Tiki_Torch

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  1. Confront a fellow nurse or not?

    Tiki_Torch replied to AmberL&D/RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Many wonderful posts to this thread!!! One tidbit... I know of a nurse who was fired for filling out a patient assessment before the patient arrived on the floor. Fired period with no chance of...

  2. Overtime

    Tiki_Torch replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Georgia there was a law (I think it was a state labor board law) that we couldn't work more than 16 hours straight. I did work 18 hours once or twice when I was at work and then went...

  3. Nurse to Couplet Ratio?????

    Tiki_Torch replied to aimeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It been a few years, but we generally took 3-4 couplets allowing for each of us to have an admission. During the busiest of times we'd sometimes end up with 6 but that was rare and didn't last long...

  4. Possible to transition to L&D from PP?

    Tiki_Torch replied to mandykatrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with everyone else. I've never worked L&D or LDRP but I did work on a Mother-Baby Unit for 7 years caring for postpartum moms and their babies as well as a few antepartums who were too...

  5. + Uds

    Tiki_Torch replied to RN,@yourCervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Many years ago I worked iin a hospital laboratory and we were talking about drug tests with one of our pathologists. He told us that because marijauna is fat soluable it stays in the urine/blood for...

  6. Grading Meconium

    Tiki_Torch posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello all you great OB nurses! I come to you with a question I hope you can answer for me. I've been out of nursing for 3 years and recently got a job in a NICU in my new state. I did NICU before I...

  7. Grading Meconium

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you SmilingBlueEyes, I completely agree with you!!! :wink2: As I said in an earlier post, I feel this hospital is incredibly backwards in soooo many areas... grading meconium is obviously one...

  8. Grading Meconium

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you JOLIE and RAGINGMOMSTER for your replies! You found some good research ther RagingMomster surfing the net! I looked around too but you really have a knack for finding things! The best I can...

  9. 4 hour observation patients

    Tiki_Torch posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My new hospital seriously lacks policies and procedures as compared to my previous hospital. This morning a term meconium baby was born with 3/6/9 apgars and there was a big debate as to whether he...

  10. IV & Pic lines

    Tiki_Torch replied to nurse62's topic in General Nursing

    I'm proud of you for standing up for what you know is correct and in the best interest of your patients and your license! Bravo for having the backbone to speak up for yourself. Concerning the RNs...

  11. Dopamine/Dobutamine

    Tiki_Torch replied to NICURN9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In my experience we've only used double strength solutions and infused them through UVC lines or PICCs or Central Lines... except in one case where we had to run it through a PIV but that was for only...

  12. 4 hour observation patients

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you for you reply iceNICUnurse! To answer your question about observation patient visitors: My previous hospital treated the baby as if it was a NICU baby: At delivery the mother and father...

  13. 2 year old prescribed Risperdal?

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you all for your posts. I'll certainly check out the "How on Earth" thread too. By the way, after speaking with the grandfather some other things I told him and remember talking with him about...

  14. nursing student needing advice

    Tiki_Torch replied to flw2185's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    flw2185, A lot can be said for getting a little adult med-surg experience, especially if you are not absolutely certain you will always want to be a NICU nurse. Even if you did get a year of adult...

  15. Tape in the NICU

    Tiki_Torch posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    just wondering what kinds of tape/adhesives your nicu uses and what you use them for. for example, how do you secure et tubes? my last hospital had specially manufactured et tube holders which were...

  16. How to get Certification in L.D.R.

    Tiki_Torch replied to Bunte2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    NCC is another very highly regarded entity which only deals in certification of nurses and practitioners in the Maternal-Child areas. (I have my certification in Intensive Care Neonatal Nursing and...

  17. Bili Lights

    Tiki_Torch replied to babynurse32's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Exactly what Jolie

  18. pic line on 3 week old

    Tiki_Torch replied to Kayde's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    In my history of NICU nursing, either our Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialist, or a few other nurses who were specially trained would change any PICC line dressings and only when there was...

  19. But I have little kids!

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Bluesky, I love your positive point of view!!!!! It should carry you far in life and be an excellent example for your children too! I'd also bet money that your co-workers adore

  20. But I have little kids!

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I remember as a little girl visiting family in Georgia during Christmas or Thanksgiving holidays, that my Aunt Sara who was an RN in a Recovery Room on 3-11, would attend our party/lunch and soon...

  21. sicu to nicu?

    Tiki_Torch replied to sinurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If it turns out that NICU is not your desire, a PICU might be what you are looking for. NICU is mainly neonates who are either sick or premature and care is focused mainly in those areas. On the...

  22. Renerian's thread "Worksheets from your shift..." uppdated w/ a poll

    Tiki_Torch replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    One question: If your worksheet does not have a patient's name/room number or other personal identifiers on it, would this count as a HIPPA

  23. Medication checks

    Tiki_Torch replied to TIGRESS99's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My hospital doesn't have a written policy (they actually are pretty lax when it comes to policies) about who checks what and when. It looks like every time any medicine is given, it is checked by two...

  24. q3hr bolus OG/NG feedings

    Tiki_Torch replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Tiki here... I thought that passage in the book was interesting too (re: burping a baby after an ng/og feeding). All I can assume is it would be done for a baby who was being ng/og fed in someone's...

  25. C-Reactive Protein

    Tiki_Torch replied to Mofe'ny's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I also meant to say I also went to the Las Vegas Neonatal Network's 3rd National Neonatal Nurses Convention and had an absolutely wonderful time!!!! I was able to attend 3 lectures given by Dr. Polin...