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    NEC strikes again

    Gompers replied to wee one rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's the thing with NEC. There are really no words of comfort. It just plain old, flat out, stinks. All we can do is support each other, the babies, and their families. When are they going to...
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    Is there any nursing job that'll make $30,000+/yr for the FIRST job?

    Gompers replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    The companies are outsourcing the work to employees in other countries. So instead of calling tech support and having some guy in Oklahoma help you fix your computer, it's some guy in a country...
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    Death by Arterial Line?

    Gompers replied to MarySunshine's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would have wanted it out, too. If there isn't a good wave form with it, that makes me wonder how well it's positioned and I'd fear that it would cause circulation issues at some point. When we...
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    NEC strikes again

    Gompers replied to wee one rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NEC just sucks. It really does. I think it's the single most frightening thing that can happen to a baby in the NICU. It's just so random, you know? When it happens to a micropreemie on tropic...
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    Really upset, bad shift last night

    Gompers replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was just going through some old NICU posts when I stumbled upon this thread that I started last September. I went to work the other night and there was a new picture of this new little guy posted...
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    Really upset, bad shift last night

    Gompers posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm sure all of you have had at least a few shifts during your time in the NICU that made you just want to chuck it all, the kind of shift that ends with you, in your car, crying too hard to even...
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    Never post replies or start new threads at your hospital's computer

    Gompers replied to Captain America's topic in General Nursing

    Most of our computers are just for charting - no internet access available. We still have a couple that have connections, though, and sometimes if we have time we might check them out. Most people...
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    Something all OB nurses should know.

    Gompers replied to NHmommy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am so sorry for all of your losses. This is a bad thread for me to be reading right now - 19 weeks into a high risk pregnancy - but I work in the NICU and a lot of this applies to me as well. When...
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    Need advice...this was a first

    Gompers replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sometimes it's like you can't do the right thing no matter how hard you try. Had you spent your time talking to the family and caring for THEM, they might have turned around and said you didn't care...
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    Need advice...this was a first

    Gompers replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    one more thing... {{{{{{{{ kitty29 }}}}}}}}
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    Need advice...this was a first

    Gompers replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm sorry for what you're going through, but rest assured it DOES happen and it's not your fault. Sometimes when a baby has a bad night, the parents blame the nurse even though he/she had nothing to...
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    Dilute Urine

    Gompers replied to Nvr2Old's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Outside of some renal abnormality, I can only imagine that you're drinking way too much fluid around the time of the urine tests. While staying hydrated is great for your body, it can look suspicious...
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    opinions about epidurals

    Gompers replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is true, and I understand the concept very well as I am a Neonatal ICU nurse and attend deliveries on a regular basis. However, those medications only stay in your body (and thus the baby's...
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    opinions about epidurals

    Gompers replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That was me, and that's good to hear! My mother and I talked the other day and she really encouraged me to try it without an epidural. She said she had nothing for pain during her labor and also had...
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    Hoowee....nothing like boiling hot weather and low pressure fronts...

    Gompers replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    About 48 hours after the pulmonary hemmorhage I mentioned above, we had ANOTHER bad one in ANOTHER non-intubated preemie. We've gone MONTHS and MONTHS without any hemmorhages and suddenly we get 2 in...
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    IV Infiltration

    Gompers replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I often wonder how things get invented in this world. How in the world, or should I say WHY in the world, did someone take some bull testicles and decide to make medication out of it??? How does...
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    IV Infiltration

    Gompers replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not sure what you mean by consultation. On our unit, the neonatal nurse practitioners insert the lines. In other hospitals, doctors do it. And in some places, nurses are specially trained to...
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    do physical therapists make more money than RNs?

    Gompers replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm not mistaken, it's a reference to the "Matrix"
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    Ok...Question on NICU training

    Gompers replied to maryshome8's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is virtually no NICU training in nursing school. You will touch on some topics during your pediatrics and obstetrics rotations, and you will probably get to observe a day or two in a NICU...
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    IV Infiltration

    Gompers replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We call them PICC or PCVC lines. Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter or Percutaneous Central Venous Catheter. They are tiny white (silicone I think) catheters that are placed in the baby's vein...
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    Hoowee....nothing like boiling hot weather and low pressure fronts...

    Gompers replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We've been crazy busy all summer, too! And the other night, when we had really bad storms and lots of pressure changes outside...we had one of the worst pulmonary hemmorhages I've seen in a while....
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    Gompers replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    ? I never got anything narcotic for my stones. Maybe it was because the first time I came down to the ER at 3am during my shift, in surgical scrubs, with my then undiagnosed stone pain and they didn't...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    Gompers replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Okay, so next time I have a kidney stone and want the sweet relief of IV Toradol... Step 1: Get in the car. Step 2: Stop at Krispy Kreme. Step 3: Proceed to the ER.
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    Gompers replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't work ER, but we have parents calling the NICU sometimes asking for refills of prescriptions. We always tell them to call their pediatrician, even if it's in the middle of the night - we aren't...
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    IV Infiltration

    Gompers replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do that, too.