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    beanie babies

    umcRN replied to anon456's topic in Pediatric

    Well I'l be honest, having never worked heme-onc I don't know what their policies are. I agree that our babies in the CICU are at high risk for infection and if the quality of an item was ever...
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    Thoracentesis collection bottle shortage

    umcRN replied to bwadds's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for that info. I guess in my patient population we mostly deal with chylous effusions, which tend to be persistent so chest tubes are
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    NICU bathing protocols

    umcRN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I worked NICU and now work cardiac icu. In the NICU we bathed babies 3x a week, nothing special night pre-op (cardiacs do not go to our nicu though), soap and water baths on bath night. In the cicu we...
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    Thoracentesis collection bottle shortage

    umcRN replied to bwadds's topic in Critical Care

    Forgive my ignorance since I work peds but can they place a chest tube? If our kiddos have pleural effusions compromising their respiratory/cardiac status a doc will place a pigtail chest
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    beanie babies

    umcRN replied to anon456's topic in Pediatric

    My NICU (same hospital) would not allow donated beanies for this reason. The rest of the hospital will take anything that's
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    beanie babies

    umcRN replied to anon456's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks to my roommate and her families obsession with the beanies in the 90's we currently have a bucket (three actually) of over 500 beanies for the little ones in my cardiac ICU. I love to make sure...
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    How does your unit secure IVs? (and feeding tubes, cannulas, etc)

    umcRN replied to elle_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use hypafix for oxygen and feeding tubes. Its a cloth like tape that works pretty well if the kid isn't too sweaty or goobery. For IVs we have iv start kits that come with everything we need. Small...
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    Health Insurance

    umcRN replied to umcRN's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the advice! I guess I'm not worried about being denied, only having to pay more. Looks like I have a lot to look into with the different
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    Health Insurance

    umcRN posted a topic in Travel

    I am thinking of travelling when my lease is up this coming summer. One thing now worrying me is that within the past year I had a major health scare and for the rest of my life now have a...
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    Continuity of care/Routines

    umcRN replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks for the replies. I guess this is not something just my hospital has trouble with. Our OT's certainly wouldn't set up an ICU patients schedule but they will try to see patients during certain...
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    peds CVICU or tele?

    umcRN replied to leelee85's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Your welcome :-) Good Luck! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. It's a difficult unit to work in, I started there with two years of invaluable NICU experience behind me. These children are the...
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    peds CVICU or tele?

    umcRN replied to leelee85's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I suppose the better question would be, do you enjoy pediatrics? Do you think you would be comfortable doing chest compressions on a two day olds chest? Walking parents through the scary road that...
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    Surveillance Swabs

    umcRN posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    So I am trying to find out others policies for surveillance swabs, particularly for MRSA, but any others you might want to chime in about feel free! At my hospital the NICU and PICU do admission...
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    Business is BOOMIN'

    umcRN replied to TeenyTinyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    "Closed the unit" What is that??? haha, as the only large children's hospital in our region we NEVER close our doors, but we do worry about where to put kids. NICU gets creative using the parent rooms...
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    Surveillance Swabs

    umcRN replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks for all the replies! It's interesting. I heard back from my hospitals ID people who apparently conducted a study in 2008 between our units. Now it seems they didn't include NICU but did it...
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    Who actually likes nursing??

    umcRN replied to mmcnabb3's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job! I have worked two years in a NICU and now two years in a pedi cardiac icu. I just love it. I love the families and the kids, the babies. I love that *most* of the physicians I work with...
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    Fevers In CCU

    umcRN replied to Nursingbride12's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    interesting. I work peds and was always taught that fever increases metabolic & myocardial demand and to reduce them as much as possible. Start with tylenol, cool washcloths, ice packs and resort...
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    "I'm too young for a living will"

    umcRN replied to somenurse's topic in General Nursing

    As a 25 year old diagnosed with a brain tumor a year ago last week at the ripe age of 24 I realized there were quite a few things I'd never thought of...like short term disability for instance ....
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    Business is BOOMIN'

    umcRN replied to TeenyTinyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My NICU/PICU/CICU has all been booming for about 3 or 4 months now. NICU has been running 48-56 (max 56), picu 30-40 (max 40) and cicu 20-26 (max 26). Typically the three ICU's float between eachother...
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    Infant of diabetic mother and feeding....

    umcRN replied to LucyRn4's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    are the babies hypoglycemic? That would make them lethargic/irritable and unlikely to
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    Pediatric ICU Questions!

    umcRN replied to Aerielle's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    This was four years ago and my hospitals new grad program is still running strong, no its not common but if you know where to look and are willing to relocate there are new grad programs in these...
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    Transport

    umcRN replied to babyRN0404's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm going to assume this kid wasn't coding then...? Because around 50% of our transports to us are and the RN is supposed to run it. Line them if needed and get kid back to our hospital
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    Can new grads begin with travel nursing ?

    umcRN replied to cfish3456's topic in Travel

    My hospital actually uses quite a few travellers, more in the PICU/CICU, though the NICU does occasionally too, so I have had a chance to talk to them about their experiences and where to go. Most...
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    Can new grads begin with travel nursing ?

    umcRN replied to cfish3456's topic in Travel

    Thank you for writing this. I am going into my fourth year of nursing and have wanted to travel a long time. I have recently been debating starting next year or doing a fifth year where I am now and...
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    I think I'm in over my head :/

    umcRN replied to CrystRN33's topic in MICU, SICU

    It doesn't sound like you're getting a very good "welcome to the ICU" experience. In my unit when new grads start the first shift or two is just shadowing me, learning where things are, learning some...