BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

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  1. Would you marry a Doctor?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Mine is a doc, but he is a radiologist :) No call :) One of my friends is married to a peds guy....until he was an attending, he was never, ever

  2. frustration - new grad in level iii

    BittyBabyGrower replied to rnicu28's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    First off...you need to talk to the unit manager and the clinical nurse specialist about all this. 9 weeks is not enough time for a decent orientation for a new grad. Do they not assign a resource...

  3. New grad 30 weeks pregnant and starting on L&D department

    BittyBabyGrower replied to dncndva215's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow, whatta thread! Good for you for finding a job. It is NOT going to be easy, esp going into the last part of your pregnancy. You do have to remember that you will have about 8 weeks or so until...

  4. Breast Milk Verification

    BittyBabyGrower replied to CHBRRT's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have it written into our policy who can verify EBM with nurses. As long as it is in there, you are

  5. HELP! Ostomy bag will NOT stay on!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Preemie2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hate bags like that and sometimes there is NOTHING you can do but wait for re-anast and be vigilant in skin care. Make sure you are using plenty of skin prep/barrier around the stomas so that they...

  6. New grad, working 3 mo, maybe fired!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to costarica786's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to ask....did you report off to this nurse who claims she didn't know about the bipap? There seems to be something missing, but you shouldn't be the one on the hot seat if you documented...

  7. Infection control overkill?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BabyLady's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    True true Steve. The non surgical gloves are somewhat permeable so it is very very important to wash or purell before putting gloves on. We have to wash in and wash out of each bed

  8. drug calculations

    BittyBabyGrower replied to denicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have specific guidelines on how to dilute things that aren't done by pharmacy. We rarely, if ever, add anything to a med. I'd hate to have to do what you all

  9. Skin Prep- waste of time?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to anonymous1919's topic in General Nursing

    It makes a barrier...all of our cross country kids use it so that they don't get blisters lol We use it on baby butts to ward off breakdown when we have a kid with gut problems. Works great...

  10. Holiday Nursing

    BittyBabyGrower replied to lsad78's topic in General Nursing

    If someone in our unit works the three days over the holiday, they get more days off over New Years. What is the OP working for the New Year and what did you work for Thanksgiving? We pick our top...

  11. Seriously?????

    BittyBabyGrower replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be calling anyone and everyone I could. It does NOT matter that you aren't her daughter, you are a very close friend and what was done to her was wrong on so many levels. Go to the ombudman...

  12. Priming IV drips

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NICULover17's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We prime all our lines, hook them together and go. We don't have the pumps to do that either and we haven't had a problem. Example: We will prime the main IVF thru, then hang the primed drip...

  13. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    Great post from del2009 :) I work with 2 JW nurses and they do hang their own blood products. I can tell you, that when we are short staffed and you have one of these kids that is getting blood...

  14. Electonic documentation,how much time does it take from the bedside?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    We have has ours in place for about 2 years now and we have worked and streamlined as much as we could. Unfortunately, there are areas that are repetitive, but that is just how the program is . We...

  15. Ratio?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NebraskaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our ratio is usually 3:1 for gainers and growers, 2:1 for a vent and a feeder or two vents. But that isn 't written is stone. You may get 4 kids if we are busy, you may have 2 vents and a feeder....

  16. Holy mackeral....we are having an influx of methadone kids!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They are talking about cuddlers. We historically have not used them because when we did, we had a lot of parents that did not want strangers coming in and holding their kids. But, with these kids,...

  17. Holy mackeral....we are having an influx of methadone kids!

    BittyBabyGrower posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    And I don't mean just one or two, but we have 8 right now...yes, you read that right! The NBN ships them to us because they can't handle them, we don't have the staff to only take one other kid with...

  18. uh-oh, do I have the right personality for NICU??

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Shanlee79's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Never said to move an unstable kid to clean up the bed, but when they are stable, a neat and clean bed goes a long way to make the family happy. There is a lot they can't control and it is a lot of...

  19. What do you thinkf of "Magnet"?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    People dont' choose their hospital based on Magnet...they go where their insurance is. It has done a few good things for us, stopped mandation, put in place a Nursing Senate (which has done some great...

  20. Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa -I need advice

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NurseLisa64's topic in General Nursing

    I've taken care of one baby with this. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. This baby had the lethal type....she blistered everywhere, her mouth, throat, GI tract, GU tract were all...

  21. Aspiration Pneumonia in Neonates

    BittyBabyGrower replied to ilovetiggerdear's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My best bet is that the baby had something else wrong besides

  22. Guidelines/ Requirement for one to one Nursing Care in a NICU

    BittyBabyGrower replied to ona fofah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't think there are specific guidelines written anywhere. Each unit is different. We try to make our bad PPHN kids 1:1, little bad micronates 1:1, usually if we have an isolated kid who is the...

  23. Holy mackeral....we are having an influx of methadone kids!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have suggested the peds floor too so that the moms that are there all the time can room in with them and the child life people can come and sit with them. We have one peds floor that is closed and...

  24. uh-oh, do I have the right personality for NICU??

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Shanlee79's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'd say the majority of us are the Type A ones lol We are pretty particular about keeping the beds clean, etc, you have to be particular about labeling things, being uber organized with the sickest...

  25. How often do you do dosage calculation?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    Even though our pumps do most of us for us, we still have to write out a calculation sheet to make sure it is right....you can NOT rely on the pharmacy or docs or other nurses to make sure that it is...