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  1. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    ittybabyRN replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a NICU and RN's only handle A-lines. As a new grad it even took me a couple times to feel comfortable with them, I don't think I would want someone else drawing off my

  2. PCICU travel jobs--do they exist?

    ittybabyRN replied to avashia2's topic in Travel

    as far as PCICU goes, the children's hospital I work at does hire travelers. I am at Children's national in DC, a new grad in the NICU. When I had the first week of nursing orientation there were many...

  3. Art line waste

    ittybabyRN replied to CLRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    hmm I guess thats the vamp system I just described! haha

  4. Art line waste

    ittybabyRN replied to CLRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I work in a NICU and we pull off about 2cc waste for any baby regardless of size (.5kg and up). I don't remember the name of our system but the art line has 3 connections, one to the baby, one to the...

  5. Finding a peds job as a new graduate

    ittybabyRN replied to MachoNurse's topic in Pediatric

    NOW!! would have been better a month ago but if you havent started get on it now! I graduated last May and had my NICU job lined up in

  6. New grads at Children's?

    ittybabyRN replied to gigglebuns1186's topic in General Nursing

    I was actually offered the job during my interview but you're right, every unit and nurse manager is different & every situation is different, give them a call if you're

  7. New grads at Children's?

    ittybabyRN replied to gigglebuns1186's topic in General Nursing

    Well I applied and interviewed in December January (08-09) and graduated in May 09 so I certainly didn't have my license, didn't even graduate yet! Your job is pending graduating/licensure etc. They...

  8. Children's Hospital ICU's

    ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thank you! It sounds very similar to the children's hospital I'm at now, just a little smaller. Hopefully I'll get to check it out in a year or two and eventually end up there!

  9. Children's Hospital ICU's

    ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thanks! That's great info. Anyone have any info on the

  10. Children's Hospital ICU's

    ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    thanks for the info!

  11. Closed medication system

    ittybabyRN replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use clean gloves for all lines, obviously scrubbing the ports and around the ports whenever disconnecting/reconnecting. When hanging a med it's technically a closed port so we just give it a good...

  12. New grads at Children's?

    ittybabyRN replied to gigglebuns1186's topic in General Nursing

    DC RN09 - No, I was not given patient situations, mmm wow, my interview was almost a year ago and now I can't remember much of except being ecstatic that I was offered a position. I did hang out for a...

  13. Pediatric Nurse Residency Program Question

    ittybabyRN replied to princess pickles's topic in Pediatric

    Oh yes! I also have four hours of class time week, reading assignments, online homeworks, projects, presentations and certification classes, it's a lot of work but its so relevant that what you're...

  14. Pediatric Nurse Residency Program Question

    ittybabyRN replied to princess pickles's topic in Pediatric

    I am in a new grad internship (residency, there are many names) for NICU and it is like intense on the job training, I work with a preceptor gradually taking on more and more of the daily...

  15. Starting NICU in 2 weeks, any fast facts/cheat sheets?

    ittybabyRN replied to NurseDevonL's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been baking lots of cookies

  16. No nursing station with COWS?

    ittybabyRN replied to cargalrn's topic in General Nursing

    oh also, one more thing, we have "team rooms" one for the fellows/attendings, one for the residents and one for nurse practitioners, they have their computers, books, papers and other important things...

  17. No nursing station with COWS?

    ittybabyRN replied to cargalrn's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a new NICU, we have wall mounted computers in each patient room (single patient rooms) and the are on kind of an extendable arm you can swing around, so you can pull up a chair, swing the...

  18. Snow and your supervisors

    ittybabyRN replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    In DC here, the hospital closed its doors and wouldnt let us leave, I spent a day sleeping there and worked 6 12 hr nights in a row...I'm from Massachusetts and couldn't believe

  19. how can I be a nurse w/ a bad back???

    ittybabyRN replied to ChervRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    You could always try NICU nursing :-) Your heaviest patient might weigh 8-10 lbs...although standing for long periods of time at the isoletts/cribs can also cause back pain, and the bigger ones who...

  20. Question:ICU

    ittybabyRN replied to denise2010's topic in General Nursing

    6 weeks? I am working in a Level 3 (including surgical/ecmo/cooling/nitric) NICU and I am in month 4 of a 6month orientation, I have had 4 hours a week of class time and a full 36 hrs a week of...

  21. NICU = love :)

    ittybabyRN replied to sophie<3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I went to NICU during my Peds rotation...I would check with your

  22. Epidurals in pediatric patients

    ittybabyRN replied to shellasee's topic in Pediatric

    omg we would have to beg for that, had a full tern oscillating kid today on 0.05mg/kg, 0.1mg/kg was the bolus we gave him when he had chest tubes placed...twice!... I'm a new grad, never having been...

  23. Nicu end of shift report

    ittybabyRN replied to GrowingNurse9054's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just started in NICU as well a few months ago, I'm still on orientation but report tends to be something I still stumble over a little. Luckily we have a pretty standard format in our unit and while...

  24. First Cath!

    ittybabyRN replied to teeniebert's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yay! congrats! I got my first one a few weeks ago on a itty bitty 2lb baby girl! I'd imagine it was much easier than on the 300+ woman...less surface area to make errors

  25. Epidurals in pediatric patients

    ittybabyRN replied to shellasee's topic in Pediatric

    I wish our babies could come back with epidural...or ANYTHING for that matter, just the other day I had a little one come back from open belly surgery with nothing more than PRN's of morphine...