BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

NICU, PICU, educator

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  1. Has anyone here ever put a doctor in their place?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have put docs in their place...usually it is the residents that get uppity. On occasion we do get fiesty with an attending, but for the most part they know we know what we are doing and...

  2. How much vacation time do you get?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NY Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    4 weeks vacation, 2 weeks sick, 4 floating

  3. Hoowee....nothing like boiling hot weather and low pressure fronts...

    BittyBabyGrower posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    To bring out the preemies! We are getting slammed this past week! Everyone else busy too? It has been wicked in our unit and everyone is stressed out...not only are we busy with the new ones, some...

  4. HELP! Double lumen Portacath question!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    That is why we love our double lumens...we can run incompatibles at the same

  5. IV fluid Hang time

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Kidsfelt's topic in General Nursing

    In our hospital, most fluids are good for 72 hours as is the tubing. Drips have 24-48 hours with tubing changes. HAL and IL solutions and tubing is 24 hours. The 72 hour change cuts down on the...

  6. Breast is best, but watch out for the allergies

    BittyBabyGrower replied to gwenith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I BF my DD for about 10 months and she has some killer allergies..but so do I, so it is most likely hereditary. Was it related to BF.....who knows. I think any study can show what ever the person is...

  7. Magnet hospitals and LPNs?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a Magnet and while we didn't get rid of our LPN's, we aren't hiring any either. And they are pushing our Lpns to go back to school and get their BSN, not just their RN. When you...

  8. Has anyone here used Viagra for PPHN?

    BittyBabyGrower posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of our chronic kids went over to the cardiac hospital because she was getting into more trouble and we thought her VSD was coming into play, but we shipped her on nitric as her PPHN was over the...

  9. Blood Transfusion Question

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Irishgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Being from NICU, we transfuse all blood products thru 24 and 26 gauges without a problem. We have had hcts spun on blood from the syringe we get our blood products in and after pushing thru...

  10. IV Infiltration

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    OH...you are so lucky....Wydase was the best! Give it and then a few hours later...it was gone! I'm surprised some other company hasn't made it

  11. Nitric oxide reducing lung and brain injury in preemies

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We used it in one preemie...the kid had a normal HUS before and a grade IV after. I know that if you use it outside of the nitric protocols, then your hospital isn't reimbursed the charge for it...we...

  12. IV Infiltration

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Ellen59's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I didn't think they made Wydase anymore. We have a protocol for NS injections SC around the infiltrated site to dilute out the TPN. No warm compresses...it will make the tissue absorb the TPN more...

  13. Help me settle an argument

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

    Uh, no. They are mostly preemies. We don't have kids admitted because of Pit, heck we don't even know if the mom got pit most of the time. Let them believe what they want, you won't change

  14. Clothing attire for job shadowing

    BittyBabyGrower replied to kmftiko's topic in General Nursing

    Not all NICU's require scrubs for shadowing...we don't. We have had people in nice street clothes...no jeans, cutoffs etc or in their school uniform. When we have prospective new hires shadowing we...

  15. My 3 year old has MRSA!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    We had a baby that had CA-MRSA necrotizing pneumonia....got it from mom on the way out. The twin, who was C/S was

  16. What is your dress code?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to huskersfan's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses, with the exception of ER,OR and L/D wear white pants with colored or print tops. Our aides wear all teal. RT wears navy pants with print tops, xray wears all navy, housekeeping wears forest...

  17. Sick Time

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we go on a point system...for each hour you are sick it is a point, at 120 points you are fired. As the day you called off comes around, you drop those points. FMLA doesn't count. We...

  18. Level II standards help

    BittyBabyGrower replied to rnpilot's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sounds like you have a big undertaking! The steth thing, some hospitals have dedicated ones, others don't, there isn't a steadfast rule on

  19. Insulin gtt & tubing

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    We have albumin added to our insulin drips so that the insulin won't bind with the tubing. I have never heard of flushing the line

  20. Pediarix/vaccinations

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nikiw's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    jenny, we are noticing that also. Big set backs too. We have a new protocal that we will not give them until they are 2 months corrected and it seems to work out a bit better. They are already...

  21. Help, fellow NICU nurses!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Go For It! Like someone else said, those problems aren't going to be solved and they aren't YOUR problems. How will you ever know that ER isn't your true calling...and you sound like you would be a...

  22. L&D as a separate unit.

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Bibi-OBRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our L/D is separate as are our postpartum short stays and our detained side (for antepartum). We have a few LDR rooms, but they usually only use those for employees that deliver

  23. Week #3

    BittyBabyGrower replied to slu_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Good point. If she missed meds, did the preceptor not get report or what? I have a cheat sheet just like they do and tick off what has been done. We also co-sign meds until they are done with...

  24. Week #3

    BittyBabyGrower replied to slu_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Lately, that is the kind of assignment we have had to have with first admit. Last person I oriented, we had an assignment like that because they were the best of the bunch LOL Really, the only bad...

  25. How Do You Get Over.....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NICU-RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We dont' have much of problem with that. Sure, we have the occasional gossip or nit picking, but with over 90 people working there, it is going to happen. Most of the time is someone venting over...