RNCFinally

we had twins Fransica and Franzika.... poor kids Also had a baby named Gray... Mom was black and dad white and they said Black and white make Gray!!!

I used to work at a hospital in Queens NY. The perfusinist would set it up and the NICU and PICU nurses would run the pump... I am sure this was much more cost effective than paying a perfusionist... :) But It was great experience!! Both the patient and pump nurse were ECMO trained

I worked on a unit where we would sleep on our UNPAID lunch hour, in the break room.. where you could hear the code bell go off in an emergency. Then they changed it that we were not allowed to sleep on our UNPAID lunch hour, so the nurses would go to their car to sleep. At least when they were in the break room they were easily accessible. There were also times, rarely... if a coworker was not feeling well, others would cover her assignment so she could take a longer nap... this was not often, and only if the unit was not too busy. I feel what you do on tour time is your business... A quick nap can help you get home alive on a long commute!!! Corporate america is also looking into how power naps increases workers producivity!!

I am working in a level III Nicu, I was wondering how often do the Dr's and NNP's round on patients in a level III Nicu? I used to work at a teaching hospital and at least once during my 12 hours they would round.... Where I am now, I don't ever see them. Also how common are verbal and telephone orders??