BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

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  1. Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ah, good point, but our sugar bowls also don't have wetness or other goodies that bugs love to chomp down and turn to ick. Wet a paper towel with sugar water and let it sit for a few days and see...

  2. Do NICU's hire CNA's?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to tofutti's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not in our unit, but the peds floors and the nursery and postpartum units use them. I don't think we have them in our L/D

  3. Nipps, Pipps, N-pass....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's probably it...you have to be able to score to administer pain/sedation

  4. What Level NICU are you at?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    III B, the cardiacs go to our "sister" hospital

  5. Nipps, Pipps, N-pass....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There has to be a pain scale somewhere...it is a big thing with JCH. We use N-PASS, we used cries and it sucked with the little kids and had nothing to do with sedation. With the N-PASS you have to...

  6. Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had one attending that did that, but we stopped after a while...the tubing only has .2ml in it,so they figured it wasn't worth it. Elizabell...I am curious as to the rationale behind not changing...

  7. Changes In Premie Baby Care Since The Mid 1980's

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BskyB2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been in NICU for 20 years... 1)Has the survival rate changed? By leaps and bounds. When I first started many kids under 30 weeks didn't survive and the ones under 35 weeks had many respiratory...

  8. Is there a doctor or nurse on board this flight?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Gompers's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I believe that the good sam law only applies to lay people. When it comes to adults, I have to bow out, I only work on you if you are less than 2. My DH is in the medical profession also,...

  9. Really, really trying to see both sides of the coin...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't a true bipolar have peaks and valleys of depression and maniac phases not just being nasty? If she is nasty all the time then she has something other than bipolar...and I'd have to say that...

  10. Well Baby Nursery Question

    BittyBabyGrower replied to l&drocks's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have 2 WBN and we only chart on them q3-4, when we do vitals and feed. We have the HUGS system in place, so if baby gets near the door it will alarm. We only chart by exception and have a check...

  11. Late crumpers

    BittyBabyGrower replied to LilPeanut's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We see that from about 6-8 months too...and all of them have had severe PPHN. I seems like they hit that growth spurt for that age and their lungs and hearts can't keep up. We have only had a few...

  12. DEHP and Lipid tubing - does your NICU hve a policy?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nell's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not sure. But I see you are from California...your state seems to have warnings out before anyone else. Heck, I even saw signs at Disneyland that said things there contained carcinogens LOL....

  13. Mystery Baby: poor feeder @ 40 weeks...help!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to lu1975's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh I hate kids like that. Have they done a endoscopy to see if she has any erosions? Most of the kids with bad reflux will arch and scream when you try to feed them because of the erosions. We have...

  14. Does It Ever Get Easier??!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    First....we all make mistakes and we have to learn from them. When I find a mistake, I make sure to tell the person that made it...so that they won't make it again. And if one of the gleeful ones...

  15. Vent care question

    BittyBabyGrower replied to mjscan_07's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You also need to put it in writing that you were very uncomfortable with the assignment and give it to the head nurse of that unit. I do not agree with new grads taking float positions. How can you...

  16. Allowing infected staff to work--your thoughts please!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh man, no way, no how. If she is colonized with some ick she could be spreading her happy little bugs! I'd have to contact risk management about that, and how do you know she was HONEST with the...

  17. I just don't get NEC!!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Probably no connection between them and patient care. Most likely, they had some hypoxic event at some time that caused part of the bowel to die. There are lots of theories and speculations that...

  18. Erythromycin and fused eyes

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We put it on the eyes fused or not. There could be a small opening that we don't

  19. The use of sucrose in NICU please respond:

    BittyBabyGrower replied to cajrio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We will put a small bit on the end of a pacifier or our finger and give it to intubated kids. We have to have an order for sucrose solutions. I can't think of how often...it is a dip to up to 1ml...

  20. Co-bedding Twins

    BittyBabyGrower replied to cshell1964's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why would it be dangerous? We co-bed all the time, not only twins, but triplets and quads! If one starts acting sick we take that one out and put it in a separate bed. We still wash hands, etc...

  21. Calcium deposits in the stomach?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Could it be a

  22. MRI vs Nerve Conduction Test

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    In the Cleveland area....either CCF or MetroHealth Medical Center. Those are the only two places I would

  23. Neonatologists vs. Neonatal Nurses

    BittyBabyGrower replied to iluvhorses's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think you first need to decide what you want to be...a doc or a nurse. To get to neonatology it is a long haul for a doc. You have to do residency in peds and then you rotate thru NICU. What type...

  24. Question about PRN Ativan...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking from personal experience as my dad was a bad COPDer....he was ordered Ativan as you described. Only he could tell if something were coming on and even the thought that if his pills weren't...

  25. Unit-Based Councils

    BittyBabyGrower replied to tammy.berry's topic in General Nursing

    What type of councils are you looking at? We have several different councils within our unit. We have the scheduling council which deals with schedule stuff,fights with the managers for extra hours...