Bortaz MSN, RN

CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU

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    ELBW Supine+Midline for ____ days

    Bortaz replied to Justin-RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't usually do prone, either, but I do do side-lying a
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    ELBW Supine+Midline for ____ days

    Bortaz replied to Justin-RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do 72 hours with the head midline. One thing I have found, though, is that a lot of nurses think the head can only be midline while supine, and not prone or side-lying. I don't know why they...
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    How long until day shift on your unit?

    Bortaz replied to 24gaDalek's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Believe it or not, it's just 2 people that are responsible for making everyone miserable. Hard to believe that so few people can have such an impact. It's bad enough that I'm looking outside of the...
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    How long until day shift on your unit?

    Bortaz replied to 24gaDalek's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Intruder alert! Intruder
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    How long until day shift on your unit?

    Bortaz replied to 24gaDalek's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The first 4 years I worked in my NICU, the turnover was low. Now, working there sucks like a Hoover (not Herbert), and we have lost 17 nurses in the last 12
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    Can we talk about breastfeeding and breastmilk please?

    Bortaz replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I always encourage breast feeding and pumping, but I'll be honest...if the mother makes it pretty obvious she isn't trying or isn't interested, I don't waste my time. I'll just get a formula
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    Noise solutions in NICU

    Bortaz replied to smfeitoza's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry, double
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    Noise solutions in NICU

    Bortaz replied to smfeitoza's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of the local hospitals has a system with traffic lights set to flash from green to yellow to red when certain decibels of noise are detected. If it starts to get a little noisy in an are, the...
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    Can we talk about breastfeeding and breastmilk please?

    Bortaz replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think most NICUs are volume-driven rather than infant-driven. We're trying to move away from volume-driven feeding, but it is meeting a lot of resistance. Sent from my iPad using
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    What baby catches you every time?

    Bortaz replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of my favorite 21s, the day she was discharged...the mother made a tie-dye shirt for the baby that said
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    Doctor resigning after explosive incident

    Bortaz replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's a pretty strong statement considering you lack the discernment to even understand the point of my
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    Speaking of tape residue...(and other pet peeves)

    Bortaz posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been noticing that on a lot of our "clean and ready" beds, the nurse that cleaned them seem to think it's ok to have tape residue on the bed...that the bed is somehow cleaned despite their being...
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    Doctor resigning after explosive incident

    Bortaz replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's funny. None of the docs ever yell at ME. I wonder why it's just the little women they yell at and throw ****
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    Speaking of tape residue...(and other pet peeves)

    Bortaz replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How many needles/iv cannulas/sharps have I found under sheets/mattresses in the last 5 years? A LOT. Another pet peeve that I had (but got fixed, with a whole lot of effort and continuous griping...)...
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    NICU unit secretary at nights?

    Bortaz replied to mee9mee9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The only one we had during my time on night shift got fired and was never
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    What baby catches you every time?

    Bortaz replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I get really attached to the trisomy kids. Which is painless, usually, with the 21s, but not so much with the 13s and 18s. And the single 9 that I
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    Speaking of tape residue...(and other pet peeves)

    Bortaz replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Finding 4 clean blankets on top of 3 ****-or-blood-stained ones...makes me furious. Why is it easier to throw crap on top of crap than to just change everything out? Do you do that to your kids beds...
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    Cleaning Isolettes

    Bortaz replied to danielle.smith0219's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Unit secretary and nurses do ours...poorly. See my other
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    Speaking of tape residue...(and other pet peeves)

    Bortaz replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    AND canister. I despise it when I do my bed check, and find a half-filled snotty, bloody canister with a "change by" label that was due 5 days ago.Also, stop tying the 2nd o2 tubing in a knot when you...
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    "Loosing" my license

    Bortaz replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    What, THIS again? Learn a new song,
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    Imagine my Dismay.....

    Bortaz replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    When I glanced at the title of this thread over on the bar at the right of my screen, I thought it was about DISNEY. Imagine my
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    Posting Licensed Number in social media

    Bortaz replied to nomad29's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Yes, it's this. A friend of mine graduated from NS, got her license in the mail, and posted a picture of it on Facebook.On the spot where the license number resides, she'd Photoshopped it out and...
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    trouble with NICU orientation :/

    Bortaz replied to NICURNgrad's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's an ignorant statement for them to make, because it's an unattainable goal. I guarantee you will make mistakes, just as they have. Some of the mistakes that are made do indeed lead to bad...
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    trouble with NICU orientation :/

    Bortaz replied to NICURNgrad's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In 5 more posts, you'll be able to use private messaging
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    trouble with NICU orientation :/

    Bortaz replied to NICURNgrad's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My brainsheet is attached. NICU Brain - Jan