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  1. Icu

    rockabye replied to RNCoastiewife's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think icu and nursery or mother/baby units would be the best second choices for experience towards NICU. Like another poster mentioned, icu gives you those critical thinking skills so you learn how...

  2. Primaries, too close, and when/how to get out

    rockabye replied to umcRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's difficult to see a primary take a turn for the worse and continue to care for that baby knowing the chances of survival are slim. I felt really bad for a former primary of mine and couldn't help...

  3. Question for Grads from 2000-2005

    rockabye replied to Catch22Personified's topic in General Nursing

    I actually graduated in spring 2007 and the economy was still strong for new grad nurses then. I landed a job before graduation and had 3 job offers. My other classmates seemed to fare about the same...

  4. Grandmas doing kangaroo care?

    rockabye replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our policy is parents only, although we have had a few cases where grandparents were granted special permission through mom/dad per management that it was okay to kangaroo care. I don't know if it was...

  5. arterial stab policy on your units?

    rockabye replied to sweet0176's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Heelsticks are the norm. Arterial sticks are generally reserved for lots of labwork, central sticks, or if the patient is not a good heelstick (older babies usually). In fact, our unit rarely uses...

  6. Getting to know your patients.

    rockabye replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    We use one of those in our NICU, but only for the "chronic" babies who have been there for a few months. It helps the nurses care for those babies more consistently and how to keep them happy....

  7. open visitation/ 24/7

    rockabye replied to kalamazoo's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hope my hospital will not have open visitation during shift report for these exact reasons. Sometimes if report takes too long and family is at the bedside, we will move to an area out of earshot,...

  8. Bedside PPV Bag & Masks

    rockabye replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yep, everything is set up and ready to use at every patients bedside and checked at the start of each shift. We also keep the mask and bag in a plastic bag for cleanliness. The only time we replace...

  9. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    rockabye replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    abx (amp, gent, vanc, tobra mostly), caffeine, reglan, lasix, and diaper cream if that counts

  10. NICU Recovery Rates Different For Race?

    rockabye replied to crbetts's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Found an article about this:

  11. Raising C-Section Room Temperature for preemie births

    rockabye replied to nicu1991's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    nicu1991, that is interesting. Thank you for sharing!

  12. Really not liking these new Alaris syringe pumps....

    rockabye replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, they are a little time-consuming to set them up initially, but after using the pumps for almost a year now, I actually like them. It gets easier to set them up with practice. I also think they...

  13. Raising C-Section Room Temperature for preemie births

    rockabye replied to nicu1991's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why raise the room temperature when you can just put the preemie under a radiant

  14. Top Paying Hospital In the OKC Area?

    rockabye replied to new2okrn's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    go to salary.com and type in okc to see general salary for a particular nurse. I don't know why you are only looking for the hospital that will pay you the most. Why don't you apply to all the...

  15. NICU is the best!!!

    rockabye replied to Tarabara's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Lighten up a little N1colina! Of course the OP is going to be naive! She is still in nursing school and has only had the one experience in the NICU. I think it is great she found an area of nursing...

  16. HELP! Ostomy bag will NOT stay on!

    rockabye replied to Preemie2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did a search on the web about the use of benzoin and preemies with ostomies and came across this great faq page about the preemie pouch (looks like what our NICU uses) and is written by ostomy...

  17. Patient's Families as Facebook Friends....

    rockabye replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't friend patient's families on facebook. My work doesn't have a specific policy on it either. I just don't feel comfortable with it and don't want to risk my job over it. I know some coworkers...

  18. Baby friendly NICU?

    rockabye replied to preemie69's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Could someone define what "baby-friendly" means? I am not familiar with that term in the

  19. questions on my patient

    rockabye posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok I recently took care of a premie and noticed 2 odd things. First, he was on a biliblanket, but there was a thin regular blanket between him and the biliblanket. I thought babies were supposed to...

  20. Paths to nursing specialty?

    rockabye replied to wannabecnl's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion is that if a new grad knows what specialty of nursing they want to go in, they should be able to go directly to that path. Everyone is different and some may take awhile to find what area...

  21. Where Did the Nursing Shortage Go?

    rockabye posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was reading my Texas Nursing Association paper recently and came across this interesting article on page 6 (sorry but I could only find the pdf file on the web)...

  22. Has anyone had a pt's family member take pictures of you during care?

    rockabye replied to TonyaM73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nurses don't wear masks and surgical caps in the newborn nursery area. The masks and surgical caps are for sterile procedures, such as attending a c-section delivery for

  23. Nursing

    rockabye replied to corpuzfranz's topic in General Nursing

    um, YAY

  24. questions on my patient

    rockabye replied to rockabye's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's great you actually have a policy on taping the IVs. Fortunately, most of the PIVs I encounter are taped pretty good, but there have been some that are so difficult to see because they are just...

  25. NICU is the best!!!

    rockabye replied to Tarabara's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Being a certified lactation educator would be great experience! My unit is always encouraging breast milk and sometimes there aren't enough lactation consultants to go around to help out mothers...