hayleyh31

hayleyh31

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  1. Blue hair

    hayleyh31 replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Nursing 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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  6. ELBW Supine+Midline for ____ days

    hayleyh31 replied to Justin-RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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

  7. Primary Care Nursing?

    hayleyh31 replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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,...

  8. When are you officially a nursing student?

    hayleyh31 replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in General Students

    When you are accepted to nursing

  9. Sedation choices for vented babies

    hayleyh31 replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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....

  10. NICU Nurses

    hayleyh31 replied to ambojcksn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  11. ACLS requirement for NICU nurses

    hayleyh31 replied to BB2bbs2016's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  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...

  13. Positioning of infants with RDS.

    hayleyh31 replied to arielseven's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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

  14. How Long To Do Cares

    hayleyh31 replied to Soliloquy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  15. How much do you make 2016

    hayleyh31 replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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

  16. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    hayleyh31 replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a home warranty company in customer service. People get so pissed when you can't get an a/c company to come to their house on the same day they called. Someone once told me that they hoped...

  17. Just found out I was accepted - Xanax usage

    hayleyh31 replied to charleyq's topic in General Students

    I had to write down the medications I was on when I was being drug tested but the school never knew what I was on. I also take Xanax PRN, though I never took it before clinical or before work now...

  18. Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

    hayleyh31 replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is such an old post but now that I've been in the NICU a year now, I feel like I can really tell you why this is my favorite place in the whole world. 1. I love getting to give the first tub...

  19. Call Back Pay and Overtime Hours

    hayleyh31 replied to bjessop's topic in General Nursing

    Our on-call works like holliewood's policy. And if for some reason I work 40 hours before I'm called in, I get on-call OT pay which is double time. I love those

  20. Nursing and the supernatural

    hayleyh31 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the NICU and we were sitting around telling ghost stories around 3 am one night. Nothing was going on and we were directly in the center of the unit. Someone had just finished telling a...

  21. I'm so excited!

    hayleyh31 replied to NICUmiiki's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratulations!!!

  22. skin to skin with UVCs

    hayleyh31 replied to marpcurn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our policy is no skin to skin with umbilical lines. We also have to be able to see the lines at every check, so no prone positioning or tucking the snuggly over the

  23. Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    hayleyh31 replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school, I said "I will never be a floor nurse at XXXX hospital". Guess what I've been for the last 8 months? A floor nurse at XXXX hospital. I will say wholeheartedly that I won't be a...

  24. Attention med/surg/floor nurses

    hayleyh31 replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Having worked Med-Surg and getting ready to go into NICU, I've had so many people say that they couldn't deal with the families in NICU, but that makes no sense because we have some of the nuttiest...

  25. Transfer to NICU or nursery without experience

    hayleyh31 replied to hopefulsunshine's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know this is an older post, but my story sounds so similar to yours that I had to post. I am finishing my 8th month on a telemetry floor and I was just hired into the NICU. I got an interview...