Gompers BSN, RN

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    MRSA colonization question

    Gompers replied to gr8rnpjt's topic in General Nursing

    I have some friends who frequently get those abscesses. Every time, they are MRSA. They've been treated with antibiotics, but the abscesses always seem to come back. She needs to go back to her...
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    How is pain treated in your NICU? (Particularly on HFOV or SIMV)

    Gompers replied to hmarandola's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hope we keep using this combo. Right now, it's for a study, but who knows. The Rocuronium causes paralysis for something like 2-60 minutes, so the baby isn't trashing against the laryngascope and...
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    Refusing prenatal ultrasound

    Gompers replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    But ultrasound isn't an invasive procedure, so that's why I wonder how anyone can want to refuse it. I'm biased, too, as a NICU nurse. I've seen way too many babies born lady partslly with huge...
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    How is pain treated in your NICU? (Particularly on HFOV or SIMV)

    Gompers replied to hmarandola's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is one of the reasons that we are now trialing using a combination of Fentanyl, Atropine, and Rocuronium for intubation. It is a spectacular combination and we are having much success with it!...
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    regarding borderline patients

    Gompers replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    There is a lot more to Borderline personality disorder than just wanting attention. The skewed mindset of these people, the manipulation of others, the self mutilation, etc. There is a lot more to...
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    regarding borderline patients

    Gompers replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    You're getting awfully close to: If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? I also asked if you've ever had someone who is Borderline in your life. NOT as a patient, but as a friend or...
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    regarding borderline patients

    Gompers replied to hsieh's topic in Psychiatric

    Just wondering if you've ever met somebody with Borderline personality disorder. Or, better yet, had someone who is Borderline in your life, as a friend or family member? It's not a made-up thing....
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    Looking for stoma care info

    Gompers replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We just use a large luer-lock syringe attached to that port, no feeding tube. Do you actually stick the feeding tube into the bag? I've never heard of this, so I'm
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    How is pain treated in your NICU? (Particularly on HFOV or SIMV)

    Gompers replied to hmarandola's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are very big on pain control where I work. We have a policy that EVERY baby on the vent has to be given narcotic pain relief. If we are intubating a baby who doesn't have an IV (like in the...
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Very good
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    It's a free country. What's next? Every mother is going to have to get a script to buy her kid Fruit Loops instead of Shredded Wheat? She'll have to sign a consent saying she understands that Fruit...
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, you know this is REALLY starting to tick me off. I've already made it plenty clear that I AGREE that brestmilk is better than formula. But to have multiple people supporting that formula is...
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    Looking for stoma care info

    Gompers replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes the wafer comes with the bags, but it is separate and you stick the bag on the wafer once it's on the baby. Try the tips I gave about warming the wafer first so it forms to the skin better, and...
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    Kangaroo Care?

    Gompers replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do Kangaroo Care with vented babies as long as they are stable on not constantly desatting or on 100%. We don't even let parents hold babies with umbilical or peripheral arterial lines whether...
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    "restraint" policies

    Gompers replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We were the first NICU in Illinois to send babies home with NG tubes. We have our own home care program - half a dozen of our own NICU nurses work part time on the unit and part time in home care....
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    Securing OGTs

    Gompers replied to millyk30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, I know! You can NEVER say it out loud. We'll spell it out instead. "Baby Smith is doing great, PO AD LIB, going H-O-M-E tomorrow but don't you DARE tell him..." One mom used to call going home...
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    Nursing without the "yukkies".

    Gompers replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    You forgot, "I got X number of questions on my N-CLEX - did I
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone here has said that formula is just as good as breastmilk. I think we've just been defending it because we don't believe it's as crappy as that article makes it out to be. And you...
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    Basal Body Temp and Working Nights

    Gompers replied to NurseyBaby'05's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have one of those fertility monitors, given to me by a friend. I was going to use it the first month off the pill, but the directions recommended waiting at least two cycles before using it, so I'd...
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    Nursing without the "yukkies".

    Gompers replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it's just to advise people that, while the discussion is still active, that no one should waste their time identifying the original poster and trying to give that poster advice. That poster...
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    "restraint" policies

    Gompers replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Some of our nurses will safety-pin IV boards to the bedding out of habit. I personally try to get an armboard positioned on the IV so that the baby isn't able to bend and occlude the area where the...
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for pointing this out.
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    We get it already. Yes, formula will never be as good as breastmilk. NO ONE is disputing that! But I want to know how in the world you can say that formula is 4th rate! What are the 2nd and 3rd...
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    Breastfeed or else

    Gompers replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for saying exactly what I was
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    How does "the registry" work?

    Gompers replied to KatCal's topic in General Nursing

    In most places, there is a difference between registry and agency nurses. Agency nurses work for an outside company and are hired as temp workers in various hospitals. Registry nurses are in-house,...