BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

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  1. Care plan for a 4th degree

    BittyBabyGrower replied to webbiedebbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh man...those first few days, I lived on that sitz :chuckle Heck, I even had to nurse the little bugger sitting on that because I thought I was splitting into two pieces! I had 2 epis' and then...

  2. Level I Nursery

    BittyBabyGrower replied to niquern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That is true I believe...a level one doesn't have to have an inhouse doc. Many private hospitals run this way and use anethes. to intubate and if there is a bad kid you stablize and send out. They...

  3. NP salary range starting at 26.00 per hour!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    Our practitioners don't make much more than we do and they have 10x the work load! And get treated like crap by some of the attendings! Our NP's can't even bill for a consult, so they quit going,...

  4. lpn-rn...same difference

    BittyBabyGrower replied to reyna's topic in General Nursing

    The age old fight...bleh. As a few of us at work like to say.. You are only as professional as you

  5. NICU compared to PICU...?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to gypsyatheart's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is nothing like NICU at all. They do things very different! They handle their vents completely different than we do...that is hard for me to adjust

  6. intubated babies

    BittyBabyGrower replied to HarleyDivaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you are weighing the baby make your bed on the scale, zero it after the linens are on it (with a diaper on it too!) and put baby on it, get weight and put all of it on your bed

  7. Baby switches

    BittyBabyGrower replied to gwk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We use a security system called HUGS...the mom's tag and the baby's tags are matched in L/D and if the wrong baby goes to the wrong mom it sends a signal to the central system and an alarm goes off...

  8. Bathing a 7 y/o

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Nurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    I came into this discussion late, but my 7 yo doesn't like to shower when Daddy is here either...she is getting modest! I tell her to put a shower cap on her head and then she can shower by herself...

  9. Would you assist in abortions?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fergus....I have to agree with you. I think there are ones of us who deal with a lot of things that we don't agree with...such as those poor tortured 22 and 23 weekers. Do I think it is right, no,...

  10. Average Nurse Retirement Age

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nursemichelle's topic in General Nursing

    In my unit, most of us will be in our early 50's when we retire :) We have several people in their mid to late 50's and only 2 in the

  11. Vasectomy and pregnancy

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    When my DH had his, the urologist said nothing likes to grow back together more than that little bugger LOL Survival of the species I guess! Good

  12. can you live "comfortable" on a Nurses Salary

    BittyBabyGrower replied to fewtureRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even without my DH's salary, I could do well for myself and my DD. I would be able to make the house payment, car payment and utilities and still have a bit to spare. :) It depends on how well you...

  13. Do you use the rule of 6's still?

    BittyBabyGrower posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We just got wind of the lovely JCAHO people deciding for us that we can no longer use the rules of 6's! I just don't get how they can just up and change things....don't they realize that our teeny...

  14. Do you use the rule of 6's still?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/patient+safety/04+npsg/04_faqs.htm#ruleof6 Here it is from the JCAHO site...good grief! We are a pediatric hospital and need to have multiple...

  15. Do you use the rule of 6's still?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When we figure our drips we use 6xwtx10 and that is how much we put in 100ml of fluid...we then cut the amt of fluid in half to make it double. Now, they want everyone to use a standard dilution. We...

  16. infectious outbreaks in the nicu....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to 4thebabes's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not sure on the research, but we go thru ebbs and tides of those nasty little buggers too! A few years ago we had a huge outbreak of pseudomonas.... Ick! Do you isolate the MRSA/serratia...

  17. Baffled over what happened w/my pt's NG tube insertion...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Hannahrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Jolie...we had a kid that kept aspirating, the ng going the wrong way, etc for about a month...he had multiple swallows, studies and then one day it showed a TEF...the flap was only evident when the...

  18. my feet are killing me!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to wintergreen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have 3 pair of slip on Nikes....they are

  19. Unhappy 22 Weeker

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Rosepink's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have several chronics on our unit that make one want to run and jump out the window. They are maxed out on pain meds, but I think there poor little neurons just jump and quiver so much that there...

  20. HIPAA and message boards

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Interesting thought! I guess any one of us could be in HIPPA violation just posting things on boards. You shouldn't be coming here and posting about certain things and saying things about...

  21. Preemie Nipples

    BittyBabyGrower replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Dawn...I had to laugh...sometimes I feel like taking the top off the bottle,dumping it on the cloth and saying...there, we're done now :chuckle We rarely use the preemie nipples...we may start some...

  22. Have you noticed a difference in hyperbili peak times?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Can't say that I have. Interesting thought

  23. Would you do this so others could get vacation...

    BittyBabyGrower posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have a large unit, over 80 nurses. Our unit want us to all pick up 8 hours a month so that the very low seniour people can get vacation. My beef is I have worked there for 18 years and why should...

  24. Would you do this so others could get vacation...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies...I am hoping to be moving to another unit if a position opens up...at least there I won't have to pick up the

  25. Would you do this so others could get vacation...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in General Nursing

    Our PRNs pick there schedule after out schedule is out, so then that doesn't help us at all if we are really short one day and way overstaffed in another...don't get your panties in a twist like you...