mauigal

mauigal

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  1. Level III NICU, low census days q....

    mauigal replied to kangarooyou's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    our hospital does not float on holidays unless you just don't want to get canceled. i don't know who would not want to get canceled. one year i got canceled for the last 4 hours and took vacation

  2. Male Nurses in NICU?

    mauigal replied to smelendez's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hi, we have 5 male rn's in our unit and they are great! i have worked in 4 nicu over the years and there was only one unit that did not have males rn's in it. the unit i work in has a 62 year old male...

  3. NICU Pet Peeves

    mauigal replied to heartwort's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    parents that will not for the sake of their own baby wash their

  4. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    mauigal replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    one of the funy things i have seen is a dad. this dad was really hands on type of guy. it was the first day his former 24 weeker was to get a bottle. as dad poured warm breast milk into a volufeed he...

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

    mauigal replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A 100 years ago :wink2: when I was in nursing school I did a rotation in an adult MICU. My evil instructor assigned me and another student to a 480lb comatose pt who had been abondon by his family...

  6. Funny Names

    mauigal replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i try to talk with the parent if is is really rediculous . i try to point out that you need to think about how it is going to sound if you child becomes president. then, if that does not work i just...

  7. How big is your "unit"?

    mauigal replied to BiologyNerd's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we have a 50 bed level 3 unit. our census is always above that. the unit was too small the day we moved in:down:. we can't turn any baby or mom away so with winter here all the homeless moms are...

  8. Caps in the NICU

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    An infant's grandfather ask me "Why don't you gals wear your caps anymore? I would feel better about my grandchild being in here if you gals wore a white dress and a cap!" I did not know what to say I...

  9. "I don't know how you can do that!"

    mauigal replied to nicuRN2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i hear this alot as i have been a nicu nurse for 18 years. i think most people just mean that it must take a special person to do the kind of nursing that we do. now, i have had one very angry dad...

  10. "Nitric Headache?"

    mauigal replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You should have went to the ED!!! You have been poisioned.! Our Resp Therapy dept tells us the same thing!! My own doc says diffrent. I too have been TRAPED for 12 hours in room with infants on iNO...

  11. Baby gorilla treated in German NICU!!!

    mauigal replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i would gladly take care of this "baby"! why? no parents breathing down my neck

  12. million dollar babies

    mauigal replied to RNin2007's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have seen this go alot of ways. Where I work we have a one million$ cap per family on our health insurance. I have seen a parent of a micropremie get fired from her job after the baby had been in...

  13. Can all parents really make good decisions

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What help is there really available for a hoplessly ill infant with bilat grade 4 bleeds, deaf, blind on an oss vent with C02's in 100's,ph's 7.00-7.007 septic, hydroceph with shunt, on Vec gtt,...

  14. Can all parents really make good decisions

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    amen!

  15. Can all parents really make good decisions

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    amen ! amen

  16. you might be from ohio if:

    mauigal replied to mcmike55's topic in Ohio Nursing

    i love this!! i have lived in the cleveland (eastside) all my life on the lake! this is a great state to be a nurse in also. when my sister moved to dc and said "pop" they thought she was

  17. Alaris pumps

    mauigal replied to deanpicu's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    agree with 100%!! the company has been sending all kinds of memos to us about problems that could occur. i don't know why the hospital does not send them

  18. What's Vanderbilt like?

    mauigal posted a topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Hi everyone! Anyone know anything about Vanderbilt's Monroe Carell Jr Children Hospital level lll NICU? I am a long time NICU RN (17 years +) and am thinking of relocating to Tenn. I know that they...

  19. New Grad.Wants OB/Labor-Delivery in Cleveland

    mauigal replied to chrissiejh's topic in Ohio Nursing

    metro hires new grads in l&d, nicu and mother baby unit. there are always plenty of deliveres and overtime

  20. Can all parents really make good decisions

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    agree with you

  21. 25 weeker w/ Epidermolysis bullosa...

    mauigal replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    God bless you for all your hard work! I have taken care of 2 babies like this both 23 weekers and it was the stuff nightmares are made of!:uhoh21: We did everthing you are doing and the burn unit...

  22. non religious memorials for neonates

    mauigal replied to danissa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What about the Pastoral Care Department? That is part of their job and they have speacial traning for such

  23. My baby was a 24 weeker...

    mauigal replied to foxy star's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    QUOTE=foxy star]I gave birth to twin girls at age 18 on May 29th, 2003. They were only 24-25 weeks. One weighed 1lbs 5 oz. and the other weighed 1lbs 4 oz. The youngest was doing the best because she...