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  1. Cath lab salaries

    nekhismom replied to heartlover07's topic in Cardiac

    At my hospital, there is a ~1.00 to 1.50/hr premium.

  2. Is cath lab for me?

    nekhismom replied to aruray's topic in Cardiac

    I've been in the cath lab for almost 2 years now, and before that my only experience was ob and NICU. Talk about a HUGE change and feeling so lost and out of place! I am a fast learner and I ask a...

  3. Board of Nurse Examiners?

    nekhismom posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    anyone else hate the tx bne?? they make me so sick. i am a new grad and i applied for licensure in tx way back in november. i just recently got approved to practice as a gn in texas, but now i am...

  4. skin grafts?

    nekhismom posted a topic in Burn

    Hello all! I posted before about my brother with 2nd/3rd degree burns over about 8% of his chest. He is doing ok, but his physician still REFUSES to give him anything for pain other than the Lortab...

  5. Ever Walked Out On An Assignment????

    nekhismom replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Travel

    I walked out on my second travel assignment. I was considered a "registry" nurse with this agency, so I was expected to work at various facilities in a certain area. THe agency promised me hours,...

  6. Travel Nursing in Daytona Beach Florida

    nekhismom replied to NurseyPoo's topic in Travel

    Does anyone know of any Cath Lab travel positions in the daytona area? I'd be very interested to hear of any news any of you might have. THanks.

  7. Applying for cath lab job, what should I study up on?

    nekhismom replied to Christi321's topic in Cardiac

    Good for you for trying! \I went from the NICU to the cath lab with no adult critical care experience, and it was hard at first, and still is sometimes. But if you are willing to work hard to...

  8. Noninterventional Cath Labs

    nekhismom replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

    I don't think interventional labs will be out, because there will still be plenty to repair. I think non-interventional is going to be out of a lot of cases, though. Our MD's are expecting the 64...

  9. Noninterventional Cath Labs

    nekhismom replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

    We do interventions in my lab, and we have surgical backup available 24/7. We also have a diagnostic only lab in the house, but they have the same backup. If a pt is cathed in the diagnostic lab and...

  10. One hour up and two out post cath.

    nekhismom replied to bobbyg's topic in Cardiac

    We only have Angioseal, PerClose and StarClose in our lab. We have Clo-sure P.a.d. in the lab, but I've never seen it used. We rarely use PerCLose d/t pt c/o severe pain with deployment. We mostly...

  11. Sheath pulls

    nekhismom replied to jesshopper12's topic in Cardiac

    I work in the cath lab, and I pull sheaths quite often. Worst one yet occured on a floor where I was to observe and check off a new nurse. Pt was hemodynamically stable but had a GIANT hematoma, had...

  12. Peripheral Arterial Lines

    nekhismom replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never seen the drip method! We pull back on all of our lines slowly with a 3ml syringe. We then obtain enough blood for the sample, and we give back the "waste" that we pulled off. All of our...

  13. Does NICU level IV exist???

    nekhismom replied to Sandhya's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in a level IV NICU. We're a regional referral center and we do have ECMO capability and do every surgery under the sun for wee

  14. Difficult families....

    nekhismom replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have parents that say who can and can not take care of their kid all the time. Usually it is because one nurse enforces the rules when others let the parents do whatever they want to do. Of...

  15. CPAP or DPAP - when and why?

    nekhismom replied to Nyoro's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't have DPAP either. We use nasal CPAP and are trialing vapotherms right

  16. NICU visitation policy-Are more visitors really better?

    nekhismom replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have 24 hour visitation, except during change of shift reports. Parents can place 4 people age 18 or over on visitation list to visit when parents are not there, this includes grandparents....

  17. Did we do the right thing? 23 wker

    nekhismom replied to jarrn03's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Kitty, I wish we had a letter similar to the one you posted available to our parents. I have NEVER heard of our dr's discussing long term outcomes with parents except in exceptional cases----you...

  18. Co-Bedding

    nekhismom replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    nope, we don't cobed at all.

  19. Male Nurses in NICU's

    nekhismom replied to curiousmind's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work with 2 male NICU RN's and they are both great. One is full time, other is PRN. The f/t nurse jokes about the NICU being his "kingdom", but we all love him. We also have a male NNP, who is...

  20. N-PASS Scale

    nekhismom replied to nursesmith's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Used it before, and I liked it a lot better than the junk we use now (PIPP/comfort

  21. Poll: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?

    nekhismom replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I do use it quite a bit, but still prefer good ole fashioned handwashing! Cathy, have you tried Aveeno brand intense relief hand cream? It is supposed to last for 24 hours, but it does last through...

  22. free ice cream!!! Today only!!!

    nekhismom replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    and where would one find the ice cream

  23. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    nekhismom replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And I was just thinking about how to edit it. THere are several personal attacks on the previous 2 pages. These need to be edited, or I will edit them. Aside from those personal attacks, however,...

  24. Adding Fortifier ??

    nekhismom replied to cmorriscat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yikes! I actually read the Similac HMF box at work the other night, and it does say 1 pack to 25 ml=24cal!! I asked some of the other nurses about this, and they were all surprised, too. So, I was...

  25. Various R/T Roles??

    nekhismom replied to NoCrumping's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our RT's don't do chest PT and we rarely give neb tx here (don't know why), but I guess they would do that. They handle EVERYTHING with the vents, fit kids for cpap and maintain those machines,...