BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

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  1. homozygous mthfr mutation factor

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    They should have also referred you to

  2. Synagis and consent

    BittyBabyGrower replied to pooh54's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We get consent for synargis and all immunizations...we have to have something documented by the docs, even on the mom-baby floor. One of the reasons being (for consent) is that there are many people...

  3. artificial nails vs bloody bitten nails

    BittyBabyGrower replied to midwest40's topic in General Nursing

    If it is the rules, then you follow them. Where I work, you'd get zero chances with those nails...even if they were just over the bottom part. Ever see a baby with pseudomonas sepsis...it ain't...

  4. Is Lasix dangerous??

    BittyBabyGrower replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

    lyte imbalances hearing loss kidney

  5. on call for holidays?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to bonjovigirl's topic in General Nursing

    we get double sick points and a whole lot of people mad if you call in on a

  6. Holidays - deciding who works??

    BittyBabyGrower replied to PJMommy's topic in General Nursing

    We list 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice. Lower senior people can deal, but then the rest of us get screwed as they work 4 hours shifts and we get stuck working 12 hours. We aren't ALLOWED to work 8 hours on...

  7. Chilled babies in the news

    BittyBabyGrower replied to futureTMA's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ewww...yuk We joke about that too LOL We have one attending that firmly believes in keeping kids on the cool side with HIE or having a bad

  8. Difficult families....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are the same as Fergus...there are some families that only want XYZ taking care of junior, and that is because they get a way with murder when they are there. I can say in 20 years, that I have...

  9. Web Cam in the NICU

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BabyNurse513's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, the kooks would LOVE that! I don't know about that, I think I would be uncomfortable. You'd really have to be careful with hippa (is their sound???) if a co-worker came in to ask about another...

  10. Rotavirus

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have had a few kids with roto...usually thanks to a family member that confesses :angryfire We make those kids one to one...we take no chances spreading it thru the unit...the docs do those...

  11. encephalocele

    BittyBabyGrower replied to sunnysideup09's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We get about one a year it seems. We had one that had the defect taken off, made a DNR and sent home with hospice...when the kid tried to die the parents (who really don't have a lot of education or...

  12. I Need Help Possitive Looking PPD

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Sagebutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    That is an allergic reaction to the thirmasol....your next PPD should be the preservative free one....I have that reaction to anything with

  13. Dopamine question

    BittyBabyGrower replied to babynurse2001's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never seen Dop and Dob in the same syringe....how do you titrate it since they have different effects? We don't make anything anymore...sometimes it totally

  14. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen it before and you know what...a lot of it is a bit true So are you a graduate nurse or an experienced nurse I'm sure there are things like this for every

  15. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

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

    I have kids and I have never used that one. Geez...hello, when you go into nursing you know the hospital doesn't close of weekends and holidays, so suck it up or go work at Target. I would have told...

  16. TPN via UVC

    BittyBabyGrower replied to astral92's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Indocin and Vasopressors and NAHCO3 are our big no-no's for our UAC's. I have given TPN thru it, antibiotics and sedation if that was the only line I had. Blood too in a bind. I don't like it and...

  17. having patients in two different rooms

    BittyBabyGrower replied to neonatalRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Depends on if there are other people around. Our unit is split into 9 pods....we can be split out, but there is always someone else around and we can pull up other monitors in the room we are in....

  18. Dopamine question

    BittyBabyGrower replied to babynurse2001's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Premixed...we have a program on our computers that we use to get the doses and rates..all standardized now. No one should be using the rules of 6 anymore per

  19. A little scared

    BittyBabyGrower replied to FLstudent's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't know of one NICU nurse that hasn't been scared of codes, etc. Some get thru orientation and then decide it isn't for them. If you really want to work in level 3 go for it....sometimes it is...

  20. Long term vented babies

    BittyBabyGrower replied to sunnysideup09's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Actually, our parents don't have a choice, the baby gets sent to the nearest children's rehab home. If the baby is stable and doesn't really require much, then they are shipped out. Our PICU...

  21. TPN via UVC

    BittyBabyGrower replied to astral92's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Bag, line, filter, connectors, to IV hub. Is that what you are asking? We filter almost everything with the exception of a few drips. IL are piggybacked at the first port below the

  22. Securing/Dressing Umbilical Lines

    BittyBabyGrower replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Also with the betadine...you can't leave that one the little ones...they will absorb the iodine in it as their skin is so thin. It will also cause a nasty burn, esp if they are under lites. Your...

  23. NICU flight nursing

    BittyBabyGrower replied to sunnysideup09's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We will put in lines if we need to send a stat ABG, we will place a UVC (you don't need confirmation of placement if you do it according to NRP standards) so that we don't waste time putting in an IV...

  24. Question about multiples...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you are private pay, you have a cap on your insurance...many are a million per person for lifetime. With multiples, depending on what is wrong with them, you would reach that quickly. Until they...

  25. Pulse Ox Probes Make Me Gag!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to KK7724's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    OH yeah...nothing like good old pulseox foot stench LOL! Some kids are worse than others too! We change our sites qs and we scrub the heck out of them!