hayleyh31

hayleyh31 has 1 years experience and specializes in NICU, Cardiac.

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1. Blue hair

   hayleyh31 replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Professionalism

   My hospital has a ton of really strict policies but hair color is unit discretion. Our manager has allowed visible wrist/arm tattoos and wild hair. There's a nurse with a blue streak on the underside of her hair, one with ice blue, dark purple, and ...

2. Hosptial call out policy

   hayleyh31 replied to floridaRN38's topic in General Nursing

   We are on a points system. We get 14 points in a rolling 2 year span with no excuses or exceptions made. This is what it looks like: Weekdays: 1 point for each call-in unless you are calling in for the same thing multiple times. (Ex:stomach virus ma...

3. what's your pet peeve?

   hayleyh31 replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

   Preach. I get so aggravated by this in the NICU. Your baby hasn't been able to be held in weeks- hold that baby as long as possible and soak up the sweetness because no one will ever need you that much again. You will never regret snuggling your baby...

4. Mandatory Overtime

   hayleyh31 replied to Stella_Blue's topic in General Nursing

   On my unit, we have mandatory OT. It sucks but we are very well-compensated. We have 6 week schedules and generally have to work 24 extra hours over the 6 week time period. We are "staffed" to 13 nurses/shift but our census is out of control so reali...

5. How to manage life on night shift?

   hayleyh31 replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

   It sucks getting used to it, but now I can't imagine working days. I usually try to work 3 or 4 in a row in order to let myself get back to a normal schedule. This summer is kind of messy with my kids home on break all summer, so I'm working a lot of...

6. ELBW Supine+Midline for ____ days

   hayleyh31 replied to Justin-RN's topic in NICU

   Midline for 72 hours at least for our 23-27 weekers. We don't practice S2S with babies on vents or with umbilical lines.

7. Primary Care Nursing?

   hayleyh31 replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in NICU

   TiffyRN, can you send me the research? Our unit does primary nursing occasionally. I've actually got my first primary right now :) The choice to primary is a choice by both the nurse and the patient, and our unit has specific guidelines including th...

8. When are you officially a nursing student?

   hayleyh31 replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in General Students

   When you are accepted to nursing school.

9. Sedation choices for vented babies

   hayleyh31 replied to wensday's topic in NICU

   We don't routinely give sedation to our babies who are intubated. When babies are obviously fighting, we usually give PRN morphine. These are usually chronics who have failed SiPAP multiple times. I've seen Vecuronium used twice post-op for 2-3 days,...

10. NICU Nurses

    hayleyh31 replied to ambojcksn's topic in NICU

    There's two things and they're what you would expect: Hearing a mama sob as she holds her baby for the first and last time. Watching parents who are unable to let their baby go and die a peaceful death, so we essentially torture the baby by trying t...

11. ACLS requirement for NICU nurses

    hayleyh31 replied to BB2bbs2016's topic in NICU

    I have ACLS but that was from previously working with adults. I won't renew it in December when it is due. We are all going to get PALS certified in order to possibly be floated to our new PICU, since we are the only population they could pull from.

12. Type B in a Type A world

    hayleyh31 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a NICU nurse too and I had a very similar experience when I came out of orientation. I think it is a heightened environment for bullying because of the seriousness of caring for someone's baby and the strong personalities. I remember going to the...

13. Positioning of infants with RDS.

    hayleyh31 replied to arielseven's topic in NICU

    Our babies are position head at the wall, feet in the unit, except on HFOV when it's opposite.

14. How Long To Do Cares

    hayleyh31 replied to Soliloquy's topic in NICU

    My first check is usually the longest with changing linens, weighing and all the other cares. That usually takes me about 30-35 with feeds. Other checks are between 15-20 minutes plus PO feeds. If I know the baby from the night before, the first chec...

15. How much do you make 2016

    hayleyh31 replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in LPN/LVN

    West TN 25.51/hr with $4.50 evening /$4.25 night/$4 weekend differentials. I have just under 2 years of experience. I work in a large hospital system in a Metro area