BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

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  1. Acetabular Labrum Tear: Worried :-(

    BittyBabyGrower replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    My husband was injured at the hospital when a piece of equipment in the radiology suite fell and had to go thru WC. What a pain the ass. We ended up contacting a lawyer, he knew that he had severely...

  2. Doctor won't back up his telephone orders!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to In_Chantress's topic in General Nursing

    I'd not only get another nurse, but I'd get the supervisor to listen in and sign. You have to start leaving a paper trail. Have you contacted legal about this issue? If he isn't signing off orders...

  3. love eternal

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Make a little scrapbook for him with hand/foot prints, a letter from him to his mom and dad about how he loves them for being there for him. We this sort of thing frequently in our unit :) It is...

  4. Hospital Scrubs

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nicunursem10's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We wear our own. There have been studies done and the infection rate for wearing your own scrubs weren't a

  5. Initial newborn temp. rectal or axillary?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to rainrn12's topic in Ob/Gyn

    An axillary temp is pretty close to core temp, which is what you get if you put an ISC probe over the liver. Also, an imperforate orifice can be higher up, hence, a rectal temp won't tell you...

  6. My family is getting tired...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BookwormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately you are locked into those sliding hours,but like everyone else said, see if they will work with you. Where I work, we are contracted for hours per week, not days per week and sometimes...

  7. 3rd shift always leaves on time... I never do

    BittyBabyGrower replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Since we started punching in and out, this kind of stuff has stopped...we have to fill out a sheet to say why we are late going out. You have to speak up or go to the charge nurse or manager, esp if...

  8. iNO Babies and Pregnancy

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nicuRN2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://https://allnurses.com/forums/f33/nitric-headache-245331.html#post2374873 Here is a link to one of the discussions. It is policy in our unit for pregnant docs and nurses to not be in the room...

  9. Incubator Fire Badly Burns Minn. Newborn

    BittyBabyGrower replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We just read this at work! Man, that is terrible! I agree with the poster that said maybe something fell from the heating element...I know that when ours sit for a while they get dust up there and...

  10. Malpractice insurance

    BittyBabyGrower replied to bayouchick02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is foolish to not have your own insurance. If you do not follow hospital policy and procedure to the tee, then the hospital is going to throw you to the wolves. They are out to protect themselves...

  11. relief?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to kitten_'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am so sorry about your baby But we do feel like that...there are some kids that you look at and just wish it was all over and we could just leave him/her in peace. Good luck in

  12. frequency of linen changes in the NICU

    BittyBabyGrower replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    prmnrs is right. If you are looking at VAP, mouth care is number one. Other things that are instituted are HOB up 30 degrees, not breaking into the circuit unless necessary (ie aerosols or emergency...

  13. frequency of linen changes in the NICU

    BittyBabyGrower replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do baths, linen changes and weights twice weekly on infants less than 34 weeks. We do change linens if they are yucky in between. We also change our isolettes weekly, on bath day for those kids...

  14. Private rooms for NICU babies

    BittyBabyGrower replied to FemmeRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you do a search we had a few threads about this. Personally I would hate it. When we are really busy and have sick kids with other sick kids this could be a set up for a problem. As for the...

  15. Parents that make you go MMMMrgh!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to danissa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, I reallllllly have a hard time with those kind of families. As a charge nurse I always stick up for my staff and luckily our unit manager sticks up for me, she is under the agreement that we are...

  16. Geez...quit having babies already!!

    BittyBabyGrower posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are over capacity in our unit...we have been needing 21-25 nurses per shift and that is not easy to cover!!!! We closed to all transports including maternal! We may be sending some of the older...

  17. Maternity leave before 1 year employment

    BittyBabyGrower replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    The other thing to think about is what if you have complications during your pregnancy and have to take time off...this will eat into the number of hours you worked and may make you ineligible for...

  18. Unborn Children

    BittyBabyGrower replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work they can do what they want while they are pregnant, some of them are wise to the system and know EXACTLY how long they have to stop before giving birth so that they aren't positive on...

  19. Eating on the floor

    BittyBabyGrower replied to *Scrubs*'s topic in General Nursing

    When it is really busy we will take food to our conference room that is in our unit or to the desk if we have to watch it, but for the visitors having things in an isolation room, we allow our moms...

  20. neonatal transfusion policy, PLEASE HELP

    BittyBabyGrower replied to oletirednurz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm curious too.....there are times when our blood bank is putting out SOS calls for blood as we have a huge level 1 trauma center at our hospital and if we had to wait for only 0 blood we would be...

  21. neonatal transfusion policy, PLEASE HELP

    BittyBabyGrower replied to oletirednurz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I sit on the policy and procedure committee at our hospital and most other places use their hospital based blood transfusion policy with exceptions added to it that are pertinent to NICU, so you will...

  22. ? for those at delivery hospitals

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Everyone is right...you as part of the team cannot say, nope not doing that because it has been 10 minutes. I was in a situation similar and what we were told is that this is a GUIDELINE, not...

  23. neonatal transfusion policy, PLEASE HELP

    BittyBabyGrower replied to oletirednurz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It will follow the hospital protocol for blood transfusions. The main differences are that neonatal txs are run by themselves without NS piggyback usually, the blood should be CMV negative, the usual...

  24. To round OFF or Not To round OFF

    BittyBabyGrower replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    She needs to just tell you what she wants you to do. In our hospital we DO NOT round anything, we use actual weights and doses since our pumps can go 3 places past the decimal point. If we use...

  25. I hate NEC

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hate NEC too. What I really hate is when we have a kid that is DNR and then we have to lift the DNR for OR because the surgeons talk the parents into surgery. Seems that the DNR never gets...