HyperSaurus, RN

HyperSaurus, RN BSN

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  1. What brands/type of milk do you have in your units?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to tinkerbell419's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Similac (Neosure, SimSensitive, Alimentum, Special Care Formula insert-calories-here, and Similac Human Milk Fortifier) is our go-to, but we do stock Enfamil for parent

  2. Sedation/Intubation

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to kjk47's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    For us, it depends on the infant. Sometimes there's just a one time dose for the actual intubation. If the kidlet is as NicuGal said, pretty wild or having unstable and crappy gasses, they will be...

  3. Maximum bedside visitors

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    2 per family, with the exception of possible short life expectancy or withdrawal of

  4. Survey on how many patients you get in a shift

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What would be your ideal ratio,

  5. What is your average amount of shift cancellations

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to grammy57's topic in General Nursing

    Probably 3 in the last 5 months. Overtime is MUCH more common in my

  6. Dopamine

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to UCAFblue's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had to give dopa once peripherally.

  7. NAS

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Trisaratops's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Swaddling or sleep sacks, the 3 S-es (swaddle, sway, shh (white noise)), sometimes a swing if there is one available. As they get older, we may get an order to increase the time between feeds to no...

  8. Kiddos

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to klone's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    For a particularly demanding child, 'Her Ladyship/His

  9. ECG leads for micropreemies

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to NICURN29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do usually use leads, we cut off the wrap-around on limb band leads and place those on the

  10. Single vs. Double lumen

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Single lumen UACs only. Usually double lumen UVCs and occasionally double lumen

  11. Kiddos

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to klone's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I call them 'kidlets' and in the case of boys, 'little

  12. List of level IV NICU's

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    University of Michigan CS Motts Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Michigan are a couple of level IVs in

  13. Males working in the NICU?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to cph1993's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have one male new grad starting this month. He will be the first male on our unit in a few years. I don't think it should have too much bearing on how he does, but I'm not

  14. Why I Want to work in the NICU... is this enough?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to nursingstudent0814's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you for saying this. OP, this isn't a rag on you, but I sometimes really have a hard time with some people who do get absolutely emotional about NICU or nursing in general, partially because I...

  15. Transfer to NICU or nursery without experience

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to hopefulsunshine's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You don't necessarily need NICU experience, but it really does depend on where you work. If your facility has a NICU, I'd ask around to see what it takes to get hired there. I started out on a...

  16. Why I Want to work in the NICU... is this enough?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to nursingstudent0814's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You could just say you were a NICU baby. That would get the point across--neat way to 'complete the circle', so to speak. And you are absolutely right, there are the people out there who really...

  17. General peds or NICU opportunity

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to MGMR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Take the peds position. Some NICUs only hire nurses with experience (which sounds like it may be the case for this particular hospital) and a 1.5 hour one way commute for a 12 hour position is...

  18. Why I Want to work in the NICU... is this enough?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to nursingstudent0814's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I never said I hated or was offended by your opinions and reasons. I gave you my thoughts and feelings in response. This actually reminds me of a good friend of mine in nursing school. She was...

  19. Different Shift Hours

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to resqbug's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ours is only 8s (7-3, 3-11, 11-7). We had a meeting about going to 12s recently, but that was shot down. For us, staffing is so tight (we staff our transports) and we have very little in the way of...

  20. Why I Want to work in the NICU... is this enough?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to nursingstudent0814's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NICU nursing isn't some mystical journey that requires the absolute most pure motives to be considered worthy. Of course your reasons and feelings are sufficient and valid, but that really isn't...

  21. Attendance

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to IttyBittyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That is absolutely

  22. Random question.

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to katierobin23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Head towards the wall unless the baby is on an oscillator, then head towards the end (or, if it's a micro preemie, baby is at the bottom half of the Giraffe, with head left/feet right, head down/feet...

  23. How full is your NICU usually?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to adpiRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level III--19ish beds? We're a small regional center. Anyways, we have 14 right

  24. UAC/UVC Placement

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to OwlieO.O's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our transport First Nurses can place UAC/UVCs and intubate. There are only a small handful of them. For us, our first nurses are considered the leader on transports, as we don't always have an NNP on...

  25. No more 12 hour shifts?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to UpennRN's topic in General Nursing

    We actually fought against switching to 12s. While it would be nice to work less days/week (the most we work right now is 8shifts/2 weeks), we do not have enough staff to cover the inevitable holes,...