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  1. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The "miracle baby stories" was a reference to how micro preemies are portrayed in the media, by hospital PR departments, Children's Miracle Network Telethon, etc. It is not MY reference, and never...

  2. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    First of all they AREN'T miracles, and should never be referred to as such. This implies that the people working in the NICU are God-like, and of course no one can make that claim to fame. . ....

  3. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's universally accepted that the lower the gestational age, the worse the outcome. Are there exceptions? Certainly. We ALWAYS hear about the exceptions. . those are the miracle baby stories that...

  4. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Of course. I do get that. Hence the topic of this thread. . . the saving of 22 weekers. .

  5. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There was an article a long while ago, that said the turnover of nurses in the NICU is higher than any other nursing profession. It's that crisis of conscience and the justification you mentioned that...

  6. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, there are definitely things worse than death. The general public is never faced with the ethical dilemmas in the NICU. And how ironic that it is probably the most ethically fraught area of...

  7. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    All the responsibility for dealing with the messes other people make? I would say that is not true. Your shift ends, your career can change. Parents of former micro preemies who face a life time of...

  8. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    And llg - My point was, it would give one a healthy balance to spend some time in the homes, community, school system, social service system (and the PICU as adventure rn described above) to get an...

  9. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    adventure rn Yes, you articulated so well, the point I was trying to make. Thank

  10. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It was not my intent to "blame the nurses" - it's the NICU system as a whole, plus the hospital PR department that wants to always couch saving one pound fetal/infants as "miracles". .rarely is the...

  11. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm suggesting that the NICU is fairly insulated from the real world. The years and decades of pain and suffering inflicted upon families has been well-hidden from the public. Families go into the...

  12. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When I started my most recent nursing career, I was encouraged to go into the NICU. . I told the MD and a NP, that I could not live with myself knowing how severe the micro preemies turn out far too...

  13. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Anyone working in the NICU should be required to work for 6 months caring for former micro preemies in the home (first). The 3 year olds, 10 year olds, 30 year olds. The trachs, vents, autism, severe...

  14. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    tralalaRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Well, interestingly, my daughter had grand mal seizures - uncontrolled no matter the medication or surgical procedure we had tried. I started to notice that her seizures were most often affiliated...

  15. Ventriculostomy Insertion

    tralalaRN replied to RenaissancemaN's topic in General Nursing

    In premature infants with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, over draining can cause the skull to collapse and cause more

  16. How To Spot a Workplace Bully, Part Three

    tralalaRN replied to rn/writer's topic in General Nursing

    This is an outstanding series of articles. Thank you! Well

  17. Bullying--The Other "B" Word

    tralalaRN replied to rn/writer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was a succinct article, clarifying the two B's. Thank you! Such a difference between a personality conflict and true bullying. Bullying certainly is the nurse who is in a position of authority...

  18. Favoritism At Work? Say It Isn't So!

    tralalaRN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My first degree was in marketing, and I remember well the personnel management class and the discussion about being impossible to be an effective manager as well as a friend. I have worked in 2...

  19. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    this is so dis-heartening, no - disgusting! poor fetal

  20. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sooooo many times, over the years, people (many of them health care professionals who should know better),have said that because of the girls being born at 24-25 weeks 25 years ago, that is the reason...

  21. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Actually, the grieving is for the many many times I sat by her bedside in the NICU, in the PICU's, peds, ERs, at home watching her suffer and being powerless to stop it. Well, I was finally able to...

  22. Any 22 weekers out there?

    tralalaRN replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    An update. Mercifully, my daughter passed away on July 8th after being hospitalized for aspiration pneumonia following status epilepticus. She was loved, she will be missed, but she is so at peace....

  23. 70 year old mom

    tralalaRN replied to NSGstudent12's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So, so selfish. Good to hear the clinic doing this was not in the U.S. Still - disgusting

  24. 70 year old mom

    tralalaRN replied to NSGstudent12's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How unethical. The Dr. who agreed to do this should have his/her license suspended. This is in the same league as Nadia Suleman's fertility Dr. who continued to impregnate her. . I grew up with...

  25. Thoughts on improving caring

    tralalaRN replied to mstev001's topic in General Nursing

    How to basically teach caring? Yikes. This seems pretty innate to me - either you've got it, or you don't. But to teach this? It reminds me of that movie Harrison Ford was in a number of years ago...