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  1. Got fire because manager said I need some critical thinking

    nicu4me replied to HNursing's topic in General Nursing

    You had to have passed the english portion to get the nclex done if english isn't your second language. I have a friend who was from Poland and was a great nurse working as a PCT here and has not yet...

  2. UAC line question

    nicu4me replied to Cassideca's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Curious why I have seen posts that units are not using UAC's for meds, etc. We usually have both the UAC and UVC's. Level 3, no cardiacs - we send them out but everything else we keep. What is your...

  3. "Your patient in 520 is in pain!"

    nicu4me replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to post this although most of you probably already do this but the CNA's can too. On the white board in their rooms I put on there the name of the pain medication the time that they got it...

  4. Is this high school?

    nicu4me posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    While I am sure that there have been posts somewhere else along the line, I haven't see any lately that I could pull up. Could anyone give any encouragement or advice on how to deal with coworkers...

  5. nursing assistants mixing breastmilk

    nicu4me replied to Lil' sister's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do not have any techs. We have a 40 bed Level 3. Curious, even on our feeder growers, we still have to assess them. How are you fitting in your assessments around their feeding times? Are the...

  6. nursing assistants mixing breastmilk

    nicu4me replied to Lil' sister's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    FLorida NICU ---- your tech's feed your

  7. giving meds that are less than 0.1 cc

    nicu4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi, just wondered if your facilities dilute medications with NS or sterile water if they are in less than 1/10th of a cc/ml. I had an iv med that was for 0.08 cc. This is a pre drawn up med from...

  8. Scrubs in NICU

    nicu4me replied to s.maire.2126's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We used to wear hospital scrubs then the laundry got to expensive. Now we wear our own unless we are first admit. We wear a patient gown when we hold our babies one gown per infant. The postpartum...

  9. Couple of questions...

    nicu4me replied to NICURN29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our ng/og tubes are replaced with new ones monthly. They are cleaned every Sunday on the noc shift. We are supposed to wear gloves with all contact, however, retaping things,etc. It's just not...

  10. UAC line question

    nicu4me replied to Cassideca's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I read this post and went to the ihi.org site and couldn't find anything specific to NICU and UAC/UVC. When the above poster writes that there shouldn't be a syringe there at all, I wonder what you...

  11. Confrontation with a Visitor

    nicu4me replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Jo dirt i find it interesting that you are always finding yourself in interesting positions on all nurses! You must work a

  12. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

    nicu4me replied to devi's topic in General Nursing

    I was told that i would be better off going to an intensive care unit and deal with all that implies and it would be safer than losing my license on a med/sur/tele floor with 7-9 patiens. There is a...

  13. Need feedback: + or - its okay. My dream is getting crushed

    nicu4me replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    Could it be that the OP isn't white American? I know that some people are prejudiced to foreign trained nurses. I worked with a majority of nurses from the Phillipines and if I went in with them to...

  14. coping and dealing with death in NICU

    nicu4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi, there was another post in the last week or two from someone else that had a rough couple of weeks. They gave very specific incidences of the cases that they had. However, due to HIPPA and fear...

  15. ethical question

    nicu4me replied to MO3BB's topic in General Nursing

    To the nursing student post re not waking someone up for a pain or sleeping med = you need to talk to your instructor on that. You should be waking them up. Sleeping does not = no pain. It is a...

  16. ethical question

    nicu4me replied to MO3BB's topic in General Nursing

    To prior post, she didn't say that she was giving NS. The patient didn't ask her if it was a med. Do you always talk your way through IV insertion? Yes, I do and probably most of us do, "this is...

  17. ethical question

    nicu4me replied to MO3BB's topic in General Nursing

    I almost always told a patient that I was just flushing their IV with water. Some people never ask. She knew she needed an IV she pulled the other one out. How many times have I said (working...

  18. UA/UVC Lines and blue fingers/toes

    nicu4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi, just had a babe the other night 25 weeks, new admit whose fingers turned blue along with a streak across her abdomen that followed a path into her forearm and to the armpit. I drew labs off the...

  19. UA/UVC Lines and blue fingers/toes

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes they stay in the radiant warmer for awhile depending upon how critical they are. About 24 hours. One I had the other night I put in an isolette during my shift about 12 hours after admission....

  20. Reassurance Needed!

    nicu4me replied to NewNurse16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have learned that despite a baby being in our unit for 4 plus months people will still ask for apgars and such. Well, i don't know. It may be the first time i have seen the baby, it may not be....

  21. Dilaudid shortage - anyone else seeing it?

    nicu4me replied to roosmom's topic in General Nursing

    This happened last summer where I worked at. They were out of the 1 mg carpujects. We had to waste the 2 mg and use it like that. It was a manufacturing thing. It didn't last but a week or two and...

  22. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

    nicu4me replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a student I asked a conscious ventilated patient who was a quad to take a deep breath as i listened to his

  23. UA/UVC Lines and blue fingers/toes

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for all the responses. Recently went back and talked with a transport RN and despite excellent placement on x-ray that sometimes vasospasms happen and the lines need to be pulled regardless....

  24. Need honest answers please

    nicu4me replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just went to NICU from adults, I feel worse than a new grad because I do know what I don't know and that it has been harder to transition than just coming out of school. Yes, time managment and...

  25. UA/UVC Lines and blue fingers/toes

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, I had a double lumen UVC with my UA. The dopamine went into the UVC, my other port had not been used except for when I gave my boluses and later in the shift the amp. The dopamine dose was small,...