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mauigal

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  1. Any 22 weekers out there?

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    last night in our level 3 unit, out team with over to l&d for a code. it was for a 22 and 3/7 weeker! they coded that poor kid for 50 mins:mad:. has anyone ever heard of this? has any one taken...

  2. What do you thinkf of "Magnet"?

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hi everyone. i would like to know your opinion on "magnet" what has it really done? how has it changed your practice? do you really think that the general public looks for a magnet hospital when...

  3. "What's with all the men in the NICU lately?"

    mauigal replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i am so glad to see men in our nicu! we have some awsome male rns. we need more men in our nicu. i think is good for our teen & young parents to see a working male. many of our teen & 20...

  4. Cleaning protocol in nicu

    mauigal replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is why I don't have colleagues to my home because you never know what people are going to say once they get back to work. Women have a way of judging each other based on cleaning. I once took...

  5. Cleaning protocol in nicu

    mauigal replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wipe my area down at the end of my shift and if somthing gets spilled. What bugs me is when I am trying to give report to oncomming nurse she is wiping down the counter like I have just sprayed it...

  6. Holy mackeral....we are having an influx of methadone kids!

    mauigal replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    so are we. and belive me these are some really addicted babies with super manipulative mothers! some of these babies need to be a 1:1 assignment because they need to be held so

  7. Any 22 weekers out there?

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NRP address this and does and excellent job of doing so! Yet some seem to just ignor this section. I really feel alot of the time it is in fear of lawsuits. I do not feel to decision to resusitate a...

  8. Someone said what does a NICU nurse do?

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    well, being that is it summer & time for new residents & fellows; we try to keep the new docs from killing the babies ! does anyone else have this problem? not only are we caring for...

  9. Preceptor woes

    mauigal replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with BittyBabyGrower! The things these poor babies go through sometimes is FAR worst than

  10. Preceptor woes

    mauigal replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I

  11. Any 22 weekers out there?

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    dear bittybabygrower, i agree with you so much! i keep seeing this same situation over & over. it is just so sick to touture these kids! and if i hear one more parent say "he is such a fighter" i...

  12. Burned out with Level 3, should I go to Level 2?

    mauigal replied to MA Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    omg!!! some days the parents are more of a challenge than the sickest baby! i would rather take care of a 400gram infant with 20 gtts, hfv, blood products and q1h gases who's parent don't or can't...

  13. Need to "grow a pair"

    mauigal replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    for the sake of your infant patients, just do

  14. ETT and fighting vent??

    mauigal replied to nicurn08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    narc & park!!! sedate & vecc leads to quick sussceful

  15. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    I had been primary to a former 24 weeker who was now 9 months old and still in our unit. Despite everything he had been through he had a very sweet disposition. He loved to be held and rocked, esp...

  16. rotating shifts?!

    mauigal replied to scrabblern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i have worked 3pm-3am for the last 5 years and i don't rotate. i think in our unit "day shift" {any shift starting @ 7am} still has to rotate. i think rotaing is bad for you

  17. Fall from weighing scale

    mauigal replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    wow! what did the hospital lawyer have to say about this? what did the parents say.? i feel really bad for the nurse this happened

  18. Do You Go To The Funeral?

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How many of you NICU or PICU nurse go to the funeral of a baby or child you have taken care of. I have gone to many over the years but I only went to one this year. I have been thinking of this alot...

  19. Funny Names

    mauigal replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    how true, how

  20. Do You Go To The Funeral?

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i agree with you

  21. Do You Go To The Funeral?

    mauigal replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No work does not pay us for going to furnerals and I would not want the to. If they did then it would be a job requirement and I have enought of

  22. Funny Names

    mauigal replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i know this is bad, but i don't just ask what the baby's first name is anymore. i just get so depressed with all these really stupid names, i just don't want to know what the name is. but, alast, the...

  23. NICU Pet Peeves

    mauigal replied to heartwort's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ocds nicu nurses with too many "pet peeves"!!! because i realize i don't work in a one nurse unit, i know diffrent people have diffrent ways of doing things. i also know that anyone who went to...

  24. Who's Working Today?

    mauigal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hey!! who's working today? i am. i don't mind though, it is part of the job. been a nurse 26 & 1/2 years, this is not the first holiday i have worked and it will not be the last. hey, at least i...

  25. Baby Jesus as a NICU admission

    mauigal replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why would the perfect Son of God need to be admitted to the