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  1. Merry Christmas from...

    qcumba replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    merry christmas to all from port elizabeth, south

  2. Hoppers vs. ???? --- please give your input!

    qcumba replied to sweechic's topic in Infectious Disease

    whats a

  3. Plastic catheters vs. rubber catheters for trach suctioning

    qcumba replied to 60571's topic in MICU, SICU

    We use closed suction - Ballards - for all trachs,except for with metal trachs,with those we use soft suction catheters and do q4hrly inner tube care to prevent

  4. I kind of need a hug.

    qcumba replied to AliRae's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    :icon_hug: So sorry, Sending you lots of hugs from the Southern tip of Africa

  5. surfactant use in older babies

    qcumba replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Yes, unfortunately nothing really worked, but maybe its better,he fought(sp)for 4 days,we celebrated when his sats went into the 70's - didnt happen often,so his brain function if he had recovered...

  6. surfactant use in older babies

    qcumba replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    NO as in no or Nox?yes we tried the Nox it helped initially but not for

  7. surfactant use in older babies

    qcumba replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanx,it was a rough weekend....the curosurf was more a desperate attempt at reducing the "stiffness" for want of a better word,of his lungs,PEEP was at 12 at one stage,we figured it couldnt hurt to...

  8. surfactant use in older babies

    qcumba replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Oh and dont worry about hijacking,ive never seen liquid ventilation,how did it

  9. surfactant use in older babies

    qcumba replied to qcumba's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks for your replys,the kiddo in question was a 12month old with severe cor pulmonale and pulm hypertension,and we were really struggling to ventilate him,his sats stayed in the 60s on 100% o2,his...

  10. Chlohexidine bathing to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections

    qcumba replied to PICC ACE's topic in MICU, SICU

    I hope I'm misunderstanding you but are you seriously saying your patients only get washed every 3 - 4 days?? if so why? we wash our patients daily always with CHG, patients who are in isolation get...

  11. What supplies do YOU use to start an IV?

    qcumba replied to rnleigh's topic in Emergency

    Hi, if you dont use a basin where do you put your sharps?I'm presuming that an emesis basin is what we call a kidney dish, we always use a kidney dish when starting an IV,giving IMI basically...

  12. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    qcumba replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    - About the beer its the yeast that increases milk production so you can skip the alchohol and take brewers yeast or ginger beer. - some of our old wives tales here are putting a piece of wet tissue...

  13. oldest schools of nursing and the world's most famous

    qcumba replied to BOSSS's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is off topic but, interestingly South Africa was the first country in the world to have registration of nurses in 1899, started by Sister Henrietta Stockdale, Australia followed in

  14. Worst doctors orders ever received

    qcumba replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    my favourite was not so long ago we had a chronic renal failure patient admitted to our high care unit for hypotension and ? sepsis, she started to code, we phoned her physician and his reply was...no...

  15. rotating shifts?!

    qcumba replied to scrabblern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry about that didnt mean to

  16. rotating shifts?!

    qcumba replied to scrabblern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    rotating shifts is the only way we work, I presume you mean both day and night shift?2 weeks day 2 weeks night, first week is 5 days on next week is 2 days on and the same for the next 2 weeks just...

  17. Fall from weighing scale

    qcumba replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok, this is off the topic but what is an "AA"

  18. add your funny TRIAGE complaints from pts

    qcumba replied to er nursing's topic in Emergency

    One very common complaint we have is when parents bring in thier infants and when asked what thier complaint is they reply - Crying! yes unfortunately thats what babies do - and usually said child is...

  19. Merry Christmas

    qcumba replied to honey75's topic in International Nursing

    Merry christmas to all and to all a good night, looking forward to having the next 4 nights off have been on for the last 3. Why do you have to clean the bathroom - are we talking about at home or...

  20. Question: What's so bad about the night shift?

    qcumba replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate night shift , purely because I dont really sleep during thre day and even if I do I still feel exhausted, sleeping is like a hobby for me I love it and it just doesnt feel right in the day,...

  21. developmental positioning

    qcumba posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi, Quick question on developmental positioning, we have a 400g 27 weeker,delivered due to PIH and IUGR, and she is doing brilliantly, basically only on 21% o2 and occasional additional free flow,...

  22. tiniest micropreemie

    qcumba replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a tiny 27 weeker of 400g,in our unit at the moment - day 5 today and she is doing amazingly well, intubated for 1 day curosurf given at delivery, day 2 on 21% O2, no CPAP needed, we are just...

  23. Methadone withdrawal

    qcumba replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank

  24. Methadone withdrawal

    qcumba replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi I know this is a bit off topic, but what are Finnigans? here in SA we don't really see that many drug addicted moms/baby's, or rather the private sector where I am we

  25. Please explain ECMO

    qcumba posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    HI I'm A nursing student in South Africa and we do not commonly use ECMO, Actually never in my hospital. I would like to know what ECMO is, what is it used for? how does it work? Thank