BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

NICU, PICU, educator

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  1. Need advice about failure to thrive

    BittyBabyGrower replied to ICUnowOHN's topic in General Nursing

    Some kids just don't grow! My DD was a skinny scrawny kid...I didn't think she was going to make it out of a corificeat before kindergarten. And I did get defensive every now and again if someone...

  2. Any facilities that stop accepting pts if there is insufficient staff?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    We have closed our NICU due to having 50 some kids and not enough staff to take anymore. Our OB had to ship people out or divert. We rarely close and this was really a bad summer! We had to take the...

  3. length of your nails?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ours states no longer than 1/2inch past the tip of the finger. No artificial nails. We are allowed to wear up to 2 rings and our watch. Our ID did a study and it showed that jewelry really didn't...

  4. How many weekends are you required to work?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Roni725's topic in General Nursing

    4 weekend days a

  5. Including ALL fluids in total allowance?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ah gotcha...we used to do that about 15 years ago, then we started counting everything. Do they have a rationale for this way...it seems they are going backwards to me. I'd be interested to see what...

  6. Including ALL fluids in total allowance?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not really getting what you are saying...in our unit, we count all fluids except antibiotics. For example...we want 150ml/kg/day on a 1kg baby. Our dopa is running at 0.3ml/hr, Dobut at...

  7. Report rant

    BittyBabyGrower replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh I hate that!!! I love the ones that come to get report on the oldest, most chronic kid and are like...okay he had nec 6 months ago...exactly where and how much bowel was removed...ME: I don't...

  8. Report rant

    BittyBabyGrower replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh I hate that!!! I love the ones that come to get report on the oldest, most chronic kid and are like...okay he had nec 6 months ago...exactly where and how much bowel was removed...ME: I don't...

  9. IV Site Prep

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    Same as smilin...we use very little betadine on the preemies...they absorb some of it and it will burn their skin if left

  10. IV Site Prep

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    Same as smilin...we use very little betadine on the preemies...they absorb some of it and it will burn their skin if left

  11. using names when charting

    BittyBabyGrower replied to djsrn's topic in General Nursing

    If we do a task for someone else, we have to chart ourselves. Our legal is of the mind that anyone could write any other person's name in the chart. The only exception is in the case of an...

  12. using names when charting

    BittyBabyGrower replied to djsrn's topic in General Nursing

    If we do a task for someone else, we have to chart ourselves. Our legal is of the mind that anyone could write any other person's name in the chart. The only exception is in the case of an...

  13. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    An amnio wouldn't really show that. Treacher Collin usually isn't that severe. I hope that they can fix her poor little face...plastics does such a great job. My guess is Rusty that if you had a...

  14. Baby born w/o a face..WOW!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    An amnio wouldn't really show that. Treacher Collin usually isn't that severe. I hope that they can fix her poor little face...plastics does such a great job. My guess is Rusty that if you had a...

  15. Curious about men in NICUs

    BittyBabyGrower replied to student_joe's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have one guy....he is the balance to 100 women's estrogen surges :lol We love him to death...he is a real card. The dads and gramps all love him :) The only moms that don't care for him are the...

  16. Help me get a manual BP on Preemies!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to kaytodd's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No way....I don't even know if I could do a manual on an adult anymore :roll I remember way back when...we had to build our own UAC transducers...we had a blueprint to follow...now that was sad...

  17. question about diluting!!!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our MSO4 comes diluted from pharmacy in a one:one dilution. If you take 10mg MSO4 and dilute it with 9mls of NS you get 1mg/ml. Your unit should have med guidelines available to

  18. Families and the "ICU culture"

    BittyBabyGrower replied to djmicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree...I don't think you have the right to judge any of us. Walk a day in our shoes. People think that because they are babies they are easier to take care of, but the opposite is quite true....

  19. Tossing perfectly good breast milk

    BittyBabyGrower replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Good lord...doesn't she have anything else to do? Was there a problem that precipitated all this? Even our nazi of a CNS only requires that mom label the bottles...we aren't allowed to combine...

  20. Nrp

    BittyBabyGrower replied to SheaTab's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Looks good in the book, but in my experience, we aren't counting out loud..we bag and compress and get the heck out of there ASAP. It's hard to count and run at the same time

  21. Lowest Blood pH

    BittyBabyGrower replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in MICU, SICU

    6.7-6.9 Pao2's in low 20's...and unfortunately some of those kids

  22. Heart Murmers...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nursecheryl81's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I teach the gals I precept to say LubDub in their head and eventually they will hear the "odd" noise outside of the LubDub. Also remember, some murmurs are better heard thru the back!

  23. Question about cord gasses

    BittyBabyGrower replied to doularoz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A cord gas is most valuable if anything goes to court. It will show if there was a problem before birth compared to

  24. "where" are the "magnet hospitals PLEASE?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nursegoodlove's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't all that wonderful to work at one...I'm sure we got ours because of political ties and money. Looks good on paper, but in reality it is the same old place I've been at for a long

  25. Keep an eye on those Rx pads!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to URO-RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ours are all done on the computer also...no paper pads anymore that I know