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    Tips and Tricks: Language Barriers

    umcRN replied to Scrubrpn's topic in General Nursing

    Interpreters! However I have found the "Google translator" app on my phone useful in a pinch! I had a family once that was clearly overly distraught that their infant daughter was not being fed one...
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    more meconium???

    umcRN replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in a NICU not at a delivery facility so I can't say there has been an increase in mec babies but after two years of working there I can say I do not think I would want any future pregnancies to...
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    Poor kiddo, fat necrosis sucks :(

    umcRN replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The ones that get me are like one we have right now - SMA diagnosed shortly after birth. You look at him and he can move his eyes and you can tell he's in there but he doesn't do much else
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    Poor kiddo, fat necrosis sucks :(

    umcRN replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had a baby once like that. Never actually saw it in any of our cooled babies but she came from another facility. Poor thing could barely move her arms/head at all (went all the way up her neck)....
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    Pediatric New Graduate Internship Programs?

    umcRN replied to gkvegan's topic in Pediatric

    I love my patients :redbeathe and have made some very good friends here. Yes there are cliques. Yes there are some management issues (where isn't there?) but I haven't seen those issues universally in...
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    Pediatric New Graduate Internship Programs?

    umcRN replied to gkvegan's topic in Pediatric

    I will add that I also work at CNMC, almost 2.5 years now, While I have not worked elsewhere to compare, I have been happy here. I won't stay forever but that is because I relocated here and would...
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    Taking NCLEX in one state, then applying for licensure in another?

    umcRN replied to Ted D's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    you can apply for license in another state and have your boards apply for that state. My advisors helped me out with it but I took my test in MA but got a license for DC. Unfortunately I can't...
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    central line needle-less connector changes

    umcRN replied to QuilterLPN's topic in MICU, SICU

    we change it with the weekly dressing change if not being used for blood/tpn...so not q72
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    Breast milk via GT

    umcRN replied to RN_PICU's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I may have our policy printed somewhere, i'll have to dig around a bit... in any case our lactation consultants all agree that fresh breast milk is good in the refrigerator for 4 days and thawed for...
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    When adults whine....

    umcRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    something else of interest...hospitalized kids really don't whine as much as you would expect them too. even those who have every right in the book to be miserable. Why I take care of them instead of...
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    Breast milk via GT

    umcRN replied to RN_PICU's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    and good for that mama...she should be proud of pumping so much 6 months
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    Breast milk via GT

    umcRN replied to RN_PICU's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    "Fresh" breast milk is good for 4 days...it was 3 but apparently it has been extended Thawed breast milk is good for 24 hours however should be re-refrigerated after thawing IMO breastmilk should not...
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    PICU without wearing a gown?

    umcRN replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I work in a children's hospital and float between all the ICU's (NICU, Cardiac, PICU) and as other have said, gowns are NOT standard, even in the NICU. Only when pts are on contact isolation for...
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    extension feeding tube use

    umcRN replied to luvmyboys's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My hospital has no policy on changing the actual tubes so I'm wondering...what about NJ tubes? Do you change those every month too? Sometimes it's so hard to get those things in we keep them as long...
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    Is a double major possible?

    umcRN replied to nursegirl333's topic in General Students

    also might I ask...what other major are you looking into? and are you planning on using it with your nursing career? If you are unsure of nursing you might want to get that figured out first before...
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    Is a double major possible?

    umcRN replied to nursegirl333's topic in General Students

    I would say probably not. My school wouldn't even allow us to add a LANGUAGE to our schedules never mind a major/minor. I did compete in a Div1 varsity sport and that took A LOT of commitment to both...
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    Spin off of the thread on putting mom in the nursing home

    umcRN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't say you are wrong. If she is in her right mind she has the right to do as she wants. My mom's 93 year old aunt still lives by herself in her home and cared for her 95 year old husband until...
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    When did you start precepting/mentoring?

    umcRN replied to Miller86's topic in General Nursing

    I had my first student 1 month after being off my 6mo orientation to NICU. It's not to bad with students...remember when you were a student, pretty much seeing or doing AYTHING made for a good day....
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    Incentive Spirometery

    umcRN posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    This may seem silly but I am looking for some tricks/tips in getting kids to use their incentive spirometry. I haven't cared for older children very long with my background being in NICU but now I am...
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    Incentive Spirometery

    umcRN replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I blew lots of bubbles! haha but didn't know of the other ideas but will definitely keep them in mind for next
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    Incentive Spirometery

    umcRN replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks for all the suggestions! I like the bubbles in the water idea! We did bubbles and I could tell he wanted to try but it hurt too much. It was hard to get his family on board as they were spanish...
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    Boston NICU opportunities

    umcRN replied to LaurenBlair's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't mean to sound insensitive...but good luck. I am from Boston and moved the heck out of there as a new grad to even get a job. I did land in a NICU by some grace of god but it was not in...
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    What are these called?

    umcRN replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    :barf01: blech! I have seen some pretty gnarly things on babies & kiddos - babies with all their guts hanging in a bag for the world to watch and hope it reperfuses, babies with their chests open...
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    Leaving AMA

    umcRN replied to missjustice's topic in General Nursing

    I had an interesting AMA situation a few weeks ago. 29 year old with duchenne muscular dystrophy. Trach/vent dependent but other wise cognitively intact and normal. He wanted to sign out, he really...
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    Neonatal IV question

    umcRN replied to NickB's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we have very nice, soft neonatal and preemie arm boards, I have never seen a kid scratch themselves with them. We also never cover an IV site, that includes swaddling so the kiddo is always tightly...