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  1. Vapotherm

    For those of you that use Vapotherm, or are trialing vapotherm--what do you think of it? we don't use it yet in my unit, but I would like to know what others think of it... Thanks for your...
  2. What are your nurse:pt ratios?

    In my unit, a level III + ECMO, our ratios are never more than 2:1. A vented baby is almost always 1:1, very occassionally we might have a very stable baby with a vented baby. The charge nurse does...
  3. Cranky feet....better shoes?

    I just recently purchased a set of custom made orthotics--from a site on ebay!! They were $75.00. They sent me a foam impression kit which I sent back, and with in a week, I had my orthotics. After...
  4. working on Christmas?

    Yes--you are right--and hopefully those nurses caring for your dad did not let bitterness show that they had to be there on Christmas
  5. working on Christmas?

    Working holidays goes along with the privilege of being a nurse-it's one of those things we do. I have worked every other Christmas Eve and Christmas for the past 14 years. I could be working...
  6. working on Christmas?

    At our hospital-when it is our turn to work either Christmas or New Year-we work both the day and the eve-but we get paid holiday pay for both shifts. You are fortunate in this field to have had the...
  7. And I always think of the ones who have died as angels who have come to teach us lessons that only they can teach...I have seen many tiny babies touch hundreds of people in their short time here on...
  8. Nimv

    We are using Vapotherm more and more, and WE LOVE IT!! My primary pt and her twin were both extubated today after being intubated and on vents for 41 days, and they are doing beautifully!! They just...
  9. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    I too want to go down there to help-but we need organization and guidance. We can't just hop on a plane and get there. Ideas anyone? Where can we start calling and what can we do? I feel so...
  10. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    Have some compassion--it's no longer about what "they should have done". It's about what can we do to help them now--some of those people were too poor to have a way to get out of there ahead of...
  11. Mayo Clinic

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  12. Received an "F" for a "B"!

    I don't think that being expected to pass the drug calc tes with 90 - 100% is "unfair". When it comes to the responsibility we have with meds-there is NO room for error. especially even more so when...
  13. staffing ratios

    In my unit we are staffed 1:1 with vent babies and freshly extubated, and with new admissions and 2:1 with everything else. We are all level 3 & 4 here. Feeder/growers go to a completely...
  14. DO you have perinatal techs in your nursery...

    hi BabyNurse513--I realize that, and I apologize if I seemed to imply that--I really didn't mean to. Just wanted to let you know. It's a policy that I definitely don't agree with. I've thought...
  15. DO you have perinatal techs in your nursery...

    Hi BittyBabyGrower--Sorry--didn't meant to rehash an old subject, and I'm sure that BabyGrower513 also was not implying anything by sharing her unit's policy--it's just that I love what I do, and I am...
  16. DO you have perinatal techs in your nursery...

    Does a bachelor's degree make one a better NICU
  17. Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

    NoCrumping--I couldn't have said that any better. When I go to work, i am amazed at how I fall in love with my job all over again. where else can we go and one day have the sickest baby in the unit,...
  18. Do you like Minnesota?

    If you end up in Rochester, be careful about working at Mayo--they are not the nicest organization to work for...at least in the TwinCities you have options. Mayo can treat their employees however...
  19. i don't know--it may not be the nicest neighborhood, but it's also not the worst. I work at Mpls Childrens, and live 5 blocks from there. I've never had any problems. Of course-I don't walk to and...
  20. Preemie/NICU-isms

    C-CRAP rather than CPAP anybody agree? I doubt that a parent would appreciate that one--but how about us NICU
  21. Had to laugh at the names you mentioned--we must work in the same
  22. why do the babies chests thump?

    Hi!! I think that what you were seeing was a high frequency oscillating ventilator, or what we affectionately call "The Oscillator". It is kind of the big guns of ventilators. When preemies are on...
  23. why do the babies chests thump?

    Hi!! I think that what you were seeing was a high frequency oscillating ventilator, or what we affectionately call "The Oscillator". It is kind of the big guns of ventilators. When preemies are on...
  24. Anyone heard of VADER(sp?)'s Syndrome?

    Hi-- It is actually spelled VATER Syndrome and the letters stand for: V-vertebral anomalies A-anal atresia T-tracheal-esophageal fistula E-Esophageal atresia R-renal anomalies Another syndrome close...
  25. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    I agree with you Fergus 51--as I said above, I would rather have a new grad who is willing to learn and ask questions care for my sick baby than the poster who I addressed my above post