Mags4711 RN

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    Oscillator Vent

    Mags4711 replied to JazzyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    There are a few great threads about it in the NICU forum, go there and type oscillator in the search box. I'll go and try to dig up the info I posted about it a while
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    Help, please! Need fast responses on Infection Control

    Mags4711 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hello all, I need some responses ASAP (and later too, but I'd like to get as many as I can before tonight) about what your unit does for infection control, specifically: 1) Do you have your parents...
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    Do your visitors gown up?

    Mags4711 posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    Hello there, I'm hoping to get some more info from folks about what your institution requires of visitors when a patient has MRSA, C-Diff, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, VRE, etc. Do the visitors have to...
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    Do your visitors gown up?

    Mags4711 replied to Mags4711's topic in Infectious Disease

    We ask that they wash their hands, but unfortunately, no, we do not have a two or three minute scrub requirement (though I think we should). I like the idea of wearing a gown for holding the baby (for...
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    No More Heelsticks?

    Mags4711 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How wonderful! That would be a dream for me
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    Do your visitors gown up?

    Mags4711 replied to Mags4711's topic in Infectious Disease

    Thanks KellNY for your response, I appreciate it. I currently work NICU and so our visitors usually stick around the unit for a while. They come in, feed their baby (or just visit), go pump, have...
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    hemodynamic monitering cold or room temp?

    Mags4711 replied to AJACKSON1048's topic in MICU, SICU

    If you are going to look at purchasing new SG's, I don't know how much influence you have on decision making for purchasing, but the Baxter CCO Swan was (in the nurses and RT's opinion) the better...
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    Any buretrol advice???

    Mags4711 replied to VickyRN's topic in Pediatric

    People still use them? We did away with them about 8 years ago. As the poster at the top of this page said, they are pretty inaccurate. and with the pumps we have today, what is the point of having...
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    Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

    Mags4711 replied to Scrubz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I almost forgot, I wanted to mention that if you have, or get a Master Cardiology, to take it to your local Things Remembered and get your name engraved on the head. That's the only Littman they can...
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    Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

    Mags4711 replied to Scrubz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    allheart has about the best prices I've seen. I love mine, but I don't use it much. to the poster who wondered about better scopes coming out when they "get older," I've had mine for about 10 years...
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    Head to toe assessment in 5 minutes?

    Mags4711 replied to midcom's topic in General Students

    Kimber, you ask a lot of really good questions. In practice you will realize the answers to lots of these. I have caught murmurs that others haven't heard because I did take the time and listen to...
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    No More Heelsticks?

    Mags4711 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Every couple of days? We should be so lucky! Our kiddos get poked (unless they have Umbi lines or a broviac) easily a couple of times a day if they are vented, and at least once a day if they are on...
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    hemodynamic monitering cold or room temp?

    Mags4711 replied to AJACKSON1048's topic in MICU, SICU

    Here is a couple of links: http://www.edwards.com/products/pacatheters/ccocatheter.htm this one is a video:
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    Cup Feeding Strikes Again!

    Mags4711 replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Apparently our LC's are trying to bring in milk engineering where spinning for caloric content/fat content will be commonplace. We are building a new hospital due to open in 2011 and they are hoping...
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    No More Heelsticks?

    Mags4711 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree that heelsticks are ridiculously barbaric. We have an attending who had twins while she was a fellow with us and mentioned that her kids walked on their tiptoes for quite a while when they...
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    Help, please! Need fast responses on Infection Control

    Mags4711 replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh believe me, what guidlelines are in place, are known backwards and forwards by us in the trenches We just got handed down new guidlelines that the nurses/techs are no longer able to wear our...
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    Baby to Nurse Ratio

    Mags4711 replied to sissyboo's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks Steve, I forgot those. (I've been off on medical for five months with V-Tach, so it's been a while.) Yep, we also single sick oscillator or jet kids. But I emphasize the word, SICK. Even those...
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    Coping skills for dealing with trauma

    Mags4711 replied to VivaRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm glad you are feeling better about things, I was going to agree with the folks above me and suggest you speak with a nurse counselor. They have a different take on things, having been a nurse...
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    hemodynamic monitering cold or room temp?

    Mags4711 replied to AJACKSON1048's topic in MICU, SICU

    Oh my gosh, injecting for a CO...that's been a looooong time for me! You don't have CCO
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    your experiences with eICU please

    Mags4711 replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Use the search function when on the main forums page and type in eicu, there are quite a few threads about it around
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    What have you done besides NICU?

    Mags4711 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I started in peds, PICU, Trauma/Burn ICU, then to NICU. I've loved it
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    Hypoxic Brain Injury & Elective Hypothermia... Who's doing it?

    Mags4711 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's where I am. We trialed the Cool Cap way back when and have been doing body cooling for some time as well. Steve, does your hospital participate in the Vermont Oxford Network? They have a...
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    Cup Feeding Strikes Again!

    Mags4711 replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Calling it "nipple confusion" is just plain wrong. I haven't seen nipple confusion yet, and I've been at it for about 15 years. What I do see is babies who get used to the easy flow of the bottle...
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    What's included in level IV?

    Mags4711 replied to stillpressingon's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No problem:
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    Baby to Nurse Ratio

    Mags4711 replied to sissyboo's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm sure every NICU is different. I work in a Level IIIc (highest level NICU, sometimes called a Level IV) and rarely are our patients 1:1. Even our ECMO's are doubled (there is an ECMO tech)....