it better, but going to orientee to registered nurse takes longer than the walk into work. You will feel more confident and comfortable. But...

  16. Difficult Delivery!

    NebraskaRN replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have seen some injuries but the injury that was one of the worst was a slice in thte back of the infant from a scaple with a c-section that required plastics to close the

  17. 30 day NGT/OGT rinse or discard??

    NebraskaRN replied to supermommy3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we only keep our NGT/OGT in for 7 days but if they come out before that we discard and reinsert fresh. We use tegaderm to hold ours in place although steri-strips help hold one on the infants with...

  18. Hospital Scrubs

    NebraskaRN replied to nicunursem10's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We wear our own scrubs, pretty and printed but we have a dress code to follow. If we are going to hold infants we wear cover gowns. If we go to the OR or DR we use cover

  19. IV Infiltration

    NebraskaRN replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are not able to use hot packs anymore due to burns and we cant do much for infiltrates. I have not seen a necrosis from a inflitrate but we try to elevate and assess and

  20. When a Baby dies....

    NebraskaRN replied to Anonymous2013's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I remember a death that was hard on the whole unit. A 26 weeker who had been alive 5 days but going down hill. I had the infant the night before he died and it was hard we were doing everything we...

  21. Parents that make you go MMMMrgh!

    NebraskaRN replied to danissa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had this one family that was a teenage (14) mother and her mother (proud grandma) who hated each other and had loud arguments on the unit, they were spoken to multiple times but we are "Family...

  22. How Do You Cope?

    NebraskaRN replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah when the going gets tough it only seems to multiply. Our unit is busy and it has alot of tough situations right now. I find it hard some nights and I try to talk to other coworkers, but sometimes...

  23. Funny Names

    NebraskaRN replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yeah I forgot Meconium (for a girl we talked them out of it) Ultra Platinum

  24. Funny Names

    NebraskaRN replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nacerima (american backwords) Prince-Kalem Zakee Gang Triplets A,B,C (Alexis, Bailey, Chloe) We also had parents change the names of their triplets because when they came out they did not come out...

  25. "1 Year" Anniversary in Two Days: My Experiences

    NebraskaRN replied to EnigmaticParadigm's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated from nursing school May 18, 2006. That was one of the proudest and most bittersweet days of my life. I started :welcome:my job at the NICU at a regional center teaching hospital that is 1...